1l Notice of Cable Franchise NOTICE BY THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA
OF ITS INTENT TO FRANCHISE A CABLE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
Notice is hereby given that it is the intent of the City Council of the City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota, to consider the grant of an additional franchise(s) for the purpose of constructing a
cable communications system to serve the City of Chanhassen, Minnesota. This notice is given
in accordance with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes Section 238.081.
Applications shall be submitted in response to this Notice and to a Request for Proposals
and Proposed Franchise Documents available on request in the office of the City Manager, 690
City Center Drive, Chanhassen Minnesota 55317, phone: 952-937-1900.
A. The deadline for submitting applications is February 21,2001.
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Applications shall be in writing, notarized, in a format consistent with the Request
for Proposals, and sealed with ten (10) copies enclosed. Each application shall
include an application fee of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) in the form of a
certified check made payable to the City of Chanhassen, Minnesota. The
applications shall be delivered to the attention of the City Manager, 690 City
Center Drive, Chanhassen Minnesota 55317, phone: 612-937-1900. Applicants
are hereby on notice that any and all costs incurred by the City with respect to the
franchise procedure and franchise award shall be recovered from applicant.
Applicants are requested to be present at a public hearing before the City Council,
which is presently scheduled to be held at City Hall, beginning at 7:00 p.m. on
March 26, 2001. Each applicant will be given time to summarize its application.
The City Council may then continue the public hearing to permit further review of
the application before a final decision is made to select qualified applicants.
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The Request for Proposals and Proposed Franchise Documents set forth in detail
the expectations of the City of Chanhassen, Minnesota and the requirements of
the content of the franchise proposal and are made in conformance to the
requirements of Minnesota Statutes Section 238.081, subd. 4.
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The desired system design and services to be offered are identified in the
Proposed Franchise Documents attached to the Request for Proposals and include
a system serving the entire City of Chanhassen, Minnesota with a reasonable line
extension policy; flexibility to increase channel capacity; public, educational and
governmental access channels supported by the operator; reasonable rates; a mix,
level and quality of programs and services comparable to other systems and
customer services and maintenance plans to ensure the highest degree of service
to the subscriber. The Request for Proposals and Proposed Franchise Documents
provide further details of the desired system design and services to be offered.
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The criteria for evaluating the applications and priorities for selection are as
follows:
The completeness of applications, conformance to Request for Proposal,
and Proposed Franchise Documents;
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2. The system design;
3. The programs and services offered initially and criteria for adding
programs and services;
4. The initial service area and the line extension policy;
5. The time for construction;
6. Customer service policies and system testing;.
7. The legal, technical, and financial qualifications of the applicant; and
8. The proposal for community services, including public, educational, and
governmental access.
Applications that meet the above criteria, in the opinion of the City Council, shall
be considered for a franchise. Each above criterion has equal weight. However,
no applicant will be selected unless it is approved in all of the above categories of
criteria.
The applicant(s) selected by the City Council will be required to accept the
Franchise Documents granted within fifteen (15) days after adoption and will also
be required to reimburse the City for the expenses not covered by the application
fees, as provided for by Minnesota Statutes Section 238.081, subd. 8.
All questions concerning this request should be directed to Mr. Brian T. Grogan,
Moss & Barnett, P.A., 4800 Norwest Center, 90 South Seventh Street,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-4129, phone (612) 347-0340, the City's legal
advisor regarding this process.
Date: January 23, 2001
Scott A. Botcher, City Manager
Publish in the Chanhassen Villager on February 1 and 8, 2001
Affidavit of Publication required for each publication.
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