94-21440RESOLIMON NO. 94-21440
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SETTING A PUBLIC
HEARING FOR JANUARY 18, 1995 FOR THE PURPOSE
OF CONSIDERING A RATE ORDER WITH RESPECT TO
GOLD COAST CABLEVISION'S FCC 393 SUBMISSION
FOR BASIC CABLE TELEVISION RATES AS OF
SEPTEMBER 1, 1993.
WHEREAS, on September 22, 1993, the City of Miami Beach
adopted Ordinance No. 93-2876 adopting cable television rate
regulation standards and criteria as promulgated by the Federal
Communications Commission ("FCC"); and,
WHEREAS, on March 31, 1994 the City of Miami Beach gave Gold
Coast notice of its intent to regulate basic cable service and
equipment; and,
WHEREAS, on April 26, 1994, Gold Coast filed FCC Form 393 with
the City; and,
WHEREAS, the City Commission retained the law firm of
Liebowitz and Associates to review the FCC 393 rate request
submission and to make recommendations to the City Commission; and,
WHEREAS, Liebowitz and Associates have completed their review
and have made findings and recommendations with respect to such
rate requests; and,
WHEREAS, the findings and recommendations will be presented in
the form of a "Rate Order"; and,
WHEREAS, FCC rules and regulations require a public hearing on
the proposed rate order, which will be issued by the City in
response to Gold Coast's rate requests
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that a public hearing for the
purpose of considering a proposed rate order with respect to Gold
Coast Cablevision's FCC 393 submission for basic cable television
rates in effect in the City of Miami Beach aA995,
September 1, 1993
is scheduled for 4:00 pm, January 1in the City
Commission Chambers, 1700 Convention Centeive, Miami B ach,
Florida.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 21st day of December,'IP9
Attest:
City Clerk
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FORM
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CITY OF MIA -MI BEACH
CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA 33139
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
TELEPHONE: (305) 673-7010
FAX: (305) 673-7782
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM No.Q / -I�
To: Mayor Seymour Gelber and DATE: December 21, 1994
Members of the City Commission
FROM: Roger M. Carlton
City Manager
Laurence Feingold f�
City Attorney�_�.
SUBJECT: SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT COMMENT AND TO CONSIDER THE
ISSUANCE OF A RATE ORDER WITH RESPECT TO GOLD COAST CABLEVISION FCC
393 SUBMISSION FOR BASIC CABLE TELEVISION RATES AS OF SEPTEMBER 1,1993
RECOMMENDATION
The City Attorney and the City Manager recommend that the City
Commission adopt the attached resolution which sets a public
hearing for January 18, 1995 on a proposed "Rate Order" with
respect to Gold Coast Cablevision's (Gold Coast) FCC 393 submission
for baste —cable television rates in effect -in the City of Miami
Beach as of September 1, 1993.
BACKGROUND
The law firm of Liebowitz and Associates, in conjunction with the
accounting firm of Rachlin & Cohen, was retained by the City to
evaluate Gold Coast's FCC 393 rate proposal and to report their
findings and recommendations to the City Commission.
Liebowitz and Associates have completed the review and have
submitted their findings and recommendations to the City Attorney
and City Manager. The findings and recommendations will be
presented in to form of a "Rate Order".
FCC rules require that the proposed Rate Order be submitted to the
cable television 'operator sufficiently in advance of the scheduled
public hearing to allow the operator (Gold Coast) to comment on
that order.
A report on the findings and recommendations, along with Any
comments received from the operator, will be presented to the City
Commission prior to opening the public hearing.
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