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<br /> . <br /> - LE-ll. City Involvement with cable operators. <br /> Telecommunications Providers <br /> Problem: Deregulation of LE-12. Telecommunications as <br /> ~ telecommunications threatens to an Economic Development <br /> override local authority to govern Opportunity <br /> public rights-of-way within cities for <br /> private development of the "infonnation Problem: Telecommunications providers <br /> - superhighway" through neighborhoods may decide whether or not to serve the <br /> - and over city streets. needs of cities regardless of size and <br /> - location. This will restrict local economic <br /> Solution: Cities should have the development opportunities. <br /> . authority to require <br /> . telecommunication providers to: Solutions: <br /> I . obtain permits and follow local . Local businesses, schools and <br /> standards for the use of local educational institutions, and <br /> rights-of-way and property to lay government offices should have <br /> I wire, cable, or other facilities to access to information technology and <br /> services that meet technical <br /> I' carry voice, video, or data signals standards for signal quality at <br /> to locations within city corporate reasonable rates; <br /> boundaries; <br /> . Cities should identify how <br /> I . prohibit redlining and uphold infonnation technology can <br /> nondiscrimination standards in the strengthen local economic activity, <br /> provision of telecommunications education, workforce training, health <br /> I services at the local level; care, etc.; <br /> . support community access to . Local units of government should <br /> I voice, video and information work together to maximize effective <br /> services offered at the local level; use of infonnation technology to <br /> I assure that the local infonnation <br /> . design of the local tele- infrastructure can respond to the <br /> communications infrastructure to variet)' uf needs at the iocai leveL <br /> I meet community information <br /> needs, including community LE-13 . Local Permitting <br /> I programming services; Authority for Tele- <br /> . compensate cities for the use of communications <br /> I public rights-of-way from any Problem: City franchising authority is <br /> provider of telecommunication <br /> .- services, including telephone and viewed as a barrier to competition in the <br /> power companies, as well as local development of electronic information <br /> networks and telecommunications services. <br /> I 12 League of Minnesota Cities <br />