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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES CC 2005 2378 2005 0907RESOLUTION NO. 2005 -2378 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER TO REJECT ONE OR MORE FCC FORMS 394 RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF THE CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE, AND /OR CONTROL THEREOF, TO AN ENTITY CONTROLLED BY TIME WARNER CABLE OR COMCAST CORPORATION WHEREAS, the City of Moorpark has received one or more FCC Forms 394 (collectively, the "Application ") requesting consent of the City Council to the assignment of the Cable Television Franchise granted to Adelphia (the "franchisee "), or control thereof, to an entity ultimately controlled by Time Warner Cable or Comcast Corporation; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City has determined that the public interest is served by delegating to the City Manager, or said individual designated by the City Manager in writing, the authority to deny and reject the Application without prejudice for certain reasons and upon certain grounds. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Moorpark does herby resolve as follows: SECTION 1. The City Manager, or his /her written designee, is hereby delegated the authority to reject the Application, or any portion thereof, without prejudice for one or more of the following reasons: 1. Failure to timely provide any "additional information required by the terms of the Franchise Agreement or applicable state or local law "; 2. Failure to timely provide any other requested additional information; 3. Failure on the part of the Applicant to cooperate with Staff, its attorneys and consultants, in performing due diligence relating to the Application, the legal, technical, and financial qualifications of the proposed Transferee and /or the impact of the transaction upon cable television rates and /or services; Resolution No. 2005 -2378 Page 2 4. Failure to timely cure any outstanding breach of franchise prior to or as an express condition of approval of the transaction in a manner acceptable to the City Manager; 5. Failure to timely execute and deliver a Transfer Agreement acceptable as to form and substance by the City Manager; and 6. Filing mutually inconsistent FCC Forms 394 providing for potentially different Transferees. SECTION 2. The decision of the City Manager, pursuant to the authority delegated and provided by this Resolution, shall be made in writing and shall be deemed, without further action of the City Council, to constitute an act of the Franchising Authority within the meaning of 47 C.F.R. § 76.502 and a "final decision" of the City Council within the meaning of § 617(e) of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 103 -385, 106 Stat. 1477 (1992) . SECTION 3. Any denial, disapproval, or rejection issued pursuant to the authority of this Resolution shall be deemed "without prejudice" to the ability of the Applicant to file another FCC Form 394 relating to the same or a different transaction. However, nothing herein shall limit the authority of the City Council, the City Manager, or his /her written designee, to reject any subsequent FCC Form 394 based upon the same grounds set forth in the written notice of denial or such other grounds as might exist in relation to said future FCC Form 394. SECTION 4. The City r s certify to the adoption of this resolution and sha cause a ce tified resolution to be filed in the book of orig' al resolutions PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of ,eptkmber, ck Hun W2 ', ATTEST: Deborah S. Traffenstetft, City Clerk Resolution No. 2005 -2378 Page 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss. CITY OF MOORPARK ) I, Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk of the City of Moorpark, California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 2005 -2378 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on the 7th day of September, 2005, and that the same was adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Harper, and Mayor Hunter NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Mikos, Millhouse, Parvin WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 30th day of September, 2005. Deborah S. Traffenst , City Clerk (seal)