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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
RAMSEY COUNTY
RESOLUTION NO. 94-67
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR CABLE FRANCHISE
FEES AND SPECIFYING THAT THE FUNDS IN THE ACCOUNT MAY
ONLY BE USED FOR CABLE-RELATED ACTIVITIES
WHEREAS, the City of Arden Hills is a member of the North Suburban Cable
Communications Commission, which was established by a Joint and Cooperative
Agreement between the Cities of Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little
Canada, Mounds View, New Brighton, North Oaks, Roseville, S1. Anthony and
Shoreview, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 471.59; and
WHEREAS, the Grantee of the cable franchise pays franchise fees to the City; and
WHEREAS, the cable subscriber ultimately bears the cost of the franchise fees and ought to be
the beneficiary of their use, either in cable franchise administration or in
community cable television programming; and
WHEREAS, Article X, Section 3 of the Joint and Cooperative Agreement states that after
making its annual contribution to the budget ofthe North Suburban Cable
Communications Commission, the remainder of any franchise fee paid to the
Member by the Grantee shall be used for cable-related expenses; and
WHEREAS, the North Suburban Cable Communications Commission does, from time to time,
make available grants to assist the Member Cities with the purchase of video
equipment to be used for programming the municipal access channel and to assist
cities with the costs of producing a specific program or series of programs; and
WHEREAS, in order to be eligible for such grants, a Member City must be able to document
that its franchise fees have been used primarily for cable-related activities; and
WHEREAS, the most effective way to establish such documentation is to establish a separate
account for franchise fees and specifying that the funds in this account may only
be used for cable-related activities.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Arden Hills,
Minnesota:
1, That the City will establish a separate account for franchise fees, or their
equivalent.
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That expenditures from this separate account will be restricted to cable-related
activities.
3. That cable-related activities are defined as:
a. the purchase of equipment to be used for programming the municipal
access channel.
b. the production of a specific program or series of programs which may be
shown on the municipal access channel.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNC
THIS 12TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1994.
F THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
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TERRANCE R. POST, ACTING CITY ADMINISTRATOR