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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.� <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 3, 1992 <br />SUBJECT: Cable TV Citizen Advisory Committee Report <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert Kittrell <br />Report Ext. 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER - <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill - 968 -4501 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: To receive an update from the Cable TV Citizen Advisory <br />Committee. <br />BACKGROUND: The Cable TV Citizens Advisory Committee was reactivated in <br />1991, met four times in 1991 and once in 1992. The attached <br />report highlights the accomplishments of the committee and <br />recommendations to the Board regarding re- franchising of Cable <br />companies in the County. <br />The Cable committee has not discussed the proposed acquisition <br />of Carolina Cable by American Television and Communications <br />Corporation (ATC), which is the parent corporation of <br />Cablevision of Durham. The committee plans to meet with <br />representatives of ATC within the next few weeks. <br />Robert Gwyn, Chairman of the Cable TV Citizen Advisory <br />Committee, will present the report. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): Manager recommends that the Board receive the report as <br />information. <br />