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IMCCLAKE MINNETONKA COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION <br />DEEPHAVEN <br />CXCELSIOR <br />GREENWOOD <br />LONG LAKE <br />MEC;TIA <br />MINNETONKA <br />BEACH <br />MINNETRISTA <br />ORONO <br />i- <br />ST. BONIFACIUS <br />SHOREWOOD <br />SPRING PARK <br />TONKA BAY <br />VICTORIA <br />WOODLAND <br />k <br />540 SECOND STREET « RO. BOX 473 ■ EXCELSIOR. MN 55331-0473 <br />612. 474-5539 • FAX 612. 474-0430 <br />March 11,1997 RECEIVED <br />Mayor Gabriel Jabbour <br />City Council Members <br />City of Orono <br />P.O. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, MN 55323 <br />MAD 1 1 mi <br />v/i t I w. wl <br />Dear Mayor Jabbour and Council Members: <br />Over the last year or more, your Lake Minnetonka Communications Commission <br />(LMCC) has been providing all fourteen cities in the Joint Powers Agreement with <br />pertinent and current information regarding results of the Telecommunications Act <br />of 1996 that has a direct effect on the cities. As an example, you were sent a very <br />detailed letter that forewarned of the new Personal Communication System (PCS) <br />technology that would be approaching our cities to utilize towers and structures for <br />transmission/distribution of their service. We had the LMCC attorney write a <br />"draft ” agreement for you to consider and also provided you with a sample of what <br />we thought was a fair and reasonable compensation rate for the cities to collect from <br />providers of PCS semces. A few months later, as several cities were approached to <br />provide space on existing water towers, we were advised that the process took added <br />hours of actual city council time that probably was not necessary, in light of the <br />information we had previously sent to you. Since your LMCC is basically aware of <br />these new services and how they relate to telecommunications, it seems only natural <br />that you place us in an advisory position to inform you and make relevant <br />recommendations for the city council to consider when potential communication <br />services become available. <br />In order to provide this advisory assistance to you, our legal counsel directed us to <br />pass an LMCC resolution (see enclosed), explaining the need for an amendment to <br />the Joint Powers Agreement, officially dropping the word "cable" from our title and <br />authorizing the LMCC to review and make recommendations to our cities, regarding <br />a broad range of communication issues. A sample written "draft" of the amendment. <br />In the form of a city resolution (see enclosed), will make the changes necessary to <br />the Joint Powers Agreement that officially directs us to help you, in an advisory <br />capacity only, as matters concerning communications arise. <br />1 <br />atisk