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<br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> . RAMSEY COUNTY <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 94-67 <br /> RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR CABLE FRANCHISE <br /> FEES AND SPECIFYING THAT THE FUNDS IN THE ACCOUNT MAY <br /> ONLY BE USED FOR CABLE-RELATED ACTIVITIES <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Arden Hills is a member of the North Suburban Cable <br /> Communications Commission, which was established by a Joint and Cooperative <br /> Agreement between the Cities of Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little <br /> Canada, Mounds View, New Brighton, North Oaks, Roseville, St. Anthony and <br /> Shoreview, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 471.59; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Grantee of the cable franchise pays franchise fees to the City; and <br /> WHEREAS, the cable subscriber ultimately bears the cost of the franchise fees and ought to be <br /> the beneficiary of their use, either in cable franchise administration or in <br /> community cable television programming; and <br /> . WHEREAS, Article X, Section 3 of the Joint and Cooperative Agreement states that after <br /> making its annual contribution to the budget of the North Suburban Cable <br /> Communications Commission, the remainder of any franchise fee paid to the <br /> Member by the Grantee shall be used for cable-related expenses; and <br /> WHEREAS, the North Suburban Cable Communications Commission does, from time to time, <br /> make available grants to assist the Member Cities with the purchase of video <br /> equipment to be used for programming the municipal access channel and to assist <br /> cities with the costs of producing a specific program or series of programs; and <br /> WHEREAS, in order to be eligible for such grants, a Member City must be able to document <br /> that its franchise fees have been used primarily for cable-related activities; and <br /> WHEREAS, the most effective way to establish such documentation is to establish a separate <br /> account for franchise fees and specifyillg that the funds in this account may only <br /> be used for cable-related activities. <br /> NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Arden Hills, <br /> Minnesota: <br /> 1. That the City will establish a separate account for franchise fees, or their <br /> . equivalent. <br />