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. . . ~ ~~HILLS CITY OF ARDEN HILLS COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 06-33 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LOCAL CABLE AND VIDEO PROVIDER FRANCHISING WHEREAS, the City of Arden Hills is committed to ensuring that all of its citizens have access to the most technologically advanced broadband services available in the marketplace today as a means to ensure the competitiveness of the City, as well as its corporate and individual citizens; and WHEREAS, the City, by means of the local cable franchising process, has obtained commitments to meet the cable-related needs and interests of the community, including full access to a wide array of video and broadband services for all citizens of the City; public, educational and government access channels; financial support for facilities and equipment for the production of programming; free cable services to schools and governmental facilities, and an Institutional Network and other services that support important government, educational, and public interests; and WHEREAS, in Congress, bills have either been introduced or drafted and discussed in committee that would hinder or preclude the City from requiring providers of cable and video services that use City rights-of-way to fully meet local cornmunity needs; and WHEREAS, these bills - House of Representatives (HR) 5252 and Senate (S) 2686 - would effectively nationalize the franchising of video services, setting a course toward pre-emption of all local authority over the provision of cable and video services within the community; and WHEREAS, HR 5252 and S 2686 would reduce the funding support for public, educational and government access services provided by the North Suburban Access Corporation/CTV North Suburbs by 80%, lowering its income from $1 million to $218,000, thereby decreasing the ability of the community to produce programs about local issues, people, organizations and activities; and