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oI•.I:�1.\\', � i1:1t\111)1.%, } )1�'hl;I;ticl.\. <br /> 1)I;E NHOT✓. (i1.1.I HILL. 6 I-IARi; ;AVE <br /> ATTORNEYS AT LAVA' <br /> 110 CHI:1iTux tiTlth;h;'I' <br /> r11LLSeokOI:r,1I. N.(... 27278 <br /> 919-732.219(1 <br /> 919.9,12-0000 <br /> CHAPEL. HILL OFFICE May 15 , 1987 <br /> SUITE 20. FRANKLIN nf'TI,IIING <br /> 137 E.FRANKLIN STREET <br /> CHAPEL HILL.N.C.27514 <br /> 919-9 29-7131 <br /> ALONZO D.COLEMAN. JR. <br /> STEVEN A.BERNH01.7. <br /> DONALD R. DICKERSON <br /> ROGER B.13ERNHOLZ <br /> GEOFFREY E.GLEDI-JILL <br /> DOUGLAS HARGRAVE Shirle y E. Marshall , Chair <br /> MARTIN J. BERNHOLZ <br /> RICHARD -J. SNIDER.JR. Moses Carey <br /> IAREN LNICHOLAS I Stephen Halkiotis <br /> Of Counsel John Hartwell <br /> BONNER D.SAWYER Don W1llhoit <br /> (1902-1972) Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> 106 East Margaret Lane <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> Dear Board Members : <br /> Enclosed are the following : <br /> 1 . An Orange County Cable Television System <br /> Ordinance; <br /> 2 . A proposed franchise ordinance for Alert <br /> Cable TV of North Carolina, Inc . ; and <br /> 3 . An amendment to the franchise ordinance for <br /> Carolina Cable (formerly Village Cable of Orange <br /> County, Inc. ) . <br /> The cable television system ordinance has a number <br /> of proposed additions and deletions . I have taken the <br /> time to update the ordinance to reflect current <br /> thinking of the board, the cable television industry <br /> generally and changes in the law. All proposed <br /> additions are highlighted with underlining . All <br /> proposed deletions are lined through . Most <br /> significantly I propose all sections related to County <br /> involvement in rates be eliminated from the ordinance . <br /> Orange County ' s ability to regulate rates has been all <br /> but preempted by the Cable Communications Policy Act of <br /> 1984 , 47 U.S.C. Section 521 et seq. (1984) and the <br /> regulations promulgated under Section 543 of the Act. <br /> Rates have not been a problem in Orange County and I <br /> don ' t anticipate they will be. The cable operators <br /> will keep rates low and competitive in order to obtain <br /> subscribers . Furthermore , the procedure set out in the <br /> cable television ordinance has not been implemented by <br /> the County with respect to Village (now Carolina Cable) , <br />