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RESOLUTION NO. 4545 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
t!:ITY OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA,
SUPPORTING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION
WITH THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CITIZEN'S CABLE
TELEVISION ADVISORY COUNCIL.
WHEREAS, the National Science Foundation provides
for a program of grants for the demonstration and research
of methods which will improve technological ties between
municipal governments and institutions, making possible the
better delivery of public services~ and,
WHEREAS, during the past year the City of Santa
Monica has felt an increasing need to define its cable
television policy based upon technical information and citizen
inputi and,
WHEREAS, the University of California, LOS Angeles,
through its School of Architecture and Urban Planning, has
been involved with the development of new communication and
information technology which would afford individual citizens
with information and provide for the interaction and mediation
between citizen groups and units of municipal government,
including the opportunity for analysis, dialogue, and planning
regarding public issues; and,
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City of Santa
Monica, California, in cooperation with the University of
California, Los Angeles, to establish an ad hoc Citizen1s
Cable Television Advisory Council, which would integrate
citizen, municipal, and University expertise, and establisn
a communication process between the citizenry and municipal
government of the City of Santa Monica:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
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OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA:
SECTION l. That the City Council hereby supports
the application and proposal to the National Science Foundation
for the formation of a Citizen's Cable Television Advisory
Council for the purposes of preparing cable television policy
recommendations and for the research and study of the policy
formation process within the City of Santa Monica.
SECTION 2. That the City Manager is hereby authorized
and directed to provide a minimum of support in the form of
meeting halls, access to City information such as census and
other data considered appropriate by the City of Santa Monica,
as required by the Citizen's Cable Television Advisory Council
in the performance of its duties.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this resolution and thenceforth and thereafter
the same shall be in full force and effect.
ADOPTED and APPROVED this 27th day of August
1974.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Monica
at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 27th day of
Au~ust , 1974, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Lawson, Swink, Trives,
van den Steenhoven, Hoover
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: Judson, McCloskey
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