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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE * * * * * * * * * * * Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota was duly held on the 26th day of September, 1988, at 7:30 p.m. The following members were present: Kehr, Matson, Cushman, and Rog, and the following were absent: Johnson. Member Kehr introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 8365 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ACCESS MANAGEMENT BY A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION WHEREAS, the City of Roseville (hereinafter "city") recognizes the functions that community access on a cable communications system can perform in serving the communications needs of the variety of community organizations, institutions and individuals, and in enriching the cable subscribers/viewers by providing information abut community events and resources plus an awareness of the scope and dynamics of activity within the ten city area; and WHEREAS, the North Suburban Cable Commission (hereinafter "Commission") is authorized to act on behalf of the City through a joint and cooperative agreement to oversee and administer the franchise that the City has granted to Cable TV North Central; and WHEREAS, the Commjssion has completed a thorough study of community access, which stU41s ~ain conclusions include the community access would best be man~ged by a non-profit corporation rather than by the cable communications company, and that Cable TV North Central has failed in its efforts to provide the proper mix of resources to support and produce a successful access operation; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City directs its commission Representative to support the Commission's negotiations to effect the orderly transfer of community access management functions and resources from Cable TV North Central, or its successor, to a non-profit corpora- tion, and to ensure that the corporation has sufficient funds to per- form its duties without the necessity of additional funding from the member cities. The non-profit corporation will be responsible to promote the community access opportunities, and to manage resources provided for same in the ten city area. The city directs its Commission Representative to report the results of the negotiations to the City for review, and appropriate action.