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RESOLUTION NO. 7475
1, RESOLUTION l~PPROVING !~ JOINT PIIBLIC SEARING
BEFORE THE SOUTHWEST SUBURBAI~1 GBLE COI4SISSION
ON A PROPOSED TR~-AiSFER OF OWNERSHIP
RELATING TO THE GBLE COlOiiJNIGTIONS FRAIdCBISE
FOR THE CITY OF RICHFIELD
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richfield
("City") is the official governing body of the City; and,
WHEREAS, the City, in association with the Cities of
Edina ~ Eden Prairies Hopkins and Dlinnetonka
("Member Cities") formed the Southwest Suburban Cable Commission
("SWSCC"), a joint .powers commission; and,
WHEREAS, the City, in association with the other Member
Cities, granted a Cable Communications Franchise ("Franchise") to
Rogers Cablesystems of the Southwest, Inc. ("Rogers"); and,
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 238.081, .Subdivision 5,
authorizes the City to delegate authority vested in it to grant,
administer, and enforce the Franchise; and,
WHEREAS, Article XIII, Section 3, of the Franchise
authorizes the City to delegate from time to time certain rights
or obligations under the Franchise to the SWSCC; and,
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 238.083 provides that a
public hearing may be held in the event of a proposed transfer of
ownership of the Franchise; and,
WHEREAS, Rogers has proposed a transfer of ownership to KBL
Cable, Inc. of the Grantee of the Franchise through the transfer
of the controlling stock interest in an indirect parent
corporation of the Grantee; and,
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WHEREAS, the City, i' cooperation with the other Member
Cities, wishes to hold a oint public hearing to consider the
proposed transfer of owners ip pertaining to the Franchise; and,
WHEREAS, the .SWSCC through its Operating Committee has
recommended to the City andlIthe Member Cities that a joint public
hearing relating to this proposed transfer of ownership be held
on behalf of all Member Cries on November 30, 1988, before the
SWSCC at the Edina City Haul beginning at 7:00 p.m.; and,
WHEREAS, legal public notice of said public hearing shall be
published inviting any intelrested person to discuss the legal,
technical and financial qualifications and character of the
proposed transferee; and,
WHEREAS, this public hearing and legal notice i s intended to be i n
satisfaction of all state and local public hearing requirements
related to the proposed tra sfer of ownership.
NOW, THEREFORE, in a regular meeting assembled of the City
Council of the City of Richfield , the following was
resolved:
1. The SWSCC is re~uested on behalf of the City, in
cooperation with the other Meriber Cities, to hold a joint public
hearing on the proposed transfer of ownership of the Franchise on
November 30, 1988.
2. Legal notice of t~~!his hearing will be published by the
SWSCC pursuant to the requirements of state and local law.
3. All interested persons in the City who wish to attend
or participate in the public hearing on the proposed transfer of
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ownership of the Franchise are asked to attend the joint public
hearing on November 30, 1988.
4. The foregoing notice. of public hearing and public hearing
is intended to satisfy all state and local requirements pertaining
to this proposed transfer of ownership of the Franchise.
This Resolution is passed and adopted the 14th day of
November 1988.
ATTEST:
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Thomas P. Ferber City Clerk
CITY OF
Richfield
Steven J. Quam
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