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RESOLUTION No. 96-23
RESOLUTION URGING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO ADOPT A
PLAN PROVIDING FOR A GEOGRAPHIC SPLIT WHEREBY AREA CODE 817 WILL
BE RETAINED AS THE EXCLUSIVE AREA CODE FOR THE CITY OF NORTH
RICH LAND HILLS AND ALL OTHER AREAS IN THE FORT WORTH METROPOLITAN
CALLING AREA.
WHEREAS, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company projects that Area Code
817, serving forty-five Texas counties, will run out of available telephone numbers in the
next two years; and
WHEREAS, the Public Utilities Commission has ordered its staff to prepare a
plan providing for a geographic split of Area Code 817 so that a portion of the present
817 service area will retain Area Code 817 as its exclusive area code, and another
portion will be assigned a new area code; and
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth Metropolitan Calling Area is the largest calling area
in the 817 service area, and, accordingly should retain Area Code 817 as its exclusive
area code;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of North
Richland Hills that it supports a geographic split of the Area Code 817 service area, and
urges that geographic split be such that Area Code 817 will be retained as the exclusive
area code in the Fort Worth Metropolitan Calling Area which includes North Richland
Hills.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 8th day of April, 1996
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City of North Richland Hills
ATTEST:
A
anette Rewis, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALI