City of Albuquerque - File #: O-18-47

• File #: O-18-47
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 12/17/2018
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/6/2019
• Enactment date: 5/24/2019
• Enactment #: O-2019-009
• Title: Granting A Cable Franchise Renewal To Comcast Of New Mexico, LLC, To Construct, Operate And Maintain A Cable System In The Public Right-Of-Way And To Provide Cable Service Within A Franchise Area Within The City Of Albuquerque (“City”); Establishing The Terms And Conditions Of The Franchise Renewal; Establishing Certain Remedies For The Violation Of The Franchise; Repealing Sections 13-5-3-1 Through 13-5-3-20 (Sanchez, by request)

Date	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2019	City Clerk	Published
5/17/2019	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
5/15/2019	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
5/6/2019	City Council	Passed as Amended	Pass
5/6/2019	City Council	Amended	Pass
4/15/2019	City Council	Accepted Without Recommendation, as Amended
4/8/2019	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Sent to Council Without Recommendation, as Amended	Pass
4/8/2019	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Amended	Pass
3/11/2019	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Postponed	Pass
2/11/2019	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Postponed	Pass
12/17/2018	City Council	Introduced and Referred
12/17/2018	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY THIRD COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. O-18-47 ENACTMENT NO. ______________________

SPONSORED BY: Ken Sanchez, by request

ORDINANCE
GRANTING A CABLE FRANCHISE RENEWAL TO COMCAST OF NEW MEXICO, LLC, TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A CABLE SYSTEM IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND TO PROVIDE CABLE SERVICE WITHIN A FRANCHISE AREA WITHIN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE ("CITY"); ESTABLISHING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FRANCHISE RENEWAL; ESTABLISHING CERTAIN REMEDIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE FRANCHISE; REPEALING SECTIONS 13-5-3-1 THROUGH 13-5-3-20.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND EXHIBITS.
(A) Definitions. For the purposes of this Franchise, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural include the singular, and words in the singular include the plural. Words not defined shall be given their common and ordinary meaning. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
(1) "Access" means the availability for noncommercial use by various agencies, institutions, organizations, groups and individuals in the community, including the City and its designees, of the Cable System to acquire, create, receive, and distribute video Cable Services and other services and signals as permitted under Applicable Law including but not limited to:
(a) "Public Access" means Access where community-based, noncommercial organizations, groups or individual members of the general public, on a nondiscriminatory basis, are the primary users.
(b) "Educational Access" means Access where schools are the primary users having editorial control over programming and services. For purposes of this definition, "school" means any state-accredited educational institution, public ...