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PLBASE SUBSTITUTE FOR RBSOLU"~)N NO. 7327-98 REFERRBD TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLB 7/6/98 RESOLUTION NO. 7327-98 BY: Corrigan, Flannery, Roth, Seelie, Smith A RESOLUTION determining the Qty of Lakewood's future cable television needs and authorizing the Director of Law to submit a request for proposal to Cablevision for a nonexclusive franchise agreement based upon those needs. WHEREAS, the City's nonexclusive cable television franchise with V Cable, LP, d.b.a. Cablevision ("CablevisiOn") is up for renewal; and WHEREAS, as a part of the cable television franchise renewal process set forth in Section 626 of the federal Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 (47 USC 546), and in anticipation of negotiaUng the renewal of a cable television franchise with Cablevision, the City formed a Cable Television Task Force for the purpose of determining the City's future cable television-related needs and interests, which Task Force's duties included, but were not limited to, gathering information, evaluating and making recommendations regarding the community's needs for its "B-Loop" community information network, Cablevision's performance under the current franchise, and establishing a "level playing field" among cable operators in the City; and WHEREAS, the Cable Television Task Force has made its recommendations regarding the community's cable television-related needs and interest as well as other closely related issues to this Council in the form of the attached report (Exhibit A); and WHEREAS, after reviewing the Cable Television Task Force's recommendations, this Council determines that it would be in the best interest of the City to adopt the Cable Television Task Force's recommendations as a compilation of the City's future cable televiSion-related needs and interests, and to authorize the Director of Law to submit a Request for Proposal to Cablevision for purposes of negotiating the renewal of its cable television franchise with the city. BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE ci-rY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO THAT: Section :l.. The Council accepts and adopts the recommendations of the Cable Television Task Force regarding the community's future cable television-related needs and interests. Section 2. This Council hereby authorizes the Director of Law to issue to Cablevision a Request for Proposal for purposes of negotiating a new nonexclusive cable television franchise which Request for Proposal shall incorporate the community's cable television needs hereby adopted. George,