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WHEREAS, the Franchise is scheduled to expire on November 23, 2013,unless sooner terminated or extended; and WHEREAS,by letter dated November 23, 2010, from Comcast to the City, Comcast invoked the formal renewal procedures set forth in Section 626 of the Cable Act, 47 U.S.C. §546; and WHEREAS, the City is desirous of commencing the formal renewal proceedings specified in Section 626(a)(1) of the Cable Act, 47 U.S.C. § 546(a)(1) and, at the same time, of pursuing the informal renewal process with Comcast pursuant to Section 626(h) of the Cable Act, 47 U.S.C. §546(h); and WHEREAS, the City wishes that the formal proceedings under Section 626(a) of the Cable Act and the informal renewal process under Section 626(h)be managed and conducted by the Commission, or its designee(s); and WHEREAS, the City intends to confirm the Commission's pre-existing authority to take any and all steps required or desired to comply with the franchise renewal and related requirements of the Cable Act, Minnesota law and the Franchise in accordance with the broad powers granted to the Commission by the Amended North Suburban Cable Commission Joint and Cooperative Agreement for the Administration of a Cable Communications System, dated June 1990 (the "Joint Powers Agreement"); and WHEREAS, the Commission is empowered by Joint Powers Agreement to conduct the Section 626(a)proceedings on the City's behalf and to take such other steps and actions as are needed or required to carry out the formal and informal franchise renewal processes; and WHEREAS,the Commission, on behalf of the City,must provide the public with notice of, and an opportunity to participate in, formal renewal proceedings under Section 626(a) of the Cable Act; and • WHEREAS, formal Section 626(a) proceedings and the informal franchise renewal process may involve the collection and analysis of information from Comcast (and its affiliates and subsidiaries), City agencies and departments, the Commission, the North Suburbs Access Corporation, the public and other interested parties, and may require one or more public hearings. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Section 1. The City authorizes the Commission and its staff to commence formal franchise renewal ascertainment and past performance proceedings under Section 626(a)(1) of the Cable Act, 47 U.S.C. §546(a)(1), concerning Comcast and the Franchise, on the City's behalf, pursuant to the powers granted to the Commission in the Joint Powers Agreement. These proceedings, and all applicable procedures, timelines and deadlines set forth in Section 626(a)-(g) of the Cable Act, 47 U.S.C. §546(a)-(g),maybe