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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. vir-Pc <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 19, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: Cable TV Resolution and Cable Television Services Agreement <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert Kittrell <br /> I. Resolution Ext. 2300 <br /> II. Agreement TELEPHONE NUMBER- <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider adopting a resolution providing for the <br /> regulation of cable TV rates. To consider entering into <br /> an agreement with Triangle J Council of Governments <br /> (TJCOG) to provide cable rate regulation administration. <br /> BACKGROUND: At the September 21 Commissioners ' Meeting, the Board <br /> approved the submission of a certification form to the <br /> Federal Communication Commission authorizing the County <br /> to regulate cable rates consistent with FCC regulations. <br /> The attached resolution affirms that the County will <br /> follow FCC Rate Regulations in its regulation of the <br /> Basic Service Rates. <br /> Also, at the October 13, 1993 Cable TV Citizen Advisory <br /> Committee Meeting, TJCOG proposal to provide cable rate <br /> regulation administration to the County was discussed. <br /> The committee briefly discussed the other possible <br /> options for providing this service including County <br /> staff and non-governmental consultants. Discussions <br /> revealed that TJCOG could provide qualified professionals <br /> to perform the tasks at a reasonable cost. TJCOG will <br /> also provide this service to most of the local govern- <br /> ments in this region. <br />