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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1981-081-O-81• U 8/3/81 8/10/81 8/20481 1: l AN ORDINANCE Amending Title 2 of the Evanston City Code, 1979, as Amended, by Creating a Cable Communications Commission BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY.OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY,.ILLINOIS; SECTION. 1: That the Evanston City .Code, 1979, is hereby amended by adding thereto Chapter 11 to Title 2, creating a Cable Communications Commission, said Chapter 11 to read as follows: Chapter 11 CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONS SECTION: 2-11-1: Creation and Appointment 2-11-2: Terms of Office, Vacancies 2-11-3: Organization, Compensation 2-11-4: Powers of Commission. 2-11-5: Funding 2-11-6: Automatic Termination Date 2-11-1: CREATION AND APPOINTMENT: There is hereby created a Cable Communications Commission for the City. The Cable Communi- cations Commission shall consist of eleven (11) residents of the City of Evanston appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council. In the appointment of said members, the Mayor and the City Council shall give consideration to broad representation based upon the City's demographics and established institutions. No person or employee with ownership interest in a cable communications franchise granted by the City shall be eligible for membership on the Commission. Each Commission member shall be at the time of appointment or shall become within thirty (30) days after appointment or the availablity of cable service a subscriber to a cable communications system holding a franchise in the City. The said Cable Communications Commission is hereby empowered to adopt rules for its meetings and the transaction of its business. It shall keep a written..record of all its transactions, findings and determinations and keep all other records and minutes necessary for the functioning of the Commission. 2-11-2: TERMS OF OFFICE: VACANCIES: All members of the Cable Com- munications Commission shall serve for three (3) year terms or until their successors are appointed and qualified; provided, however, that four (4) members shall be initially appointed for three (3) year terms. Four (4) members shall be initially appointed for two (2) year terms and three (3) members shall be initially appointed for one ,(1) year terms. I • i , r f 81-0-81 8/3/81 8/10/81 F .8/20/81 2-11-3: ORGANIZATION, COMPENSATION: Immediately upon its organization, the Cable Communications Commission shall select from its membership a chairman and a vice chairman except that the chairman for the first year shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council. The persons so selected shall serve for terms of one (1) year and may be re-elected to said posts. The Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairman and at such other times as may be provided by its rules. The majority of members shall constitute a quorum, provided that the major- ity vote of such quorum shall be necessary for the adoption or approval of any matters before the Commission. All meetings of the Cable Communications Commission shall be public except for matters which qualify for a closed session in accordance with state law. The minutes of said Cable Communi- cations Commission shall be available for examination in the office of the City Clerk during regular business hours. The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation. 2-11-4: POWER OF COMMISSION: The Cable Communications Commission shall have the following.powers and duties: (A) To insure adherence to the provisions of any franchise agreement I` approved by the City Council and to establish and promulgate regula- tions not inconsistent with the terms of such franchise; (B) To encourage, develop and nurture public access to cable communications and to secure diversity of programming and services to subscribers; r4 (C) To oversee procedures for hearing and disposition of complaints from subscribers; (D) To foster development of the use of access channels.through offering grants to users; (E)' To develop additional sources of funding, including but not limited to private foundation or federal or state grants to further community jfl programming; (F) To administer and review public access channel user rules; i (G) To establish community committees. Said committees shall provide in- formation to the Commission on subjects such as institutional use of the; cable system, access development, program diversity and services, and franchise evaluation and information of future applications; (H) To conduct evaluations of the cable system and to review and audit reports submitted to the City by a franchise; (I) To advise the City Council on rate adjustment requests; (J) Report annually to the Council in writing giving a comprehensive and current view of the cable communications in Evanston and recommending any appropriate actions including amendments to the ordinance or franchise agreement;. (K) To advise the City Council on future applications for franchises; (L) To create and administer the Evanston Cable Comr,iunications Pro- gramming Fund with the advice and consent of the City Council; I 1�} f I f 4 �l 81-0-81 i • (M) To acquaint itself with technological and service developments in the cable communications industry and determine with the franchisee what system enhancements should be pursued in maximizing benefits to be derived for the community. is 10 2-11-5: FUNDING: Appropriations for funding of the Commission's work by the City shall not exceed the franchise fees paid to the City by cable communications franchisees. it 2-11-6: AUTOMATIC TERMINATION DATE: The Commission shall terminate automatically three (3) years from the effective date of this ordinance. However, the City Council may by majority vote extend this 1 Commission for an additional period. Such extension shall be for two (2) years and may be renewed thereafter by a majority vote of the City Council. i There shall be no limit to the number of such extensions allowed. The City Clerk shall six (6) months prior to the automatic termination date for this Commission report said date to the Commission. At the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting the City Clerk shall report this date to the i Council. SECTION 2: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law. Introduced �j 7 U Adopted ,/ 31 U ATTEST: City Gl irk 1981. , 1981. Approved 44,4p 1981 Approved as to form 9Vrration Counsel 1