HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 6086 RESOLUTION NO. 6086
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, RELATIVE TO FEDERAL CABLE
LEGISLATION, LOCAL AUTHORITY AND CABLE SUBSCRIBER PROTECTION
WHEREAS, the provision of cable television service has already
proven to be a valuable service to thousands of communities across
the country and holds great potential for all cities; and
Local governments have had the responsibility for franchising
cable television systems in their cities and for overseeing the
implementation of those franchises once awarded; and
The presence of a strong local government role in the
overseeing of franchise agreements has worked to ensure that
contractual obligations are met and the public interests are served;
and
The franchising process has been a model of the free
marketplace at work, with enormous competition between cable
companies for the privilege to provide exclusive service within a
community; and
Local governments, recognizing the need for and success of
direct relationships between cities and cable companies, have sought
to discourage unnecessary involvement in these matters by the
Congress and the Courts; and
Cities, working together and with a broad coalition of
concerned interests including representatives of labor, education,
consumers, telecommunications, rural and utility interests, have in
recent years been defeated by legislation to remove local governments
from their central role in the cable television process .
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Huntington
Beach reaffirms its view that federal cable television legislation
restricting the traditional responsibilities which have been
exercised by local governments in this area is not appropriate.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Huntington Beach shall
work to encourage changes to current federal cable television
legislation, to the extent possible, so as to not limit the option of
local governments to regulate the rates charged by cable television
companies for basic service; so as to not limit the option of local
governments to define by negotiation with cable television companies
the definition of basic service; and so as to provide maximum
competition in the franchise renewal process with no presumption or
expectancy of renewal on the part of the cable company holding the
franchise; allowance of telephone company provision of cable service
under circumstances that respect local government authority; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in working with Congress in the
whole area of cable television legislation, the City of Huntington
Beach shall be guided by the principle of preserving municipal
authority in the cable television field, which has greatly benefited
the cable television industry, the community and the nation.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of
November, 1989 .
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM
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City Clerk
%% City Attorney
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: ITIA D AND APPROVED:
City Administrator tor, Economic Development
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6086
Res, No, 6086
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly appointed, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular adjourned meeting thereof held on the 13th day
of November , 19 89 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
MacAllister, Green, Winchell , Bannister, Silva, Erskine
NOES: Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
Mays
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California