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CATS ~ ~ ~ The City Mamager repQrted that the staff was n~t recomme~li~g a change in present City ordinance te regulate keeping of cats, since this would be a difficult area te legislate amd enforces that it wQuld be best to take such matters up under the existing provisions on the basis of semitatiea and muisaace rather than mumber ef cats allewedo Om motie~ of Councilmen Thurman, seconded by Cc~mci~m~ Griset amd carried, the Manager's report was approved° RECESS Ceumc ilmen presemt o At 3~30 PoMe a five minute recess was declared° The meeting was convened at 3E35 PoMe with all CATV commended: The City Council co~sidered the City Manager's report regar~di~g c~mmuaity antenna television, in which he rec- me The preparatiom of bidding specificatiens and framchise decumemts to include notice inviting ~ffers and applications, instructions to applicsmts, form of ,ffer, form of corporate surety bond to the City~ form of corporate surety bond to subscribers, amd form of acceptance of CATV frsachise. It is our imtention to award, a framchise contract to the successful bidder based on the following fact~rs~ the amount of framchise fee offered to the City, iastallatioa rates, rental rates, quality of service, f~ancial responsibility of applicant, amd experi- emce of applicamt o The City Attorney sheul~ be directed te draft a specific ordinance te enable the City t~ grant end control a franchise for the ce~structi*m~ ef CAT~V facilities ~ It will require approximately 'two mo~ths to ccm~plete the bidding uments and the notice of advertisi~g should al~o ~nclude a notice sent to the California C~mmunity Television A~sociation to imcrease the sfbility of obtaining a maximum n,mmber of applications for this franchise. It is our intention that the franchise should be made exclusive for the first three years of operation te protect the large capital investment required, and tha~ the franchise then would be aon~c]~sive for an additional period of seventeem years° Si~ce thi~ t~e *f facility probably willmake use of existing lines used by ti~e phone ccmpa~v amd electric utilities~ it is our intentio~ t~ co~u~b with these private utilities for their ad~lce ~nd guidance in the preparation of our bidding specifications~ I~ response to CounciLman Herrings question of ~he necessity for the control of a framchise, the Manager commented on the r~quireme~t of fixed assets similar to utilities rather than transporbable~ It ~as moved by Councilman Bre~ks~ seconded 'by Councilman Thurman that the Manager's r~cc~saendatioms ~n reper~ dated September 1~ 1967, be accepted suad the staff prQceed wi%h the preparation of an ordimmmce draft amd bid specifications. Couacd~mam Eerria ~eted that h~s agreement with this action did net preclude the possiblity he might be opposed after further study~ The metiom carried umamimously a~d Ceumcilmea Thurman suggested that framchises mot be tramsferable. The Manager agreed they should mot. be without C~umcil approval amd the staff w*uld explore the question of a~sig~ment~ CITY COUNCIL 289 September 18, 1967