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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />% <br />~HILLS <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN mLLS, MINNESOTA <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />MONDAY, JULY 21, 2003, 4:45 P.M. <br />CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1245 WEST mGUW AY 96 <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />Mayor Aplikowski called the meeting to order at 4:50 p.m. Present: <br />Councilmembers David Grant, Brenda Holden, Gregg Larson, and Lois Rem <br />(arrived 9:30 p.rn.). <br /> <br />Staff present: Interim City Administrator/Community Services Director, <br />Aaron Parrish; Operations & Maintenance Director, Thomas J. Moore; <br />Deputy Clerk/Human Resources Director, Cynthia Young, Recreation <br />Program Supervisor Michelle Olson, and Engineer Greg Brown. <br /> <br />North Suburban Cable Commission Update <br />Ms. Coralie Wilson <br /> <br />Ms. Wilson presented the Council with a document which detailed the history of <br />the North Suburban Communications Commission. She explained that the NSCC <br />established the North Suburban Access Corporation (NSAC) which is a non-profit <br />corporation that manages the community access channels, equipment and facilities <br />and trains people in the community in how to produce programs for the channels. <br />Ms. Wilson discussed the advantages of City Halls networked with fiber-nodes and <br />digital (IP) phone systems. Regarding regulatory issues, Ms. Wilson reported that <br />the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has not been helpful in regulating <br />the rates, most likely due to the fact that there is little competition in the area. She <br />encouraged residents to contact their legislators regarding rate regulation and <br />reminded residents that local access channels are brought to them free of charge. <br />