HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 165-1976 RESOLUTION NO. 165-76
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION APPROVING CATV
SUBSCRIBER RATE INCREASES
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1977.
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco
that the Council, in a public hearing on the lOth day of November, 1976,
due notice of which was given by publication on the 29thday of October ,
1976, in the Enterprise-Journal,a newspaper published and circulated in the
City of South San Francisco, a copy of which notice is attached hereto as
Exhibit "A"; having considered Western TV Cable's subscriber rate increase
request by letter dated July 7, 1976; and the material thereafter supplied,
copies of which are on file with the office of the Acting Director of Finance;
the report and recommendations of the staff; the written and oral statements
made at said hearing and all factors set forth therein; and having closed the
hearing and continued the matter to November 17, 1976, for determination;
finds and determines as follows:
A. The increase in cost is justified and is consistentwith the current
policy.
B. The subscriber rate increases hereinafter set forth are warranted
from a consideration of all the factors related to subscriber rates, includ-
ing but not limited to increased costs of operation, gross revenues, projected
increase or loss in number of subscribers, capital expenditures, and additional
requirements of the Federal Communication Commission; and said increases or
schedule of reasonable rates and charges which will prevent excessive charges
and assure fair compensation to the Grantee.
C. The subscriber rates as initially set forth in Section 6 of Ordi-
nance No. 563, adopted June 19, 1967, as amended in Section I of Resolution No.
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5907, passed August 7, 1972, and Resolution No. 6156, adopted August 20,
1973, should be reasonably increased.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL ORDERS THE FOLLOWING:
1. Subscriber rates now Set forth in' Section 6 of Ordinance No. 563,
· adopted June 19, 1967, as aniended by Resolution No. 6156, adopted August 20,
1973, shall be increased as of January 1, 1977, to read as follows.:
(a) Single-use premises - individual subscriber
(residential and commercial)
The monthly service charge shall not exceed
$6.40 for the first single receiving set or appar-
atus (primary outlet) and for each receiving set or apparatus in excess
of one at the location of any such subscriber, a sum not to exceed
$7.75 per month.
(b) Municipal and South San Francisco Unified School District.
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There. shall be no monthly service charge for service to the occupied
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municipal properties of the City of South San Francisco or the South San'
Francisco Unified School District within the corporatb limits of the City.
(c) Hotels, motels, multiple dwellin~qs and other buildinqs.
The monthly service charge for hotels, motels, multiple dwellings
and other buildings, as more particularly described in Section 5 (C) of
Ordinance No. 563, shall not exceed $6.40 ~...
for service, to the antennaplex or other distribution
system and the primary outlet, and $1.75
monthly for each outlet from said antennaplex or other
distribution system within the premises for each additional primary
outlet.
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(d) FM monthly service charge.
The monthly service charge shall not exceed $1.75
for the first single receiving set or apparatus (pri-
mary outlet) and for each receiving set or apparatus in excess of
one at the location of any such subscriber, a sum not to exceed
$1.75 per month.
'2'~ If cOpyright liability is imposed by any court with jurisdiction
thereof or by the Congress, Western TV Cable shall have the right to increase
its rates for' regular subscriber services covered under l(a}, (c) and (d)of
this Resolution to offset such copyright liability. Any increase in the
rate schedule because of the imposition of copyright liability shall be
limited to the actual amount of liability imposed by a court having juris-
diction thereof or by the Congress. There shall be no charge for copyright
liability for service provided in section l(b) of this Resolution.
If such copyright liability is imposed by a court with jurisdiction
thereof or by the Congress, Western TV Cable shall file notice thereof with
City's Director of Finance together with supporting evidence. City's Direc-
tor of Finance shall verify the amount of the copyright liability so imposed
and upon making said verification issue an approval to increase the rates
in said sum, same to be effective thirty (30) days after notice of the rate
increase is issued to subscribers stating the amount of the monthly increase.
3. The rates and charges established by this Resolution shall be effect-
ive f. or one (1) year commencing Ja'nuary 1, 1977.
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4. Publication.
The Clerk shall publish this Resolution once within fifteen (15)
days after adoption, in the Enterprise Journal, a newspaper of general cir-
culation published in the City of South San Francisco.
I hereby certify that' the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced
and adopted by .the City Council of the City of South San Francisco at a
regular meeting held on the 17th day of November
1976, by the following vote'
AYES, COUNCILMEN Leo Padreddii, Emanuele N. Damonte, Terry J. Mirri,
and Richard A. Battaglia
NOES, None
ABSENT, " None
ABSTAINING " William A. Borba
City Clerk
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EXNIBIT A
OF RESOLUTION ;lO~65-76 ADOPTED 11/17/76
NOTICE
PROPOSED CABLE TV RATE INCREASES
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:
1. 'The City Council Of the City of South San Francisco will hold a
public hearing on-Wednesday, the lOth day of November, 1976, at 7:30
in the West Orange Avenue Library (in the room referred to'as the Auditorium),
840 t, lest Orange Avenue, South San Francisco, California, .to consider the
Cable TV rate increases propoSed by Western TV Cable.
-' '2. Reference is hereby .made to the application for' the rate increases
and 'documents related thereto, which are on file in the office of the Acting
Director of Finance, City Hall, 400 Grand Avenue,. South San Francisco,... .
California, for public inspection b~t',...le~n'the hours of 8:31] a.m. and 5'00
daily, except weekends and holidays.
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2. Any and ali persons interested may appear at said bearing and be
heard regarding Said proposed Cable TV rate increases.
Date~:' October 26 , 197.6-
City clerk
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