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RESOLUTION NO. R89-197
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING TELESERVICE
CORPORATION OF AMERICA D/B/A PLAINVIEW CABLE
TELEVISION TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH WAYLAND
BAPTIST UNIVERSITY, PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, TO PROVIDE
LOCAL ACCESSIBILITY BY WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY,
PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, TO THE CABLE TELEVSION SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, on January 12, 1982, the City of Plainview, Texas, by
Ordinance No. 81-2474, granted a franchise to Teleservice
Corporation of America d/b/a Plainview Cable Television for a term
of fifteen years to construct, erect, and maintain a cable
television system in, upon and across the public streets and alleys
of the City of Plainview, Texas; and
WHEREAS, in said franchise agreement, Teleservice Corporation of
America d/b/a Plainview Cable Television agreed to maintain in its
cable television system at least two channels to provide local
accessibility to City Government, Public Schools and Wayland Baptist
University for the purpose of production and transmission of
material to viewers of the cable television system; and
WHEREAS, Wayland Baptist University has requested that it be
authorized to continue to use one of the channels reserved in said
franchise agreement for the purpose of providing local accessibility
to said cable television; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas, has
determined that it would be in the best interest of the public that
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Wayland Baptist University be granted continued access to one
said channels for the purpose of production and transmission of
material to viewers of the Plainview Cable Television system.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and City Council of
the City of Plainview, Texas, t~at Teleservice Corporation of
America d/b/a Plainview Cable Television shall be and it is hereby
authorized to enter into an agreement with Wayland Baptist
University, Plainview, Texas, granting to said University local
accessibility to its cable television system for the purpose of
production and transmission of material to viewers of Plainview
Cable Television for a term of thre~ year (s) beginning on the llth
day of November, 1989, and terminating on the 10th day of November,
1992.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the agreement entered into between
Teleservice Corporation of American d/b/a Plainview Cable Television
and Wayland Baptist University shall require Wayland Baptist
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University to comply with all of the terms and conditions of said
franchise dated January 12, 1982, being Ordinance No. 81-2474, City
of Plainview, Texas.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the agreement between Teleservice
Corporation of America d/b/a Plainview Cable Television and Wayland
Baptist University shall require that Wayland Baptist University
comply with all regulations of the State of Texas and regulations of
the United States of America relating to the use and operation of
cable television systems.
Passed and Approved this 14th day of November, 1989.
E.V. Ridlehuber, Mayor
ATTEST:
Carla Reese, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
~es P.~Jeff er
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
David Blackburn, City Attorney
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