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EREAS, the City and the other Member Cities informed the
<br />want the Commission and/or its designee(s) to commence,
<br />ewal process specified in Section 626(a)-(g) of the Cable Act,
<br />alf; and
<br />EREAS, the City has affirmed, by resolution, the Commission's preexisting authority under the
<br />t Powers Agreement to take any and ail steps required or desired to comply with the Franchise
<br />al and related requirements of the Cable Act, Minnesota law and the Franchises; and
<br />EREAS, the Joint Powers Agreement empowers the Commission andlor its designee(s) to
<br />the Section 626 formal franchise renewal process on behalf of the City and to take such other
<br />and actions as are needed or required to carry out the formal franchise renewal process; and
<br />REAS, the Commission adopted Resolution No. 2011-02 commencing formal franchise
<br />proceedings under Section 626(a) of the Cable Act,47 U.S.C. $ 546(a), and authorizing the
<br />ission or its designee(s) to take certain actions to conduct those Section 626(a) proceedings;
<br />EREAS, the Commission performed a detailed needs assessment of the Member Cities' and their
<br />unities' present and future cable-related needs and interests and has evaluated and continues to
<br />uate Comcast's past performance under the Franchises and applicable laws and regulations, all as
<br />ired by Section 626(a) of the Cable Act,47 U.S.C. $ 546(a); and
<br />EREAS, the Commission's needs ascertainment and past performance review produced the
<br />owing reports: The Buske Group's "Community Needs Ascertainment - North Suburban
<br />unications Commission (Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little Canada, Mounds
<br />, New Brighton, North Oaks, Roseville, St. Anthony and Shoreview, Minnesota)" (July 15,
<br />3) (the "Needs Assessment Report"),' Group W Communications, LLC's, telephone survey and
<br />titled "North Suburban Communications Commission Cable Subscriber Survey (September
<br />l)" (the "Telephone Survey Report"); CBG Communications, Inc.'s, "Final Report - Evaluation
<br />'s Subscriber System, Evaluation of the Existing Institutional Network and Evaluation of
<br />Access Signal Transport and Distribution for the North Suburban Communications
<br />ission" (July 2013) (the "Technical Review Report"); Front Range Consulting, Inc.'s,
<br />ncial Analysis of Comcast Corporation 2012 SEC Form 10K" (May 2013) (the "Comcast
<br />ial Report"); and Commission staff s "Report on Cable-Related Needs and Interests and the
<br />t Performance of Comcast of Minnesota, Inc.," (July 22,2013) (the "StaffReport"); and
<br />EREAS, based on its needs ascertainment, past performance review, best industry practices,
<br />trends in franchising and technology, and its own experience, Commission staff prepared a
<br />uest for Renewal Proposal for Cable Television Franchise" ("RFRP") that summarizes the
<br />Cities' and their communities' present and future cable-related needs and interests,
<br />lishes requirements for facilities, equipment and channel capacity on Comcast's cable system
<br />includes model provisions for satisfying those requirements and cable-related needs and interests;
<br />EREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 2013-04, the Commission authorized its Executive
<br />ittee, Franchise Renewal Committee, Commission staff and/or Commission designee(s) to take
<br />and actions necessary to implement, conduct and engage in the entire formal franchise
<br />al process set forth in Section 626(a)-(g) of the Cable Act, 47 U.S.C. $ 5a6(a)-(g), and to
<br />y with any and all related federal, state and local laws, regulations, ordinances, orders,
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