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_ <br /> CdLEMAN, BERNHOLZ, DICKERSON, <br /> BERNHOLZ, GLEDHILL& HARGRAVE <br /> ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br /> 110 CHURTON STREET <br /> HILLSBOROUGH,N.C.2727 <br /> 919-732.2196 <br /> 919-942-E000 <br /> CONFIDENTIAL <br /> CHAPEL HILL OFFICE <br /> SUITE 20,FR.NNKLIN BUILDING <br /> 137 E.FRANKLIN STREET <br /> CHAPEL HILL,N C 37514 IVI a y 16, 1983 <br /> 919 929,715: <br /> ALONZO B.COLEMAN JR <br /> STEVEN A.BERNHOLZ <br /> DONALD R DICKF.RSON <br /> - ROGER B.BERNHOLZ <br /> GEOFFREY E GLEDHILL Mr. Richard Whitted, Chairman <br /> DOUGLAS HARGRAVE Mr. N'orman Gustaveson <br /> BERNHOI2 <br /> WILLIAM H BREEZE JR Mr. Ben Lloyd <br /> c .nwt Ms. Shirley Marshall <br /> o <br /> BONNER D SAWYER Mr. Nbrman Walker. <br /> 119u2 19721 Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> Orange County Courthouse <br /> 106 Margaret Lane <br /> Hillsb6rough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> Re: Cable Television Extension Request <br /> Dear Members of the Board: <br /> This letter is intended to supplement the agenda abstract <br /> regarding the eligibility of Robinswood, Rangewood, Stoneybrook and <br /> CounCiilville to receive cable television service. Village Cable' of <br /> Orange County, Inc. was franchised on Febraury 25, 1981 to serve the <br /> unincorporated areas of Orange County. Its franchise includes a <br /> requirement that service be extended to any dwelling unit located in <br /> an area that meets the density criterion of thirty homes per mile or <br /> new plant construction. Alert Cable Television of North Carolina, Inc. <br /> was f4anchised on May 12, 1982 to provide cable television service to <br /> the homes connected to and served by it in the unincorporated areas <br /> of the County on November 24, 1980. Alert's proposal to serve the <br /> entire County submitted on October 10, 1980, which proposal was not <br /> accepted by the County, provides for a service extension policy to <br /> include those areas of Orange County where there exist thirty-live <br /> homes per mile of cable plant construction necessary to serve the <br /> area. Therefore, both the franchise of Village and the proposal of <br /> Alert speak in terms of homes per mile of cable or new plant <br /> construction. I have determined through independent inquiry that this <br /> is the standard in the cable television industry. Road miles are not <br /> used. In fact, industry-wide, according to the Cable Television <br /> Information Council, cable miles usually connect more homes than road <br /> miles because of the use of power easements that save cable <br /> connecting neighborhoods- In that same regards it is also a standard <br /> in the industry to run cable on both sides of a road and to count all <br /> the cable when underground construction is required.- <br />