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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 20, 1990 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. NjL0 <br />SUBJECT: Cable TV Franchise - Cablevision of Durham (Second Reading) <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br />PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br />ATTACHMENT(S): Franchise INFORMATION CONTACT: Manager's Office <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER - <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill - 968 -4501 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <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 existing 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 homes that may be <br />constructed in two specific areas. The areas border Durham <br />County, but can not be reasonably served by existing County <br />cable franchisees. <br />At the August 6, 1990 Board Meeting, the first reading of a <br />Franchise for Cablevision of Durham was approved. <br />Subsequently, Cablevision of Durham requested amendments to <br />the franchise before the second reading. The revisions were <br />significant enough to rewrite the franchise. The revisions <br />are highlighted in the attached document. Most notable, is a <br />provision which allows Cablevision of Durham to construct <br />cable lines through orange County on Craig Road. Cablevision <br />of Durham will not serve homes along Craig Road, but will <br />access homes within Durham County using the Craig Road <br />Corridor. <br />