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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1996-023 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 TO:Y=~~ City of North Richland Hills ATTEST: A anette Rewis, City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALI