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NSCC Item VI.A. . October 26, 1994 TO: Cable Commission !~ FROM: Coralie A. Wilson Executive Director SUBJECT: October Report Preparation for the upcoming state legislative session began in earnest in October. Mayor Bob Benke and City Manager Matt Fulton, Ann Higgins from the League of Minnesota Cities, and I met with Senator Steve Novak on October 7 to share our concerns/issues and to seek his advice on strategy. He was very supportive and helpful, but we wiil need to continued to keep him apprised of our efforts. . Greg Moore, Executive Director of the Northwest Cable Commission, and I met with Tom Creighton and Adrian Herbst and their assistants on October 11 to get them started on the process of developing legislation, at a cost not to exceed $15,000. The first phase wiil involve researching state statutes to identify all relevant telephone and cable regulations, determine when different rules apply to essentially the same type of telecommunications service, and try to resolve those differents. In addition, they will identify statutes that grant or proscribe municipal authority in these areas. The second phase will consist of drafting a model right-of-way ordinance or ordinances and legislation to amend existing statutory provisions, as necessary, to protect and/or extend municipal authority over the rights-of-way. Ann Higgins has scheduled additional meetings with the two attorneys on November 11 and November 18 to review their progress. A small group of us ( including Higgins, Creighton, Herbst, and Moore) met with representatives of the Minnesota Cable Communications Association on October 14 to discuss our interests and to determine where they might overlap. We also have plans to meet with representatives of U.S. West (Nov. 11) and with staff at the Public Utilities Commission (to be scheduled). . - -.--..-