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Room B-8, Civic Center
Huntington Beach, California
Monday, July 11, 1988
A tape recording of this meeting is
on file in the City Clerk's Office
Mayor Pro Tem Mays called the adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Huntington Beach to order at 5:30 p.m.
Present: Kelly, Mays, Winchell, Bannister
Absent: Green, Finley, Erskine
PUBLIC C"ENTS
aka] es Kgftgr urged Council to refrain from discussing Public Cable Television
Authority matters in Closed Session.
PROLQ SUL OF MERE CABLE TELEVISION
Councilman Kelly presented a report on the proposed sale of the cable televi-
sion system owned by Rogers Cable in Huntington Beach, Westminster, Fountain
Valley and Stanton.
NEGOTIADONS RE EQUIDLE SALE OF P T CITIES BUY T RIGHTS T
ROGERS CABLE - CITE UBGED 10 NEW—TIAT'E TOGETHER
Carl Pilnick, President of Telecommunications Management Corporation, reviewed
the options available to the City regarding the negotiations concerning the
possible sale of Public Cable Television Authority and member cities buy-out
rights to Rogers Cable. He reviewed the summary of the document prepared by
Telecommunications Management Corporation titled Public Ownership, Financing
and MAnagement- f T 1 vi i n m -V m I -P TA Ownership
Interest Mav 1998.
Mr. Pilnick urged the cities to negotiate with Rogers Cable as a group, rather
than as individual cities.
Discussion was held regarding the possibility that if the matter were not
resolved in the near future it could go into litigation.
Allen Watts, attorney representing the Public Cable Television Authority,
addressed Council and stated he believed the buy out provisions in the
agreement were valid. Fie reviewed the history of the agreement as it pertains
to the buy out provision.
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Discussion was held between Council and Deputy City Attorney Sangster regard-
ing a possible recess into Closed Session of Council.
A motion was made by Bannister, seconded by Winchell, to urge all the cities
to keep together and negotiate together regarding the negotiations concerning
the possible sale of the Public Cable Television Authority and member cities
buy-out rights to Rogers Cable. The motion carried by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: Kelly, Mays, Winchell, Bannister
NOES: None
ABSENT: Green, Finley, Erskine
Mayor Pro Tem Mays
City of Huntington
the Civic Center,
adjourned the regular meeting of the City Council of the
Beach to 5:80 p.m., Monday, July 18, 1988 in Room B-8 of
ATTEST:
City Clerk
City Clerk and ex-officW Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Hon t ii n g . ton Beach, California
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Mayor pro Tem
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