1983-03-2150
March 21, 1983
SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
Pursuant to due .call and notice thereof, a special meeting of the City Council
of the City of Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, was held at 5341 Maywood Road
in said City on March 21, 1983, at 7:30 P.M.
Those present were:. Mayor Robert Polston, Councitmembers Pinky Charon, Gary
Paulsen, Russ Peterson and Gordon Swenson. Also present were member of the
Cable T.V. Committee (Kent Borg, Chuck Champine, Dr. Harold Pellett, Marsha
Smith, Don Ulrick and Bruce Wold), City Manager Jon Elam, City Clerk Fran Clark,
Representatives from Dowden Communications Dick Joyce and Stuart Gibson, and
Mound Cable Consultant Tom Creighton and interested citizen Jim Kutzner.
PUBLIC HEARING - CABLE T.U. PROPOSAL FROM DOWDEN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
The Mayor opened the public hearing and the City Manager introduced the Cable
T.V. Committee, the Consultant and the Dowden Representatives to the City Council.
Cable Consultant Tom Creighton explained the purpose of this public hearing.
This hearing is required by the State Cable Commission 27 days prior to
adopting a franchise ordinance to solicit public input on the proposal and
allow the public to ask questions about the proposal. The company is given
a chance to clarify anything they want to about their proposal. After this
hearing is held the Council can accept the proposal and order the preparation
of a franchise ordinance.
Dick Joyce, Dowden Communications stated that the company is looking forward
to putting cable in Mound. Dowden will be bidding on the Wayzata franchise
and the 14 lake communities that have banded together for cable.
Jim Kutzner of Island. Park, who is the Chief Engineer for Channels 2 and 17
in Minneapolis, asked a number of technical questions. Stuart Gibson, Engineer
for Dowden, answered all of Mr. Kutzner's questions. Mr. Kutzner stated that
he thought the proposal was a good one.
Don Ulrick asked about a total completion date. Mr. Gibson stated that they
are hoping to start construction sometime in July and 90 - 120 days later
it should be complete and operational. He further explained that Dowden will
have to work with the owner of the poles, most of which are NSP's poles.
The cable had to be 12 inches. above phone lines and 40 inches below the main
power lines. Some of the areas he has looked at might be a problem because
the phone lines are very close to the power lines. They will have to work
with Continental Phone on resolving those problems.
Dr. Pellett asked if Dowden could get cable to the high school. Tom Creighton
explained that if Dowden get the Lake Community bid there will be no problem
interconnecting. If they do not get the bid, Minnetrista would have to adopt
a limited franchise ordinance with Dowden to allow the cable to be Laid in
Minnetrista to the high school. He felt that one way or another the high
school would be hooked into Mound's cable system.
There were no other comments or questions and the Mayor closed the public hearing.
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Mr. Creighton explained that he has .gone over the proposal from Dowden
a number of times, the economic aspects of the proposal have been reviewed
and in his opinion Dowden has an excellent proposal. It meets all the
minimums that the City asked for; a letter from Fleet National Bank has
been received stating that there is sufficient money to complete this
system; clot of engineering has been done already by Dowden that normally
isn't done until after the franchise is awarded; it is not inconceivable
that Mound could be an experimental .area for future technology.
Charon moved and Paulsen seconded the following resolution.
RESOLUTION #83-49 RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL OF DOWDEN
COi•1MUNICATIOPJS, I1JC. (DO~J-SAT) FOR .CABLE T.V.
AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY P1ANAGER AND CABLE
CONSULTANT TOM CREIGHTON TO PREPARE A FRANCHISE
ORDINANCE
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
The City Council thanked all the Cable T.V. Committee members for the
time and effort they took in bringing cable T.V. to Mound.
SET DATE FOR BID OPENING - 198.3 SEAL COAT PROGRAM
Peterson moved and Paulsen seconded a motion to set the date for the bid
opening for the 1983 Seal Coat Program for April 19, 1983 at 10:00 A,M:
in the Mound City Hall. The vote was unanimously in favor< Motion carried..
Paulsen moved and Swenson seconded a motion to adjourn at 9.00 P.M. The vote
was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
on Elam, City Manager
Fran Clark, City Clerk