CC Resolution No. 1215 2347
RESOLUTION NO. 1215
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL TIME TO MAKE A FINAL
DETERMINATION REGARDING THE SCHEDULE OF BASIC CABLE RATES
SUBMITTED BY TCI CABLEVISION OF TEXAS, INC. ; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, TCI Cablevision of Texas, Inc. ("TCI") has a
franchise agreement with the City of Baytown for the purpose of
receiving, sending, amplifying, and distributing radio and
television signals by cable to television sets to customers in that
portion of Harris County, Texas, which falls within the city limits
of the City of Baytown; and
WHEREAS, on January 27 , 1994 , the City of Baytown in Ordinance
Number 6909 adopted regulations regarding rates charged by cable
companies to subscribers for the basic service tier; and
WHEREAS, TCI submitted on May 31, 1994 , its current basic
cable rate schedule as being in compliance with the Federal
Communication Commission's ("FCC") reasonable rate standard; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance Number 6909 requires the City Council to
perform a benchmark analysis in order to ensure that TCI's rates
are within the reasonable rate standards of the FCC and allows
council to invoke additional periods of time in order to make a
final determination regarding the reasonableness of the submitted
rates; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires additional time in order to
review the rates using the FCC-proscribed benchmark analysis and to
make a final determination to ensure that the rates are within the
reasonable rate standard; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: The period for review of TCI's current basic
cable rate schedule is hereby extended for ninety (90) days.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED, by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown this the 23rd day of June,
1994 .
PETE ALFAR , Mayor
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ATTEST:
EILEEN P. RALL, CITY CLERK
11"ACIO RAMIREZ, SR. CITY ATTORNEY
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