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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda <br />Item No . V�-D <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 9, 1992 <br />SUBJECT: Transfer of Cable TV Franchise from Carolina Cable to ATC <br />------------------------------ <br />-------- - - - --- <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING - -- YES : - - -- NO : -X <br />- -- <br />ATTACHMENT(S). - - - - - <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert Kittrell <br />Correspondence from ATC and TELEPHONE NUMBER - <br />Carolina Cable <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Cable TV Committee Minority Report Mebane Hill 968_4001 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: To review - ^ <br />and comment on request to transfer Carolina <br />Cable's County Cable TV Franchise to American Television & <br />Communications Corporation (ATC). <br />BACKGROUND: On January 16, 1992 Carolina Cable formally notified the <br />County of the pending sale of its cable television system to <br />ATC. Carolina Cable also requested the Board's approval of <br />cable TV franchise transfer to ATC. ATC informed the County <br />the acquisition may create difficulties with the rules and <br />regulations of the Copyright Office. To avoid the dif- <br />ficulties, ATC has requested a modification in the existing <br />cable TV franchise with Carolina Cable. The proposed modi- <br />fication would disenfranchise a small section of the County <br />near the Alamance County Line. The attached correspondence <br />from Carolina Cable and ATC highlights specific information <br />about the sale and proposed modifications to the franchise. <br />On February 19, 1992 the Cable TV Citizen Advisory Committee <br />met with representatives of Carolina Cable and ATC. After an <br />in depth discussion, the committee developed the following <br />statements and recommendations: 1) the Cable TV Citizen <br />Advisory Committee find ATC to be an acceptable company to <br />replace Carolina Cable; and 2) the Committee has grave <br />reservation about omitting a section of the County from the <br />existing Cable TV Franchise, however, to make the transfer of <br />ownership possible the committee recommends approval of the <br />proposed modification of the Cable TV Franchise for the <br />balance of the franchise period (February 26, 1996). <br />Currently there are six members on the Committee. The <br />majority, four members of the committee recommended the above <br />statements. Two members disagreed and have developed a <br />minority report which is attached. <br />