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RESOLUTION NO. 6-2007
APPROVING AN EXTENSION OF THE CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE
WITH COMCAST OF CALIFORNIA I, INC.
WHEREAS, the Town of Danville issued a cable television franchise in 1987 to
Televents for a term of 15 years; and
WHEREAS, Comcast of California I, Inc. ("Comcast") is the successor in interest to
Televents and the current holder of the cable television franchise; and
WHEREAS, the Town and Comcast have been engaged in both formal and informal
negotiations since 2001 for the renewal and/ or extension of the cable television
franchise; and
WHEREAS, the Town and Comcast now desire to enter into an extension of the
franchise agreement that will be effective through January 2, 2008; now, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council hereby authorizes the Town Manager
to execute an agreement extending the current cable television franchise agreement
with Comcast upon the following terms:
1. Comcast shall collect and remit to the Town a Public, Educational and
Government (PEG) Access capital support fee in the amount of $0.60 per
month per subscriber, this obligation to become effective at such time as
any other cable or video provider operating within the Town of Danville
begins collecting such fee.
2. The Town waives the requirement in the existing franchise that Comcast
maintain a customer service office within the Town and instead requires
that Comcast shall maintain such an office within reasonable driving
distance of the Town.
. 3. All other terms of the existing franchise agreement shall remain in effect.
4. This extension shall be effective until January 2,2008;
and, be it further
RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council rescinds the formal franchise renewal
proceedings commenced pursuant to 47 US.c. 546 and authorizes the Town
Manager to execute any documents necessary to terminate those proceedings,
including the RFP issued on August 6, 2004.
APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on January 16, 2007
by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAINED:
ABSENT:
Shimansky, Andersen, Arnerich, Doyle, Stepper
None
None
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY
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