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. CITY OF RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION EST ABLISIDNG A SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR CABLE FRANCHISE FEES AND SPECIFYING mAT THE FUNDS IN THIS ACCOUNT MAY ONLY BE USED FOR CABLE-RELATED ACTMTIES WHEREAS, the City of is a member of the North Suburban Cable Communications Commission, which was established by a Joint and Cooperative Agreement between the Cities of Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Lauderdaie, Little Canada, Mounds View, New Brighton, North Oaks, Roseville, St. Anthony and Shoreview, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 471.59; and WHEREAS, the Grantee of the cable franchise pays franchise fees to the City; and WHEREAS, the cable subscriber ultimately bears the cost of the franchise fees and ought to be the beneficiary of their use, either in cable franchise administration or in community cable television programming; and . WHEREAS, Article X, Section 3, of the Joint and Cooperative Agreement states that, after making its annual contribution to the budget of the North Suburban Cable Communications Commission, the remainder of any franchise fee paid to the Member by the Grantee shall be used for cable-related expenses; and WHEREAS, the North Suburban Cable Communications Commission does, from time to time, make available grants to assist the Member Cities with the purchase of video equipment to be used for programming the municipal access channel and to assist cities with the costs of producing a specific program or series of programs; and WHEREAS, in order to be eligible for such grants, a Member City must be able to document that its franchise fees have been used primarily for cable-related activities; and WHEREAS, the most effective way to establish such documentation is to establish a separate account for franchise fees and specifying that the funds in this account may only be used for cable-related activities; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL YED by the City of 1. That the City will establish a separate account for franchise fees, or their equivalent. .