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' 4 1 companies have been hired to serve in their companys' best interest. 2 He has no problem with a density of twenty homes per mile. 3 Ms. Dorrel said that they plan to proceed with the merger and 4 want to serve Orange County. However, if the density is unacceptable, 5 it puts them in a different position which is uncertain at this time. 6 In answer to a question from Commissioner Willhoit, Bob Gwyn 7 said that all other counties and municipalities have agreed to this 8 resolution with a density of fifteen homes per mile. 9 Commissioner Gordon questioned the reasoning for using a 10 density of 25 homes during the interim period since no one knows what 11 the customer reaction would be if the density was set at twenty homes 12 per mile. She suggested doing twenty and seeing if the response would 13 be more positive than the cable company predicted. When entering 14 franchise negotiations, if 20 homes did not work out, the company could 15 present information to the contrary. Ms. Dorrel responded that they 16 have lowered the homes per mile from 30 to 25. 17 Commissioner Willhoit made reference to the fifteen homes per 18 mile in the municipalities with a penetration of .5. If they expect a 19 penetration of 35~ in Orange County, he suggested going with 21.4 homes 20 per mile as the equivalent. He offered this as a compromise which is 21 using the same base as for municipalities. 22 Hugh MacEachern, General Manager of CVI said that the 23 penetration numbers in Orange County are based on how many homes they 24 pass and how many of those people subscribe to the service. The best 25 number they can offer is 25. 26 Bob Sepe explained the deadline provisions and the 27 consequences. If any of the demands made by the Board of County 28 Commissioners seem unreasonable, the resolution could be nullified and 29 the transfer could be approved by the FCC anyway. If approved by the 30 FCC in this manner none of the stipulations in this resolution would be 31 valid. 32 A motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit, seconded by 33 Commissioner Halkiotis to approve the resolution with a change to #5 as 34 stated above and the density stated as 21.4 or more residences per mile 35 as stated in the resolution attached to these minutes on pages 36 37 VOTE: AYES, 3; NOS, 2 (Commissioners Crowther and Gordon) 38 39 40 C. RESOLUTION ADJUSTING UPDATING PERMITTED CABLE RATES 41 A motion was made by Commissioner Crowther, seconded by 42 Commissioner Willhoit to adopt a resolution/order approving adjustments 43 in permitted rates for Cable TV service as stated below: 44 ORDER APPROVING ADJUSTMENTS IN BASIC SERVICE RATES 45 BASED ON EXTERNAL COSTS 46 FCC-1210 47 BY ORANGE COUNTY: 48 WHEREAS, on May 25, 1995, Time Warner Cable, d/b/a Cablevision of 49 Chapel Hill, filed an FCC-1210 Updating Maximum Permitted Rates form 50 for Regulated Cable Services with Orange County. Time Warner's filing 51 covers the first quarter of 1995, but also takes into account 52 inflationary costs incurred during the period of October 1993 through 53 June 1994; 54 WHEREAS, cable operators are allowed to recover inflationary costs 55 during October 1, 1994 through August 31, 1995, based on inflation 56 incurred during October 1, 1993 through June 30, 1994;