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y MEMO DATE: May 16,2002 Honorable Mayor and Council Members Mary Capra CooleCo~onUpoote TO: FROM: RE: ...................................................................................... Please find attached the find attached Resolution 2002-02 Order to Cease and Desist by North Metro Telecommunications Commission and the response from Mr. David Seykora of AT&T Broadband. Actions Taken: . Resolution No. 2002-02 cease and desist order was given to ATT &T broadband April 18, 2002 for ATI&T broadband to stop using the arbitration clause in their customer service agreement. . May 3, 2002 letter received from Mr. Seykora regarding ATT&T customer policy and their reasoning behind their belief they are within the law to request arbitration. . Cable Commission motion was to allow staff to find AT&T Broadband in non- compliance with the franchise agreement, if the company does not fully comply with the Cease & Desist order by May 18, 2002. This Will include the issuance of notice of violation and the invocation of applicOOle remedies. . The Coole Commission agrees to participate in comments to the FCC regarding the removal of franchise fees from high-speed cable modems. The cities want to have their voices heard because any FCC rule rnHking could affect the rights of way management and future income from cOOle modem service. The commission agree to not exceed two thousands dollars to support this effort. Future Actions: · The city will be receiving a request shortly to free up the permits for AT&T broadband to upgrade the system. AT&T broadband will agree to work with the cities public works and engineering firms in an effort to make the work flow smoothly. This will be coming to council for approval within the next three to four weeks. The commission feels they are close enough to agreement on the contract to allow upgrading to begin.