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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
Date: November 6, 1978
Motion by Councilman Neveaux
Resolution No. 78-65
Seconded by Councilman Pearson
A RESOLUTION DENOTING QUALIFIED APPROVAL
OF A PROPOSED CABLE SERVICE TERRITORY WITHIN
THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OF
BLOOMINGTON, EDINA, RICHFIELD, EDEN PRAIRIE,
ST. LOUIS PARK, HOPKINS AND MINNETONKA.
WHEREAS, Northern Cab1evision, Inc. has given notice of
intent to propose a cable service territory (CST) within the
boundaries of the municipalities of Bloomington, Edina, Richfield,
Eden Prairie, St. Louis Park, Hopkins and Minnetonka; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Commission on Cable Communications
(MCCC) has been charged by law with the duty of adopting a set of
standards for the establishment of cable service territories "within
which a franchise may be awarded" and procedures to be followed for
the extension of cable service territory boundaries; and
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WHEREAS, the MCCC is required to approve or reject bounda-
ries for specific territories; and
WHEREAS, the MCCC has adopted certain regulations relating
to the processing of proposals for the establishment of CST's; and
WHEREAS, MCCC Regulation ~4.225B includes a provision that
the board shall consider resolutions from the governing bodies of all
municipalities contacted by the party or parties proposing the cable
service territory stating their approval or disapproval of such pro-
posal; and
WHEREAS, MCCC REgulation ~4.226F provides that: "The Board
shall consider the following factors in determining its approval or
rejection of a proposal for a cable service territory: the impact of
such a territory on the cable Board's plans or systems of other
governmental units which are contiguous to or in close proximity to
the proposed boundaries; the impact of the proposed territory on plans
and reports adopted by the Metropolitan Councilor other appropriate
regional development commission; the economic viability of such pro-
posed territories; the relationship of the cable service territory to
cooperative arrangements between municipalities; the relationship of
the cable service territory to municipal, county and school district
boundaries; the technical feasibility of a cable communications system
in the proposed cable service territory; and any other factors the
Board deems relevant;" and
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WHEREAS, the City of Chanhassen does not yet have informa-
tion addressing the factors and criteria to be considered by the MCCC
in the approval or disapproval of a CST; and
WHEREAS, the regulation seems to require the City to either
approve or disapprove of the proposed CST prior to the filing of the
application and the receipt of such information;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Chanhassen as follows:
1. The City of Chanhassen, as an adjacent municipality, does
not object to the proposed CST described above.
2. The City of Chanhassen takes no position at this time on
the merits of the proposed CST.
3. The City of Chanhassen, as an adjacent municipality, pro-
visionally approves of the proposed CST, in order to fulfill the
requirement of approval or disapproval, and requests that it be
informed of all proceedings relating to the establishment of the
proposed CST or any modification thereof.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen this 6th day
of Novenilier, 1978. .~
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~'I1al ter B. Hobbs, ayor
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Donald W. Ashworth
City Clerk/Manager