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18q <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No. 0-7 <br /> Meeting Date: JUNE 17, 1986 <br /> SUBJECT: ALERT CABLE REQUEST FOR EXPANSION OF FRANCHISE SERVICE AREA <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S <br /> OFFICE, X501 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a presentation from Alert Cable TV of North Carolina <br /> requesting amendment to its existing franchise. <br /> NEED: Alert Cable TV franchise agreement with the County limits expan- <br /> sion beyond the number of homes that were connected to its <br /> system in November, 1980. Alert Cable TV desires the opportu- <br /> nity to serve more County residents through elimination of <br /> restrictions placed on its franchise agreement. <br /> IMPACT: Currently the County has a franchise agreement with Village <br /> Cable, Inc. which encompasses the majority of the County. <br /> Village franchise agreement does not preclude the board from <br /> receiving an expanded service area request from Alert Cable TV. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> Re-establish the Cable Television Citizen Advisory Committee to <br /> review the Alert Cable TV service area expansion request and to <br /> draft specific standards by which an amendment may be considered <br /> by the Board. <br />