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RESOLUTION NO. 8.3'70
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
EXPRESSING ITS OPPOSITION TO SENATE BILL 66 , TELEVISION
CABLE DEREGULATION BILL
WHEREAS, Senator Barry Goldwater has proposed a television
cable deregulation bill commonly called Senate Bill 66 ; and
WHEREAS, the National League of Cities and the National
Cable Television Association have negotiated a compromise between
themselves which has been embodied into Senate Bill 66 and •
therefore support passage of that bill; and
WHEREAS, in spite of the representedcompromise, opposition
has developed within the National League of Cities to the terms
of Senate Bill 66 and Senate Bill 66 is not supported by the
Conference of Mayors; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding CATV Committee has reviewed the
language and effects of Senate Bill 66 relative to local juris- -
dictions and to the City of Redding specifically; and •
WHEREAS, following that review it is the recommendation of
the CATV Committee that the City Council indicate its opposition
to Senate Bill 66 since the bill as written would, among other of
its provisions, virtually guarantee franchise renewals, would not
require operators to set aside access channels and raises doubts
about the ability of local jurisdictions to enforce current
franchises due to the bill ' s sweeping pre-emption of local
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Redding, by adoption of this Resolution, expresses its
opposition to Senate Bill 66 as presently proposed since the
effects of the bill are to pre-empt local jurisdiction and
therefore are not in the best interests of the citizens of the
City of Redding.
. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was intro- •
duced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council on the
day of April 18 , 1983, and was duly adopted at said
meeting by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Demsher, Fulton, Kirkpatrick, Pugh, and Gard
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
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AL--7 GARD, Mayor
City of Redding
' ATTEST:
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ETHEL A. NICHOLS, City Clerk
FORM AP ROVED:
RA ALL A. HAYS, CA2--ttorney
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