HomeMy Public PortalAbout1983_09_28_R156The Town of Leesburg in Virginia
PRESENTED September 14, 1983
AMENDED September 28, 1983
RESOLUTION NO. 83-156 ADOPTED September 28, 1983
A RESOLUTION: APPROVING A TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN LOCAL ORIGINATION REQUIREMENTS
FOR STORER CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
WHEREAS, Section 5.1-26 of the Town Code permits the Town Council to grant
waivers of local origination broadcasting by its franchisee; and
WHEREAS, the Leesburg Cable Television Advisory Commission at a special
meeting on August 19, 1983 unanimously recommended to the council such a tem-
porary, conditioned waiver; and
WHEREAS, various conditions outside its control in the operation of Catoctin
Cable Communication's (hereafter Storer) Leesburg cable system have resulted in
significant annual financial losses which have contributed to the need for re-
cent cable service rate increases; and
WHEREAS, the council considers it in the public interest to take appropriate
measures to reduce the operating costs of the Leesburg cable franchise which offer
the least return to system subscribers:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
SECTION I. A reduction until December 31, 1984 in the minimum locally pro-
duced cablecasting requirements of Section 14 of the franchise contract between
the town and Storer to require a revised minimum of six hours monthly of locally
produced original programming is approved subject to the following conditions:
a. The temporary programming reduction is not transferrable nor
assignable.
b. The current inventory of local origination and public access equipment
shall be retained in Storer's Leesburg studios.
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TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN LOCAL ORIGINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR STORER CABLE
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
c. The six hours of monthly programming shall be supplemented by special
local programming of local community events selected by Storer and/or
the Cable Television Advisory Commission.
d. Storer shall retain one full-time local origination specialist on its
Leesburg staff.
e. Storer shall maintain or improve its current vocational technical
arrangement with the Loudoun County school system.
SECTION II. This approval shall be in full force and effect at the time
Storer acknowledges its acceptance of these conditions in writing.
PASSED this 28th day of September
ATTEST:
, 19 83.
Robert E Sevzlaz, Mayor
Town of Leesburg