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City Council Meeting 12-8-98
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 9347 ecs
(City Council Senes)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ENCOURAGING LOCAL
LOW-POWER RADIO STATION LICENSING BY THE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica has an ongoing commitment to making the
process of government more accessible to reSidents, and
WHEREAS, public focus groups conducted as part of the City's
TelecommUnications Master Plan Included mention of broadcast radiO's potential In
bnnglng community information Into reSidents' homes and cars, and
WHEREAS, a low-power community radiO station carryIng City Council and Board
and Commission meetings along with cultural, educational and other local events and
meetings could create a City better Informed and connected, and
WHEREAS, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has scheduled an
Imminent heanng on preliminary rulemaklng to allow legal licenSing of low-power
community radiO stations, and
WHEREAS, the deadline for comments on the FCC's low-power radiO licenSing
proposed rulemaklnQ (RM-9208, RM-9242, and RM-9246) IS December 15, 1998,
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOllOWS
SECTION 1 The City of Santa MOnica supports and encourages the legal licensing
of local low-power community radiO stations
SECTION 2 City staff IS authorized to convey this position In writing or otherwise,
as appropnate, to the Federal Communications Commission In such timely fashion that It
may be a portion of the offiCial record In the proposed rulemaklng hearing scheduled for
December 15, 1998, and likeWise to Santa Monica's federal representatives Including, but
not limited to, the U S House of Representatives, the U S Senate, and the officeS of the
PreSident and Vice-President of the United States
SECTION 3 City staff IS authOrized to Investigate and report back to the City
Council on procedures which might be reqUired In the future for the City of Santa Monica,
a local nonprofit, or some other community entity to apply for a low-power radiO license
SECTION 4 The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of thiS Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be In full force and effect
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Adopted and approved this 8th of December, 1998
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pfm O'Connor, Mayor
I, Mana M Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution 9347 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meetIng of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 8th of December, 1998 by the following vote
Ayes Councllmembers
Feinstein, Genser, Holbrook, McKeown,
O'Connor, Rosenstein
Noes Councllmembers
None
Abstain Councllmembers
None
Absent Council members
None
ATTEST
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Mana M Stewart, City Clerk
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