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■I"'j <br />r <br />A RBSOLOTION URGING CONGRESSMAN GERRY SIKORSKI <br />TO CO-SPONSOR AND SUPPORT H.R. 3560, THE "CABLE CONSUMER <br />PROTECTION ACT OF 1991" <br />r <br />WHEREAS, Congress must enact cable legislation that <br />protects cable subscribers from unfair cable rates and inadequate <br />cable service; and <br />P <br />ith <br />[it <br />iTMp <br />MkMi- <br />I <br />lifei te& <br />W-' <br />i* <br />»I'- <br />pa:'-, <br />mi <br />WHEREAS, H.R. 3560 is the only cable television bill <br />pending before Congress that provides cable subscribers the <br />protection they need from dramatic rate increases, indaequate <br />customer service, and other abuses by the cable operator; and <br />WHEREAS, H.R. 3560 grants franchising authorities the <br />right to entertain competitive bids for a franchise subject to <br />renewal, aud gives them the authority to deny a franchise to an <br />inadequate cable operator; and <br />WHEREAS, H.R. 3560 provides local regulatory cable <br />commissions and local governments the protection they need in any <br />claim challenging local regulation contemplated by applicable <br />federal, state or local law or franchise; and <br />WHEREAS, H.R. 3560 would require the FCC to establish <br />minimum national customer service standards, but would allow the <br />local regulatory cable commission and local governments to <br />continue to trailer standards that may better serve local needs, <br />even if such standards are more stringent than the FCC's <br />standards. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Orono, <br />that Congressman Gerry Sikorski be convinced to co-sign and vote <br />favorably for passage of H.R. 3560 in the Committee on Energy and <br />Commerce and in a full session of Congress. <br />Adopted by the City Council of the City of Orono, <br />Minnesota at a regular meeting held April 13, 1992. <br />ATTEST: <br />Baroara A. Peterson, Mayor <br />Dorothy M. FTaTTTrTT City CI e r It