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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action A ends <br />Item No. 2=-E <br />01 ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 24, 1992 <br />SUBJECT: Transfer of Cable TV Franchise from Carolina Cable to ATC - <br />First Reading <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT (8) : <br />Cable TV Franchise Amendment <br />(under separate cover) <br />PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert Kittrell <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 />PURPOSE: To consider a request to transfer Carolina Cable's- County -Cable <br />TV Franchise to American Television & Communications Corporation <br />(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 />that the acquisition may create difficulties with the rules <br />and regulations of the Copyright Office. To avoid the diffi- <br />culties, ATC has requested a modification in the existing <br />Cable TV franchise with Carolina Cable. The proposed <br />modification would disenfranchise a small section of the <br />County near the Alamance County line. <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 />reservations 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 developed a minority <br />report. <br />