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` RESOLUTTON NO. 1894
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
2 SAN JACINTO, CALIEORNIA, URGING THE CONGRESS OF
THE UNITED STATES TO REVISE THE. CABLE COMMUNI-
3 CATIONS POLICY ACT OF 1984 TO OPEN THE CABLE
INDUSTRY TO MORE COMPETITION IN THE MARKET-
4 PLACE,
5 WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to provide competition
for existing cable Tv services, both transmission and programming,
6 through a telephone network capable of video Lran5m155iOn to
enhance the development of new technologies and taster intro-
7 duction of products and services -c the marketplace at competitive.
8 prices ; and
WHEREAS, an inlegrated broadband network coil'_ provide,
9 consumers with greater choices of video program suppliers and
10 preferred services - advantages that would be extended titima_ely
to ai_ consumers . rural and urban - so as to avoid a divided
.1 society of information "haves" and "have noes ; and
12 WHEREAS, a statewide `fiber optic network will serve. as a
vital component to the future public and continuing educat.i"n
13 structures ; and
I4 WHEREAS, a highly-featured telephone network capable of video
transmission would be an asset to international competitiveness
15 for the United States and economic development within the State;
and
16 WHEREAS, adequate accounting and structural safeguards have
17 been developed and are already in place in the spate and federal
jurisdictions to protect against cross-subsidization from
18 telephone customers ;
19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
20 1. The City of San Jacinto urges the Congress to enact
,appropriate Legislation to open the cable market to
�1 competition, to enhance the development of new
techniques and to modernize the telecommunications
22 infrasiructure.
23 The Clerk of the City Council transmit copies of this
resolution to the Governor of the State , the Speaker
24 cf the House of Representatives , and to members of the
Congress of the United States .
25 MOVED, PASSED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of said
26 Council duly held the 19th day of June, 1990 by the foll.owinq
vote;
27 AYES: Councilmen Rose, Divine, Wykin, Redding and Ford
28 NOES: Non'?
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31 MAYO 7
12 deputy Aty Clerk
] CERT1EiCATE
2� The Toregoinq is certified to he a true copy of
Resolution No. L894 duly adopted by said City Council
3 oC the City of .pan Jacinto on the date therein set forth.
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