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__ ___.__m__ ----- I . . I LE-IO. City Role in Telecommunications I 2 Issue: Cities are facing increasingly complex challenges in responding to and planning -I 3 their own telecommunications futures. While cities are prepared to assert authority to manage 4 and obtain compensation for private use of public rights-of-way, they also are faced with I 5 actions at the state and federal level that are changing the way cities carry oU[ strategies for I 6 both community development and strengthening local and regional economies. Cities need I 7 support at the state level to assure that community residents benefit from the convergence of 8 electronic information technology, telecommunications, communications, video, and cable tv I 9 service delivery. I 10 Response: The legislature should support and encourage actions by local government II to plan for how to provide public services and assure the benefits of broadband I 12 telecommunications and wireless communications for their communities and residents by: .. 13 . recognizing the changing nature of the public-private partnership in which multiple I 14 providers may compete to deliver emerging telecommunications services and the 15 importance of upholding local authority to establish telecommunications policies and I 16 plans that are responsive to community needs; I 17 supporting preservation of city authority over matters directly affecting communities, . 18 including: construction standards, permitting, installation methods, construction I 19 scheduling and coordination, degradation of rights-of-ways, cost recovery, city use of I 20 telecommunications resources for local public, education, government access and I-Nets; 21 . aiding cities to develop community-based information services to make it possible for I 22 residents with limited income to benefit from access to local and wide-area broadband I 23 networks and information services, .. 20 League of Minnesctu Cities I "