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(MCC1>VKE MINNETONKA COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION <br />OEEPHAVEN <br />EXCELSIOR <br />GREENWOOD <br />LONG LAKE <br />MEDINA <br />MINNETONKA <br />BEACH <br />MINNETRISTA <br />ORONO <br />ST. BONIFACIUS <br />SHOREWOOD <br />SPRING PARK <br />TONKA BAV <br />VICTORIA <br />WOODLAND <br />540 SECOND STREET • PO BOX 473 • EXCELSIOR. MN 55331-0473 <br />612. 474-5539 • FAX 612. 474-0430 <br />November 10, 1994 <br />Mayor Edward Callahan <br />City Council Members <br />City of Orono <br />P.O. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, MN 55323 <br />Dear Mayor Callahan and Council Members: <br />I'd like to begin by telling you that the 1995 Budget for the <br />Lake Minnetonka Communications Commission (LMCC), was approved <br />by all fourteen cities in our Joint Powers Ag: eement. This <br />process has taken Jim Daniels, our Administrator, and respective <br />Commissioners over two months to personally meet with the <br />various city councils and explain the goals for 1995. Your <br />support is always critical and welcomed by the LMCC as we work <br />to represent the current and future needs of the residents in <br />Orono. <br />There have been several important events taken place since Jim <br />Daniels spoke to you, and I would like to briefly list them for <br />your information: <br />-Triax Cablevision has been required, by FCC direction, to <br />honor the request of all local broadcast channels to be carried <br />on the "basic” Tier I of cable service. UHF channel 53 (KVBM - <br />St. Cloud, MN) has filed that formal request and the cable <br />company has complied. Triax Cablevision is carrying KVBM <br />channel 53 on cable channel 14 and has moved the Weather Channel <br />to cable channel 53. This does not represent a loss to many <br />subscribers siijLce over ninety-eight percent (98%) of all <br />customers have'^the Satellite Tier II level of service. It does, <br />however, utilize some valuable channel space, since the cable <br />system is technically limited to fifty-four (54) channels. The <br />LMCC will monitor this very closely. <br />-The League of Cities has officially passed support for <br />potential legislation in the upcoming 1995 Minnesota State <br />Legislature. This will promote more than one provider of <br />communications to our cities, yet have them meet identical <br />technical, construction, local programming and franchise fee <br />standards. Our Administrator, Jim Daniels, has been very active <br />and influential in gaining this League of Cities support.