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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-42 - Ad Hoc Telecommunications CommitteeRESOLUTION NO. 2004- 42 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE AD HOC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach holds two separate non - exclusive franchise agreements with cable television providers, Adelphia and Cox Communications; and WHEREAS, these Agreements both expire in July of 2004; and WHEREAS, in anticipation of franchise renewals, the City formed an Ad Hoc Telecommunications Committee in November 2000 that: Worked with special counsel to develop a Cable Communications Franchises Ordinance, a Public Right -of -Way Ordinance, a Wireless Telecommunications Facility Ordinance, and a Council Policy regarding use of City property for Wireless Telecommunications Facilities; and Conducted a Community Needs Assessment that identified those aspects of community cable television service that the community desires and led to the adoption of a Statement of Minimum Criteria for the City to follow regarding its Franchise renewals with Adelphia and Cox. WHEREAS, the City is also home to residents and business owners who desire a wide variety of telecommunications services, including high -speed data, voice, video, and wireless Internet; and WHEREAS, the final task assigned to the Telecom Committee in 2000 was to negotiate new Franchise Agreements with cable providers and, while this task nears its completion, it is not yet done; now, therefore be it RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby extends the term of the existing Ad Hoc Telecommunications Committee to June 30, 2005. ADOPTED this 8`" day of June, 2004. MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK 4 �+ oy s Y r� C4L1 F04 STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2004 -42 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 8th day of June, 2004, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Heffernan, Rosansky, Adams, Bromberg, Webb, Nichols, Mayor Ridgeway Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 9th day of June, 2004. (Seal) City Clerk Newport Beach, California