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HomeMy Public PortalAboutComcast- Resolution- 1-12-17RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council is the duly authorized authority for the City of Tybee Island, Georgia (hereinafter the "City"); and WHEREAS, the City has previously entered into a Franchise Agreement with Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC and/or a predecessor or affiliated entity (hereinafter "Comcast"); and WHEREAS, Comcast is seeking to expand its franchise under state law and has agreed to pay each effected local governing authority a franchise fee established by the local governing authority; and WHEREAS, 47 U.S.C. § 542(b) establishes a maximum rate of 5% of a provider's gross revenues received from cable service or video service to subscribers located within the service area; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council have considered the appropriate franchise fee to be charged to Comcast. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Tybee Island, duly assembled, that Comcast and its affiliates shall be charged a franchise fee of 5% of the gross revenues derived from the provision of video service to subscribers located within the City, in addition to any and all other franchise fees charged for other services provided to subscribers. Notice hereof shall be provided to Comcast and/or its affiliates as soon as practicable. SO RESOLVED, this the /c day of , 2017. CITY OF TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA By: ason Buelterman, Mayor AT FEST: By:C 2 erk of Council Tybee/Resolutions/2017/Comcast franchise agr 1641381.1