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<br /> , <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> RAMSEY CXlUNl'Y, MINNES<m>. <br /> . RESOLUTIctl ro. 92-28 <br /> A RESOLUTIctl URGIN3 THE MINNES<m>. o::KlRESSICINAL DELElGM'Ictl TO 00- <br /> SPalSCR AND StJPIlCRT CMlLE LEXITSLllTIctl WHICH l<<lULD PROVIDE CClNSUMER <br /> PRCtl'a:nctl FOR CMlLE TELEVISIctl SUBSCRIBERS, PRESERVE ~ <br /> TELEVISIctl CHANNELS AND FUNDIN3 StJPIlCRT, AND l'RCIl'Em' THE CITY'S <br /> Atl'l'HCiUTY TO CClNl'ROL AND M1lN1lGE ITS PUBLIC RIGHTS~-lmY <br /> WHERElIS, the 1984 Cable Act deregulated cable subscriber rates in over 90 <br /> percent of the cable systems in the United states; and <br /> WHERElIS, the economics of cable television, like those of local telephone and <br /> electric service, do not favor head-to-head competition between cable <br /> companies, thereby =eating a de facto monopoly even when franchises are non- <br /> exclusive; and <br /> WHERElIS, subscriber rates have in=eased dramtically, far higher than the <br /> annual rate of inflation, since the enacbnent of the 1984 Cable Act; and <br /> WHERElIS, proposed alternatives to the cable company monopoly, telephone entry <br /> into the cable business and direct broadcast satellites, have no provisions <br /> for community television channels or funding for public, educational or <br /> goverrnnent access; and <br /> WHERElIS, the Federal communications Commission has issued a ruling favoring <br /> . Video Dialtone Service, which would allow telephone companies to provide <br /> television services without having to request a franchise to use the public <br /> rights-of-way from the local goverrnnent, thereby usurping the local <br /> goverrnnent's authority to control and Il'anage this valuable piece of public <br /> property; and <br /> WHERElIS, local regulatory cable commissions and local goverrnnents are not <br /> protected from legal claims challenging local regulation contemplated by <br /> applicable federal, state or local law or franchise; and <br /> WHERElIS, H.R. 3560, which was introduced by Congressmen Eckart and Cooper, <br /> contains provisions that clearly represent consumer interests and better <br /> balance the regulation of cable television services; and <br /> N:W THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Arden Hills that the Minnesota <br /> Congressional Delegation be strongly encouraged to co-sponsor and support <br /> legislation in the Reuse of Representatives, such as H.R. 3560, that would <br /> redress these deficiencies. <br /> This Resolution was moved by Councilperson , and duly seconded <br /> by Councilperson . <br /> Passed and adopted this day of , 1992. <br /> . 'IhornasR.Sather Catherine J. Iago <br /> Mayor Acting Clerk Administrator <br />