ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS

PUBLIC ACCESS EQUIPMENT AUDIT

 

Recommendation

Staff recommends that Council receive and file this report.

Background

At the October 12, 1999 meeting, Council adopted a Resolution authorizing the transfer of the Cable Television Franchise from Century Communications to Adelphia Communications Corporation.

At that time, Council received public testimony accusing Century Communications of not having the public access equipment as required by Ordinance 94-1117 (Attachment A).

As a result, City Council added language to the Resolution making the transfer contingent upon Adelphia providing all of the required access equipment within 60 days of the approval.

Analysis

Adelphia was extremely cooperative in displaying and labeling all of their existing public access equipment for City staff to audit. In addition, Adelphia staff prepared a list for the City identifying the location of each piece of equipment (Attachment B).

City staff identified each piece of equipment required by the Ordinance in an inspection on December 23, 1999. Some of the studio equipment exceeds the standards as required by the City and there is more equipment available than required by the Franchise.

This information requires no formal action by the Council since Adelphia has met the requirement of the Transfer Resolution.

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