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ORDINANCE NO. 2808
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 1862 AND THE CABLE TV
FRANCHISE AGREEMENT OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS,
TO PROVIDE FOR ASSUMPTION BY THE CURRENT CABLE TV
FRANCHISE HOLDER OF OBLIGATIONS OF GATEHOUSE NETWORKS
TO THE CITY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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WHEREAS, the North Richland Hills cable television franchise was originally granted by
10 Ordinance 1862 to Sammons Communications, Inc., formerly Marcus Cable
Associates, L.P., which franchise ordinance was amended by Ordinances 2066
12 and 2373 and then transferred to Marcus Cable Associates, L.L.C., and then to
Paul G. Allen, and associated entities and ratified by an acceptance agreement
14 ("Agreement") dated March 15, 1999 executed by Vulcan Cable, II, Inc.,
Vulcan Cable, Inc., Marcus Cable Associates, L.L.C., Marcus Cable Properties,
16 Inc., Charter Communications, Inc., Charter Communications Holdings, L.L.C.,
collectively referred to herein as "Company;" and
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WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills ("City") by Ordinance 2582 granted a cable
20 television franchise for service within an area known as the Home Town NRH
Development to Lamont Digital Systems, Inc. d/b/a Gatehouse Networks
22 ("Gatehouse") and the franchisee has notified the City that it desires to have its
obligations assumed by Company, and both City and Company are agreeable to
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26 WHEREAS, Company is already obligated under its current franchise to provide service to
the area served by Gatehouse and both Company and City desire to amend the
28 current franchise and March 15, 1999 Acceptance Agreement to have Company
assume certain obligations of Gatehouse; NOW, THEREFORE,
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS,
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Section 1:
THAT Ordinance 1862, as amended by Ordinances 2066 and 2373, and the
March 15, 1999 Acceptance Agreement executed by Company, are hereby
amended by adding to Table 1 on Page 47 of the Acceptance Agreement the
following I-Net numbers and Locations where Company shall provide I-Net
service as contemplated by Paragraph 17 and Exhibit 17 of such Agreement:
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City of North Richland Hills I-NET Site List
I-NET Number
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Location
Library
Recreation Center
Address
Home Town NRH at address to be determined
Home Town NRH at address to be determined
Section 2:
Company shall continue to build out fiber optic network in Home Town NRH.
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Section 3:
The transfer ofthe Gatehouse cable television franchise to Company is hereby
approved, subject to the amendment of Company's franchise as set forth in
Section 1 hereof.
Section 4:
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately following its
adoption and signed written acceptance by Company.
16 AND IT IS SO ORDAINED.
18 Passed on this 11 th day of October, 2004.
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Patricia Hutson, City Secretary
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