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ORDINANCE NO. 3647
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL Otr THE-cfTY OF PALO ALTO
GRANTING A NONEXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO .CONSTRUCT
OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM TO
CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE OF-PALO ALTO, INC.
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WHEREAS, the council of the-City of Palo: Alto is -authorized----by -
that certain Joint Exercise-of Powers Agreement, dated for convenience·
July 26,: 1983, to grant to a cable television company a franchise_ on
behalf of each of the jurisdictions which is a party to that ~greement,
na~Delr the City of Menlo Park., the City of East Palo Alto~ the Town of
Atherton, the County of San Mateo with respect to certain of its terri
tory, and the County of Santa Clara, with respect to certain of its
territory, for the use and occupation of the streets of said ju~isdic
tions for the purposes of constructing, maintaining, and operating a
cable television system; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Palo Alto is authorh:ed to
grant a franchise for the provision of cable television services pur
suant to Article 3f Section 15 of itl:l Charter and the Cable Communica
tions Policy Act of 1984~ and
WHEREAS, Section 2.10.020 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code provides
that the Cit.y Council may grant one or more nonexclusive revocable
franchises to construct, operate, and maintain a cable television sys
tem in the City by ordinance and on such terms and conditions as may be
specified in such ordinance and a franchise agreement; and
WHSREAS, after due deliberatiQn and public hearing, the council is
prepared t0 grarit such a franchisei
NOWJ TH-EREFORE., the Council. of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN
as follows:
SECTION_l.. Th-e qoQncil noes herebf grant a non(xclusive, revo_r.:a•
ble franchise to c.;;.£tstr\lct, operc:lte .. and maintain a cable televi-sion
systea to Cable Cpmruuniaations Cooperative of Palo Alto, Inc. subje¢t
t.Q a:).l the terms, C()ndltions, .. and COVenants Of a franchise agreem,ent to "
be execute4 _ betw~~n the p~rties and such supplemei)tal · agtee!Ilenls as
they .ay ·d~em: necessary or· advisable. from tilne to tim~, l.Uet.king refer~
ence to ·this or,dinance, ··and i.ncorpor.ating its terms therein~
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SECTION 2,. ... Ttuf franchise granted by this .ordinance shall be .e,f~ · .. .'
fective in the City of Palo Alto arid in addition~l arers to the f~llest
extent · authoriz.ed by tha~ .. cettain Joint. Exercise of i?owers Agreement ·
dated for conv.enience J~ly · 26, 1983, ·by and between the City of Palo·
Alto, the 'I'own of Atherton,, the City of Menlo Park, the City of East
Palo Alto, the County of San Mateo, and the County of Santa Clara •
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SECTION 3. 'l'he term of this franchise· shall be as set forth in
the franch1se agreement referred to in Section 1 hereof, but· in no·
event shall it be longer than twenty-five (25) years from the effective
date of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. The council hereby finds that none of the pr.ovisions·
of this ordinance will have a sigrtificant environmental effect.
INTRODUCED: Novecber 4. 1985
PASSED: November 18, 1985
AYES; Bechtel, Cobb, Fletcher, Klein, Levy, Renzel, Sutorius, Witherspoon, Woolley
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: None
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