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TO : . BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FWW: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE CMra
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DATE: June 23, 1986 CvJ ata7
SUBJECT: Issues for Cable TV Ordinance Update
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION.:
Approve the issues which will be addressed in the Cable TV
Ordinance update, as submitted to our Committee by the Cable TV
Franchise Administrator.
BACKGROUND:
The Board of Supervisors has directed staff to update the Cable
TV franchise ordinance to conform it to the federal Cable
Communications Policy Act of 1984, and to make other related
changes as may be. considered appropriate.
On June 23 , 1986 our Committee met with Sara Hoffman, Franchise
Administrator, and David Schmidt, Deputy County Counsel, and
reviewed the attached list of issues staff intends to pursue with
the Board' s approval. Our Committee agrees that this is an
appropriate list of issues to be addressed with the cable
companies in revising the County' s ordinance, and that staff
should proceed with the ordinance revisions as outlined.
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
DATE: June 19, 1986
TO: Internal Operations Committee
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FROM: Sara Hoffman, Franchise Administra or
SUBJECT: Issues for Cable TV Ordinance Update
with the adoption of the Federal Cable Communication Policy
Act (COPA) of 1984 and the incipient renewal of several
cable franchises within Contra Costa County, the Board of
Supervisors directed staff to update the County Cable
Television Ordinance #82-28.
As a first step in the process, staff has identified issues
for discussion with the Cable Companies. They are listed
below for the Committee' s review and information.
1. Definitions - review for conformity with CCPA
language and clarify as needed.
2. Franchise Renewals - revise for conformity with
the COPA. Revise fee schedule.
3 . Transfers of Franchise - review the need for more
specific language on franchise transfers.
4. Term of Franchise - establish appropriate terms of
the franchise.
5. Construction and technical standards - ensure the
standards conform to Federal requirements and FCC
standards (also, determine if additional
provisions are needed) .
6. Consumer protection standards - review standards
that govern quality of customer service, such as,
requests for service, repairs, interruptions,
outages, telephone response time, billing,
advertising, other telephone issues and complaint
procedures. .
7. Insurance requirements - review for conformity
with current County standards.
8. Subscriber rates - establish procedures to review
and approve rates if the County is authorized to
do so.
Internal Operations Committee
June 19, 1986
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9. Community Access review community access
provisions, including the number and use of
channels, interconnection of cable systems, cable
company responsibility towards community access,
County responsibilities, and emergency override
provisions for disasters.
10. Other public, educational, governmental channel
issues - review the need for rules for commercial
channel use and ensure conformity with the COPA.
11. General types of programming - determine the need
to establish general types of programming offered
by the cable companies (CCPR option) .
12 . Privacy protections - ensure conformity with CCPA.
13 . Equal opportunity employment - review current
provisions with County standards.
This list of issues covers the basis concerns of staff.
There may be additional issues brought up by the cable
companies or in future discussions. Additionally the Board
may identify additional issues for consideration.
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