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<br />EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City <br />Council of the City of Roseville, county of Ramsey, Minnesota was duly <br />held on the 25th day of September, 1989, at 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />The following members were present: Matson, Cushman, Kehr, and Rog, <br />and the following were absent: Johnson. <br /> <br />Member Kehr introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 8504 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION URGING SUPPORT FOR THE RESTORATION <br />OF LOCAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The Cable Communications Act of 1984 restricted states' and <br />local governments' abilities to regulate the Cable Television Industry <br />directly; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Since the passage of the Cable Communications Act of 1984, <br />concentrations of ownership amounting to monopolies have increased <br />among cable television operations though that Act was intended to <br />"promote competition in cable communications and minimize unnecessary <br />regulations that impose undue economic burden on cable systems;" and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Municipal i ties throughout the nation , including this one, <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 /> <br />WHEREAS, More than half of the nation's households and more than 40 <br />percent of the residents of this city subscribe to cable, and cable <br />television is increasingly becoming the main means of access to <br />information and entertainment; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Cable subscribers in this City have been subjected to rate <br />increases of over 40 percent over the past four years, as well as <br />increases in the costs of remote control units, late fee charges, <br />elimination of Senior citizen rates, and installations; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Cable television is rapidly being priced beyond the reach of <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 /> <br />WHEREAS, The diversity of information services promised by the 1984 <br />Cable Communications Act has failed to materialize; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The promise of universal service similarly has not been <br />fulfilled; and <br />