Memo - Second Reading of Ordinance 2001-850
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CITY OF HOPKINS
MEMORANDUM
To:
Hopkins City Council
Jim Genellie
From:
Date:
February 6, 2001
Second Reading of Ordinance 2001-850
Subj ect:
Staff recommends that the Council approve the following motion: Move that the Hopkins
City Council approve Ordinance 2001-850 for second reading, approve the summary of
Ordinance 2001-850 and order the summary published.
Attachments:
Summary of Ordinance 2001-850
Ordinance 2001-850 is available from the City Clerk
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CITY OF HOPKINS
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 2001-850
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE FOR
WIDEOPENWEST
The following is a summary of the major provisions of the new ordinance:
Grants to WideOpenWest Minnesota, LLC (the Grantee) a cable television Franchise that
shall expire on January 1, 2012.
The new cable system shall have a capacity of 860 MHz will the capacity of at least 300
channels. The System shall serve an average of 150 homes per node. System construction
shall be completed and in use within forty-eight (48) months from the Effective Date of the
Franchise.
The franchise requires the Grantee to provide one outlet of Basic Service, the Cable
Programming Service Tier and one Converter, if needed, to all public buildings and schools.
. Grantee shall provide four public, educational and government (PEG) Access Channels (the
"Access Channels"). One channel shall be dedicated to public access, one channel shall be
dedicated to governmental access, and two channels shall be dedicated to educational access.
Prior to the provision of Cable Service within the City, Grantee will provide one large facility
containing one studio with square footage of not less than 1440 square feet for use by the
cities of Eden Prairie, Edina, Hopkins, Minnetonka and Richfield ("Member Cities") at a
location within the Member Cities mutually agreeable to Grantee and the Member Cities for
public, educational and governmental access production.
Prior to the provision of Cable Service within the City, Grantee shall provide no less than
$200,128 annually for PEG access operating expenses collectively for the cities of Edina,
Eden Prairie, Hopkins, Minnetonka, and Richfield.
The Ordinance contains an institutional network requirement wherein the Grantee shall build
and maintain an I-Net consisting of one pair (two (2) dark fibers) of single-mode fiber optic
cable.
The Ordinance requires periodic subscriber surveys.
The Ordinance requires Grantee to pay to the City a Franchise Fee in an amount equal to five
percent (5%) of its annual Gross Revenues.
The Ordinance requires a bond to ensure that, during the construction of the System, money
will be available to pay any costs incurred by the City due to a failure of the cable company
in installation of the system.
The Ordinance subjects the Grantee to any Right-of-Way ordinance that the City adopts in
the future.
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A printed copy of the entire ordinance is available from the City Clerk and at the Hopkins
library.
First Reading of Ordinance 2001-850
Second Reading of Ordinance 2001-850
Publication of Summary Ordinance 2001-850
Effective Date of Ordinance 2001-850
January 2,2001
February 6, 2001
February 14, 2001
March 7, 2001
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