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<br />Pursuant to due call, and notice thereolf,,i a regular meeting of the C Olt
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<br />Council of the City, of Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota was dul
<br />held, on the 2,51th day of September, 1989, at 7,0,30 p9miiiii,
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<br />The following members were present:
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<br />and the following were absent.
<br />WHEREAS, The Cable Communications Act of 1984 restricted states' and
<br />local governments�' abies to regulate the Cable Television Industry
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<br />d 11wrielictly and,
<br />'WHEREAS, Since the passaige of the Cable Communications Act of 1984,
<br />concentrations of ownership, amounting to monopolies have increased
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<br />among cable television, operations though that Act was intended to
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<br />"Promote competition in cable communications and minimize unnecessary
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<br />regulations that imposle undue economic burden on cable systems;" and
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<br />WHEREAS, Municipaes throughout the nation, including this one,
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<br />have been subjected to, substantial rate increases, service reductions'.
<br />,and, programming changes that do not, reflect consumers' needs or the
<br />,original intentions of' their, franchise agreements; and
<br />WHEREAS, Moire than, half of the nation"s households and more than 40
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<br />percent of the, residents of this City subscribe to cable,, and cable
<br />television 'is increasiing,ly becoming the main means of access to
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<br />information and entertainment; and
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<br />1, Cable subscribers in this City, have been subjected to rate
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<br />increasies of' over 40 percent over, the past four yearsF as well as
<br />increases in the costs. of remote control units,, late fee charges,
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<br />elimination of Senior Citizen rates, and installations; and
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<br />WHEREAS i,ng priced beyond the reach of
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<br />lower 'income people, "including families with children, and the elderly
<br />who are particularly in need of information and other services that
<br />are, available, solely through cable television; and
<br />WHEREAS The diversity of' 'information services promised by the 1984
<br />Cable Communications, Act has failed, to materialize; and
<br />WHEREAS,, The, promise 'of universal servil"Ice Similarly has not been
<br />fulfilledi and
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