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i April 3, 1998 To: City council FRO FROK Steve Sarkozy SUBJECT: At the Thursday, April 2, 1998 meeting of the North Suburban Cable Commission, final action was proposed on the franchise renewal proposal with Media One. The renewal franchise will be forwarded to the city in the next several days. The current franchise terra has been extended through April 19. A 90 day extension of the current franchise will be proposed on the city council regular agenda of April 13 to provide additional time for review. There are numerous issues the Council should be aware of as we consider franchise renewal. Several possible early discussion items include: City preemption of franchise terms—certain clauses of the Cable Franchise should be preemptable by future City Council action (ordinances) on issues that pertain to under grounding of cable, fees and permits, and potentially other areas which are subject to changing community values. The City will need to consider future technology needs and determine how to position the cable system to address those needs; specifically on the I-filet interconnection of City facilities, interconnection with other city and School District facilities, the linkage to homes (Internet provision to single family homes, security systems provided by the city, and other quasi commercial activities enhanced by telecommunication access). On a broader scale the City Council may Irish to discuss, as part of the franchise renewal process or shortly thereafter, other governance issues relating to cable including: 1. The structure of rake up of the forth Suburban cable omission----should it be our 10 city consortium, or the entire 55 city service area of Media One, or the City of Roseville alone, or other alternatives? 2. Should the city have direct access to our prorated share of fees and equipment allocated by Media one to the Forth Suburban Cable Commission?