HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-19 - Extend Non-Exclusive Cable TV franchises with Adelphia and Cox Communications.ORDINANCE NO. 2003-19
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
EXTENDING NON - EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISES WITH ADELPHIA CABLE
COMMUNICATIONS AND WITH COX COMMUNICATIONS TO CONSTRUCT,
MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION SYSTEMS WITHIN
THE CITY
THIS ORDINANCE is made with respect to the following:
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WHEREAS, by approving Ordinance No. 1197 and its later amendments, the City of
Newport Beach entered into a cable television franchise agreement ( "Franchise
Agreement') with Adelphia Cable Communications and its predecessor companies,
Comcast Cablevision, Newport Beach Cablevision Incorporated, and Warner Brothers
TV Service, Incorporated on or about December 7, 1966. The Franchise Agreement will
expire on January 27, 2004; and
WHEREAS, by approving Ordinance No. 1196 and its later amendments, the City of
Newport Beach entered into a cable television franchise agreement ( "Franchise
Agreement') with CoxCom, Incorporated (dba Cox Communications) and its
predecessor companies, Dimension Cablevision and Community Cablevision, on or
about December 6, 1966. The Franchise Agreement will expire on January 27, 2004;
and
WHEREAS, City and Adelphia and the City and CoxCom desire to extend each
respective Franchise Agreement for six (6) months to allow for additional time for
negotiations to consider the renewal of each Franchise Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE the City Council of the City of Newport Beach does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 1196 is hereby amended to read:
(a) This Franchise commenced January 27, 1967 and shall terminate on July 27,
2004.
SECTION 2. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 1197 is hereby amended to read:
(a) This Franchise commenced January 27, 1967 and shall terminate on July 27,
2004.
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach held on the 9th Day of December 2003, and was adopted on the 13`h
day of January, 2004, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Mayor Ridgeway
NOES, COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Heffernan, Rosansky, Bromberg, Webb, Nichols,
None
ABSENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS: Adams
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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MAYOR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } as.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2003 -19 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by
the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the
13th day of January 2004, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Heffernan, Rosansky, Bromberg, Webb, Nichols, Mayor Ridgeway
Noes: None
Absent: Adams
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 14th day of January 2004.
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City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, California
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby
certify that Ordinance No. 2003 -19 has been duly and regularly published according to law and the
order of the City Council of said City and that same was so published in The Daily Pilot, a daily
newspaper of general circulation on the following date, to wit: January 17, 2004.
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In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name thisW day of -J qr al-
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City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, California