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Home My WebLink About15931 ORD - 12/10/1980AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A PROPOSAL FROM THE CABLE TELEVISION INFORMATION CENTER FOR CONSULTING SERVICE IN CONNECTION WITH THE RENEGO- TIATION OF A CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE WITH ATHENA CABLEVISION OF CORPUS CHRISTI, INC., ALL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE PROPOSAL, A SUB- STANTIAL COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, MARKED EXHIBIT "A"; REAPPRO- PRIATING $20,000 OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE, ACTIVITY 4299, CODE 490 TO ACTIVITY 4283, CATV REGULATION, CODE 301; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the City Manager be authorized to accept a proposal from the Cable Television Information Center for consulting services in connection with the renegotiation of a cable television franchise with Athena Cablevision of Corpus Christi, Inc., all as more fully set forth in the proposal, a substantial copy of which is attached hereto and made part hereof, marked Exhibit -"A". SECTION 2. That there is hereby reappropriated ,out of the General Fund Reserve, Activity 4299, Code 490, the sum of $20,000 applicable to Activity 4283, CATV Regulation, Code 301. SECTION 3. The necessity to authorize acceptance of the aforesaid proposal and the appropriation of the sums necessary to effect the proposal at the earliest practicable date creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction but that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, having declared that such emergency and necessity exist, having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the 10 day of December, 1980. ATTEST: City' Secretary APPROVED: h-- J. BRUCE Y OCK, CITY ATTORNEY By Ass tant City Attorney MA Rai HE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS .N1 ROE1LMED 15 1 1$P 271989 Ti CableTelevision Information Center November 26, 1980 Mr. Richard J. Mertz Administrative Assistant to the City Manager City of Corpus Christi 302 South Shoreline Post Office Box 9277 Corpus Christi, Texas 78408 Dear Mr. Mertz: Following up on our recent telephone conversations and having now had the opportunity to read the additional background information supplied in your letter of November 13, 1980, I wish to offer the following proposal for your consideration. The basis of this proposal has been derived from our October 6, 1980 report of a suggested process presented to you by our Regional Director, Sue Smoller. TASK 1: Limited Technical Evaluation of Existing and Proposed System We propose to have Mr. John W. Bowman visit Corpus Christi for an on—site _examination of the nature and quality of the system as constructed to date and evaluate the proposed changes to the system. Mr. Bowman is the engineer we used (under Atlantic Research Corporation direction) in Austin and Santa Barbara. We would not propose to do any extensive testing on this visit. Our purpose would be to provide the city with an independent engineering ap— praisal of the present and proposed system. We estimate this limited evaluation would require three days on—site and five days evaluation and report writing. We estimate travel, three days lodgings and meals, car rental and our 19 percent overhead to amount to $1,000. Professional and secretarial time including all overheads we estimate at $5,000. TASK 2: Financial Review of Existing and Proposed System Upon receipt of the city's request for financial information from the company, the Center will examine the historical and pro forma information in order to determine the extent of existing and potential viability of the com— pany's operations. We will compare this information with industry norms and examine the profitability of the proposal. We anticipate a level of effort of 10 days of professional time by our chief economist and rate specialist, Henry del Castillo, secretarial and re— port writing would bring this task estimate to $4,500. 2100 M STREET, N.W • WASHINGTON, O C.20037 • (202) 872.8888 Mr. Richard J. Mertz 2 November 26, 1980 r . , TASK 3: Proposal Review, Report Presentation and Negotiation Assistance The company's final and "best" offer will be evaluated by Harold Horn, President of CTIC, and compared with both current offerings being made across the country in both new markets and other renegotiations with which we are familiar. As a part of this task, Mr. Horn will visit Corpus Christi city officials for two days to become more directly familiar with the city's re- quirements and community and educational interests in possible use of the cable system. Mr. Horn will also visit with company officials to become familiarized with present and proposed operations. The proposal review, on-site visit and report writing are estimated at $4,500. The technical, financial and proposal evaluation will be consolidated into one overall report and presented.by Mr. Horn to the city. Report pre- paration and presentation including travel is estimated to cost $3,000. Negotiation assistance would be provided by Mr. Horn to assist the city in discussions with company officials. This would, by its nature, be open- ended. Rates to be charged would be at $60 per hour plus travel and direct expenses with a 19 percent overhead rate. Assuming two days time and travel this would be estimated at $2,000. Depending upon the city's requirements this task may need to be expanded beyond the two days. TASK 1 TASK 2 TASK 3a TASK 3b TASK 3c SUMMARY OF COSTS Technical Evaluation $ 6,000 Financial Review 4,500 Proposal Review 4,500 Overall Report Writing/Presentation 3,000 Negotiation Assistance 2,000 Total $20,000 I would anticipate that we can begin much of our review here in Washing- ton just as soon as the company has responded to your request for information. I will try to develop our schedule for the on-site visit for both Mr. Bowman and myself to visit Corpus Christi by mid-January at the latest. There is a possibility I can make my first visit in December, but my schedule is already quite crowded through early January. We should be able to complete our re- ports and start our serious discussions by mid-February. If this brief outline of our scope of services and estimated costs meets with your approval, please advise and we will arrange our schedule accordingly. Very, truly yours, Harold E. Horn President HEH: rb CITY OF CORPUS QHRISTI, TEXAS CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS (City Charter Article IV Section 21) December 10, 1980 I certify to the City Council that $ 20,000.00 , the amount required for the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditures contemplated in the above and foregoing ordinance is in the Treasury of the City of Corpus Christi to the credit of: Fund No. and Name 102 General Fund Activity General Fund Reserve - 4299-490 Purpose latWECCaig Consulting Services for Cable T.V. Regulation from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for any other purpose. • FIN 2-55 Revised 7/31/69 December 11 , 198o Corpus Christi, Texas /0 day of , 42/, 19tea TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully,_ THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspend_d by the following vote: Luther Jones Edward L. Sample Dr. Jack Best David Diaz Jack K. Dumphy Betty N. Turner Cliff Zarsky The above ordinance was passed Luther Jones Edward L. Sample Dr. Jack Best David Diaz Jack K. Dumphy Betty N. Turner Cliff Zarsky by the following vote: 15931