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ORDINANCE NO. 90-7-4466
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT BETWEEN COMCAST CABLE OF PADUCAH, INC. (A KENTUCKY
CORPORATION) AND THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
WHEREAS, the City and Comcast are parties to a
cable television franchise dated April 19, 1975, which
franchise will expire on April 18, 1990; and
WHEREAS, Comcast by letter dated September 29,
1987, invoked the provisions of the Cable Communications
Policy Act of 1984 governing the renewal of cable television
franchises, which provisions provide for minimum formal
procedures in the event the parties are unable to otherwise
agree on a franchise renewal; and
WHEREAS, in the spirit of cooperation the City and
Comcast have engaged in renewal discussions without recourse
to said formal procedures; and
WHEREAS, the parties have reached tentative
agreement on the terms of a franchise renewal; and
WHEREAS, it was not possible to complete the
renewal proceedings prior to April 18, 1990, and a
ninety -day extension of the franchise agreement was entered
into by the City and Comcast; and
WHEREAS, it may not be possible to complete the
renewal proceedings prior to the previous extended
expiration date of July 17, 1990.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1.
That the Mayor is authorized to
execute an Agreement between the City of Paducah and Comcast
Cable of Paducah, Inc., extending the franchise agreement an
additional sixty (60) days to September 15, 1990. This
Agreement is attached hereto and incorporated by reference
as if fully set out herein.
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SECTION 2.
In order to execute this agreement
by the franchise expiration date of July 17, 1990, an
emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance
will become effective immediately with one reading.
GERRY B. MONTGOMERY
Mayor
Introduced and adopted by the Board of Commissioners
July 17, 1990
Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk, July 17, 1990
Published by The Paducah Sun /- 3
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