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I ! Y <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No._3=- <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 15, 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: Cable Television Survey <br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(8) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert Kittrell <br /> Cable Television Survey Ext. 2300 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER- <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To review and approve the Cable Television Survey. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The County Cable TV Citizen Advisory Committee has begun the Cable <br /> TV refranchising process for both cable companies in the County, <br /> Cablevision and CVI. Cable TV franchise agreements with cable <br /> companies expire February, 1996. <br /> One of the statutory franchise renewal requirements of the Cable Act <br /> is a public input element. A public proceeding must be held by the <br /> franchising authority (County) to: 1) identify future cable-related <br /> community needs and interests, and 2) review past performance of <br /> cable operators. <br /> The attached survey, developed by the cable committee, will be <br /> mailed to a sampling of residents in unincorporated areas of the <br /> County. Approximately 3,000 residents will receive the survey. <br /> Residents within the cable service areas and residents outside of <br /> the cable service areas will receive the survey. <br /> Later in they refranchising process, the cable committee will <br /> recommend to the Board of Commissioners that a public hearing be <br /> held to receive more public input. <br />