HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolutions (R-90-585-E)-05/01/1990
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2 RESOLUTION R-90-586-e
3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE,
TEXAS, STATING ITS SUPPORT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION
4 OF CABLE FRANCHISES; TO BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE
AND APPROVAL.
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WHEREAS, the Cable Consumer Protection Act of 1990 ("the Act")
is in the process of final hearing and markup; and
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WHEREAS, now is the time for local governments to ensure that
the proposed legislation is in the best interest of
their citizens; and
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WHEREAS, the present form of the Act does not adequately address
9 the control of programs by cable operators and problems
associated with it; and
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WHEREAS, the Act does not contain authority to regulate cable
franchises by local government; and
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WHEREAS, the Act fails to give local governments sufficient
safeguards in the requirements for renewal of franchises
and sufficient technical standards to ensure reasonable
local oversight over the quality of service; and
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WHEREAS, cable has always been a locally tailored medium, and
14 Congress reaffirmed that in the 1984 Cable Act; and
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WHEREAS,
cable was not intended to be nationally
federally ordained, but configured to
landscape and population; and
uniform or
the local
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WHEREAS, the purposes of the 1984 Cable Act include assuring
the responsiveness of cable to the needs and interest
of the local community and encouraging the widest
possible diversity of information sources and services
to the public; and
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the 1984 Cable Act
authorities, and no one
basic service where there
and
also empowers franchising
else, to regulate rates for
is not effective competition;
WHEREAS,
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WHEREAS, as a practical matter, someone needs to be the
day-to-day interface with cable for the public; and
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WHEREAS, local governments are best suited to be the interface
with cable for the public because local governments
grant and renew cable franchises; and
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Resolution R-90-585-e
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WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Council of Colleyville,
the public's interest would be best served if the
Cable Consumer Protection Act of 1990 authorized local
governments to regulate cable subscription rates and
to exercise more control over the type, variety and
nature of cable programming.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
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Sec. 1:
THAT the City of
fOllowing inclusions
Act of 1990:
Colleyville, Texas, supports the
in the Cable Consumer Protection
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a. local authority to regulate rates to ensure cable
companies will provide better customer service;
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b. technical standards to ensure reasonable local
oversight over the quality of service;
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c. improved requirements for renewal of franchises
to give Cities sufficient safeguards;
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d. improved standards to control programming by cable
operators and problems associated with it.
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AND IT IS SO RESOLVED.
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on the 1st day of May, 1990.
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Passed
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CITY OF COLLEYVILLE
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CHRIS HAWKINS
MAYOR
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City Secretary
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Ross T. Foster
City Attorney
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