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COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
FROM: Ken Hampian, Assistant City Administrative Officer
Prepared By: Deb Hossli, Administrative Analyst )V
SUBJECT: Ninety day extension to the Sonic Cable Television Franchise
CAO.RECOMMENDATION: By motion, approve agreement extending Sonic Cable
Television's Franchise Agreement for ninety days.
DISCUSSION:
As the City Council is aware, the City is in the process of negotiating a new franchise
agreement with Sonic Cable Television. The current franchise is set to expire on March
31, 1993. Because negotiations are expected to continue beyond March 31, 1993, staff
recommends that we extend the franchise under the same terms and conditions for an
additional ninety days (through June 30, 1993). The extension will give the cable
company and staff adequate time to thoroughly negotiate the City's franchise objectives
and, in particular, evaluate the impact of the Federal Communications Commission's
rulings regarding basic cable rate regulation (expected in April). Under this new
timeframe, staff would expect to present a franchise agreement to the City Council for
consideration by June of this year.
CONCURRENCES:
Sonic Cable Television concurs with the franchise agreement extension.
ATTACHMENTS:
"1" - Agreement
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EXTENSION OF FRANCHISE AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made and entered into this day of
, 1993, by and between the City of San Luis Obispo, a
duly authorized municipal corporation (the "City") and Sonic Cable
Leasing Corporation, an Alaska corporation ("Sonic") .
WHEREAS, Sonic has operated a cable television system
("System") in the City pursuant to a franchise agreement
("Franchise Agreement") entered into between the City and Sonic
Cable TV, a California corporation, by Ordinance No. 790, passed
December 19, 1978, and effective retroactively April 1, 1978 , and
transferred to Sonic Cable Leasing Corporation by Resolution
No. 6728, dated December 5, 1989 ; and
WHEREAS, the franchise under which Sonic has operated its
System expires on March 31, 1993 ; and
WHEREAS, Sonic has requested that its franchise be renewed by
the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the public
interest would be served by negotiating a renewal of the franchise
to Sonic; and
WHEREAS, Sonic and the City are in the process of negotiating
and drafting a renewal franchise agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the public
interest would be served by granting to Sonic an extension of the
franchise to and including June 30, 1993 , pending finalization of
the renewal franchise agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City and Sonic do hereby agree as follows :
1. The City hereby grants to Sonic an extension of the
franchise to and including June 30, 1993 , pending finalization of
the renewal franchise agreement.
2 . Except as otherwise provided herein, all terms and
conditions set forth in the Franchise Agreement shall remain in
.full force and effect.
3 . It is mutually agreed by the City and Sonic that when a
renewal franchise agreement is reached and entered into by the City
Council of San Luis Obispo and Sonic, the term of this Extension
shall immediately expire.
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j PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo at a regular meeting of said Council held on the _ day of
1993 , by the following vote of said Council :
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
SONIC CABLE LEASING CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
CORPORATION
By:. By:
Christopher Cohan Peg Pinard
Mayor
ATTEST:
Diane Gladwell
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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