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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Meeting Date: August 6, 1990 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. X IC <br />I <br />SUBJECT: Cable TV Franchise - Cablevision of Durham (First Reading) <br />------------------------------ ------ ---- ____ ---- __ ----- --------- <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br />ATTACHMENT(S): Franchise INFORMATION CONTACT: Manager's Office <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER- <br />Hillsborough <br />- 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill <br />- 968 -4501 <br />Mebane <br />- 227 -2031 <br />Durham <br />- 688 -7331 <br />---------------------------------------------------------------- --- - -- <br />PURPOSE: To approve the first reading of Cable TV Franchise between <br />Cablevision of Durham and the County. <br />BACKGROUND: On February 20, 1990, Cablevision of Durham presented a <br />proposal to the Board requesting a five year delineated cable <br />TV franchise agreement. Cablevision of Durham desired to <br />serve homes in Northeastern orange County. The areas border <br />Durham County where Cablevision of Durham has extended <br />Cablevision service to the Orange County Line. During <br />discussions it was acknowledged that Cablevision of Durham had <br />connected cable services to a few homes in Orange County <br />without a cable TV franchise agreement. <br />At the June 26, 1990 Board meeting, Carolina Cable <br />(one of the current County cable franchisees) committed to <br />build cable in Northeastern Orange County within six months. <br />The Board directed the County Attorney to draft a delineated <br />Cable TV Franchise for Cablevision of Durham covering homes <br />currently connected by the company and may be constructed in <br />two specific areas. Areas which border Durham County, but can <br />not be reasonably served by current County cable franchisees. <br />The attached franchise will enable Cablevision of Durham to <br />operate according to its terms and within the geographical <br />limits spelled out in the franchise. The franchise ordinance <br />will have to be approved by the Board at two readings. It <br />must be approved by two independent actions and each action <br />taking place at a different meeting. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): Approve the Franchise ordinance for Cablevision of <br />Durham after finding in considering the Franchise <br />ordinance: <br />1. The benefit to the public in completing the <br />procedures set out in Section IV of the Cable <br />TV System Ordinance is less than their cost; <br />2. All persons affected by the granting of the <br />franchise have received notice of the <br />application of Cablevision of Durham through <br />press coverage or otherwise. <br />