HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. 1429-2010ORDINANCE NO. 1429-2010
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6.78 OF THE
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
THE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND VIDEO
COMPETITION ACT OF 2006
WHEREAS, the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006 (Public
Utilities Code sections 5800 et seq. ("DIVCA")) became effective January 1, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the City adopted Ordinance No. 1394-2008 for the purpose amending
Chapter 6.78 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code to implement DIVCA ("DIVCA
Ordinance"); and
WHEREAS, the City desires to amend the DIVCA Ordinance in order to further clarify
the requirements of state franchise holders to pay a fee that supports Public, Educational, and
Government ("PEG") channel facilities.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco does ORDAIN
as follows:
1. Section 1. Section 6.78.040 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code is hereby amended
as follows (with deletions in ~*r~'~°+~r^••R'~, and additions underlined):
6.78.040 Public, Educational, and Government Channels
(a) In accordance with Public Utilities Code section 5870(n), upon termination of all
incumbent cable provider franchises, beach state franchise holder shall remit to the city a fee to
support PEG channel facilities in the amount of one percent of ~ gross revenues or ~+^+°
c~i~~~. Each state franchise holder shall remit such fee to support PEG channel
facilities quarterly, within forty-five (45) calendar days after the end of the quarter for the
preceding calendar quarter. All revenue collected pursuant to this fee shall be deposited in a
separate fund and shall only be expended for the purpose of supporting PEG channel facilities.
(b) Each payment of the fee established in subsection (a) of this section delivered to
the city shall be accompanied by a summary report ~ explaining the basis for the calculation of
the payment, ~2,~ reflecting the total amount of gross revenues for the remittance period and all
payments, deductions and computations used to determine the amount of the quarterly
remittance, and 3) the fourth quarter payment shall include the total amount of dross revenues
for the remittance period and a summary of the dross revenues submitted for the entire calendar
yyear. The city manager may establish, and frorri time to time revise, such additional reporting
requirements as are reasonably necessary to ensure that the basis for the calculation of the
amount of remittance is adequately explained and documented, and each state franchise holder
shall comply with such additional reporting requirements provided that each state franchise
holder shall have ~~o~en°~~tten-~t~c~~°~~* ~~*°°„ r's~ ~°I~ rr;^r +^ +~,°
ben;~r;,.,n ^~ tie--Te~~t-~rc~ agreed to such additional reporting requirements. Any
additional reporting requirements must be mutually a egr ed upon by the City and the franchise
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{~)~ Each state franchise holder shall designate a sufficient amount of capacity on its
network to allow the provision of PEG channels in accordance with California Public Utilities
Code section 5870. Each state franchise holder shall have three (3) months from the date the
City requests the PEG channels to designate the capacity. The three (3) month period shall be
tolled by any period during which. the designation or provision of PEG channel capacity is
technically infeasible.
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{~}~ This section shall be enforced, and disputes regarding this section shall be
resolved, pursuant to California Public Utilities Code Section 5870.
2. Section 2. Publication and Effective Date
Pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Section 36933, a summary of this
Ordinance shall be prepared by the City Attorney. At least five (5) days prior to the Council
meeting at which this Ordinance is scheduled to be adopted, the City Clerk shall (1) publish the
Summary, and (2) post in the City Clerk's Office a certified copy of this Ordinance. Within
fifteen (15) days after the adoption of this Ordinance, the City Clerk shall (1) publish the
summary, and (2) post in the City Clerk's Office a certified copy of the full text of this
Ordinance along with the names of those City Council members voting for and against this
Ordinance or otherwise voting. This ordinance shall become effective thirty days from and after
its adoption.
3. Section 3. Severability
In the event any section or portion of this ordinance shall be determined invalid or
unconstitutional, such section or portion shall be deemed severable and all other sections or
portions hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
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Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco,
held the 12th day of May, 2010.
Adopted as an Ordinance of the City of South Francisco at a regular meeting of the City
Council held the 26th day of May, 2010 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Pedro Gonzalez, Richard A. Garbarino, and KarYl Matsumoto,
Vice Mayor Kevin Mullin and Mayor Mark Addie~o
NOES: N
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, I do hereby approve the foregoing
Ordinance this 26th day of May, 2010.