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120 121 122 123 forth in 47 U.S.C. 546(c) for the Commission and the Member Cities to accept or preliminarily deny the Comcast Proposal; and WHEREAS, on or about December 20, 2013, Comcast submitted to the Commission its Formal Proposal in response to the Staff Report and RFRP ("Proposal"); and 124 WHEREAS, the Commission published a notice notifying the public that Comcast's 125 Proposal has been received and was placed on file for public inspection in the 126 Commission's office, and that written public comments may be submitted to the 127 Commission; and 128 WHEREAS, the Commission held a public hearing on April 17, 2014, and May 1, 2014, 129 on the Comcast Proposal; and 130 WHEREAS, Comcast's proposal was analyzed by the Commission's staff, The Buske 131 Group, CBG Communications, Inc., and Front Range Consulting, Inc., each of whom 132 prepared a separate Executive Summary of Comcast's Proposal, which are all attached 133 hereto and incorporated herewith as Exhibit A to Attachment 1(collectively the 134 "Executive Summary Reports"); and 135 WHEREAS, the Executive Summary Reports identify with particularity whether 136 Comcast's Proposal is acceptable or unacceptable as it relates to the Commission's Staff 137 Report and RFRP; and 138 WHEREAS, the Commission carefully reviewed Comcast's Proposal and determined a 139 number of areas where the Proposal fails to meet the future cable-related community 140 needs and interests taking into account the cost of ineeting such needs and interests; and 141 WHEREAS, should Comcast request the commencement of an administrative hearing 142 pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 546(c), the Commission has prescribed Rules for the Conduct of 143 an Administrative Hearing, attached hereto as Exhibit B to Attachment 1, which rules 144 comply with all procedural obligations set forth in 47 U.S.C. § 546(c); and 145 WHEREAS, the Commission carefully considered all public comment including that 146 contained within the Staff Report and RFRP, the Proposal and the attached analysis; and 147 WHEREAS, the Commission, on May 15, 2014, adopted a resolution, attached hereto as 148 Attachment 1, recommending to the Member Cities that the Member Cities issue a 149 preliminary assessment that the Comcast Franchises should not be renewed. 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT RESOLVED by the City Council (the "Council") of the City of Roseville, Minnesota (the `City"), that: 1. Each of the above recitals is hereby incorporated as a finding of fact by the City.