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City Council Mtg.-Nov. 29, 1994
RESOLUTION NO 8839
(City Council)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
ADOPTING AN ACCOUNTING ORDER REGARDING
BASIC SERVICES RATES AND ASSOCIATED CHARGES
OF CENTURY SOUTHWEST CABLE TELEVISION, INC.
FOR THE PERIOD COMMENCING JULY 15, 1994
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica (the "Cityl1 ) became
cert~fied to regulate basic cable service rates and associated
charges as of October 7, 1993, and has followed regulations
prescribed by the Federal Communicat~ons Commission (n FeCn) for the
regulation of the basic service tier and associated charges (the
nFCC Rulesll) ; and
WHEREAS, the City has not yet completed its rev~ew of
the FCC Forms 1200, 1205, 1210 and 1215 subm~tted by Century
Southwest Cable Television, Inc. (the nCompanyl1 ) and reached a
decls~on regarding the reasonableness of the rates for basic
service and associated equ~pment, installation and service charged
by the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Cl ty is not yet in a position to lssue a
rate decision at this time since the City needs add~tional time to
reVlew the supplemental ~nformation submitted by the Company in
support of its FCC Forms,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Section 76.933(c) of
the FCC Rules, the Company is hereby directed, from the date of
thls Order until the date the Company implements any rate declslon
issued by the City, to keep an accurate account of all amounts
recelved, and on whose behalf such amounts were pald, for baslc
service and associated equipment, installation and service.
SECTION 2. The Company may not increase its rates for
baslc cable service, and for associated equipment and lnstallatlon,
nor may it institute new charges for other types of service,
equipment or installatlon assoclated wlth the basic service tier,
without first complying with the FCC Rules, including any
modlflcations or amendments to the FCC Rules.
SECTION 3. The City reserves all rights it has under the
FCC Rules, lncluding the right to establish reasonable rates and
order rate refunds, if the City finds that the Company's rates are
unreasonable under the FCC Rules, lncludlng any modifications or
amendments to such regulatlons.
SECTION 4. The City Manager shall cause to be delivered
a copy of thls Order to the Company prior to December 10, 1994.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoptlon
of this ResolutlOTI, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall
be ln full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Adopted and approved thIS 29th of November, 1994
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I hereby certify that the foregomg ResolutIOn 8839 (CCS) was duly adopted at a
meeung of the City Council held on the 29th of November, 1994 by the followmg vote
Ayes CouncIlmembers. Abdo, Genser, Greenberg,Holbrook, Olsen,
Rosenstem, Vazquez
Noes CouncIlmembers. None
Abstam CouncIlmembers: None
Absent" CouncIlmembers: None
ATTEST:
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CIty Clerk