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<br />rCI ----'\) <br />( )j <br />tIt{ <br /> <br /> <br />Item 6.5a. <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Sandra Peine, City Clerk <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />February 22, 1999 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Transfer of Cable TV Franchise <br /> <br />6.5a. Transfer of Cable TV Franchise <br /> <br />THE REQUEST <br /> <br />The Council is requested to consider authorizing a transfer of <br />control and ownership interests from Jones Intercable, Inc. to <br />Bresnan Telecommunication Company, LLC. <br /> <br />tt BACKGROUND <br /> <br />The Sherburne Wright Cable Commission met on February 3, 1999, to <br />discuss this transfer. Tom Creighton, attorney for the Cable <br />Commission, has reviewed the issue and is recommending approval <br />based on the stipulations in the resolutions. The Cable Commission <br />voted to approve the transfers and all commissioners will be <br />presenting resolutions to their respective City Councils for approval <br />of this transfer. <br /> <br />The actual request is for the transfer of control and ownership <br />interest of Jones Intercable to Comcast Cable Communications (a <br />subsidiary of Jones). Following that transfer there will be another <br />transfer of control of cable television franchise from Comcast to <br />Bresnan Telecommunications Company, LLC (who will be the <br />ultimate owner of the system). Because there are actually two <br />separate transfers, two resolutions must be adopted. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />One of the stipulations in the resolution is for Bresnan to provide a <br />plan for narrowcasting of all government channels. The City of Elk <br />River will be one of the first (if not the first) city to be able to <br />provide narrow casting. The necessary work has been scheduled to <br />begin in Elk River this construction season. Therefore, it is <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330. TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420. Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />