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Request for Action <br />To Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council 4.5 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Consent February 4, 2019 Tina Allard, City Clerk <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Cable Franchise Renewal Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Reviewed by <br />Action Requested <br />1. Adopt, by motion, a regulatory ordinance which establishes certain regulations governing the <br />delivery of cable television to ensure all cable providers are subject to comparable obligations and <br />burdens. <br />2. Adopt, by motion, an ordinance granting a franchise to Charter Communications to construct, <br />operate, and maintain a cable system and provide cable service. <br />3. Adopt, by motion, a resolution for summary publication of the regulatory and franchise ordinances. <br />Background/Discussion <br />The current franchise agreement with Charter/ Spectrum is set to expire in February 2020. Attorney Bob <br />Vose has been working with Charter on renewal of the franchise agreement. <br />No modifications of substance have been made from the current agreement to the new agreement. The <br />main disagreement was over free cable service to city facilities. This has been clarified and specific city <br />sites are now listed in the agreement. <br />Financial Impact <br />The Franchise Fee remains at 5% of video -related gross revenues and are used to pay for such items as <br />attorney fees, equipment and channel needs, and certain communications related items. The PEG Fee <br />remains at $0.85 per subscription/per month. and is required to be utilized toward channel programming. <br />Attachments <br />Basic Cable Information <br />Attorney Memo <br />Regulatory Ordinance <br />Franchise Ordinance <br />Summary Publication Resolution <br />The Elk River Vision <br />A PehoMing community Pitb revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional P,` 01 W E H E 8 6 T <br />service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity INAWRE1