HomeMy WebLinkAbout025678 ORD - 03/23/2004ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, CHAPTER 2 REGARDING CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION;PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE;AND PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION.
BElT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2-182 of the Code of Ordinances is revised to read as follows:
"Sec. 2-182. Duties.
The cable communications commission shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To advise the city council on adherence to the provisions of any franchise
agreement approved by the city council and recommend regulations not inconsistent
with the terms of such franchise.
(2) To encourage, develop and promote the use of access channels to cable
communications and to assure that access channels offer a diversity of programming
and services to subscribers.
(3) To work with access user groups to develop rules and regulations which are not
in conflict with the terms of the franchise agreement.
(4) To develop sources of funding, including but not limited to private foundation or
federal or state grants to further community programming.
(5) To conduct evaluations of the cable system and to review and audit reports
submitted to the city by a franchisee.
(7) (6) Report annually to the council in writing giving a comprehensive and current view
of the cable communications in the city and recommending any appropriate actions
including amendments to the ordinance or franchise agreement.
~8) (7) To advise the city council on future applications for franchises.
(9) ~ To acquaint itself with technological and service developments in the cable
communications industry and determine with the franchisee what system enhancements
should be pursued in maximizing benefits to be derived for the community.
(!0) (9) To certify access user councils, and reporting such certification to the city
secretary.
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(11) (10) To establish rules and regulations for use of public access channels until
such time as a public access user council has been certified.
(12) (11) To approve the rules and regulations of certified access user councils for
use of access channels.
(13) (12) To resolve disputes concerning program content, allocation of access
funding channel space and channel time -"'~ *~' ...... ~ '-"~-'; ........... ; .... * -"'~
fa~,ilit4es.
(14) (13) To coordinate access activities of access users and user councils."
SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section,
paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the
definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word or provision of this ordinance be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION $. A violation of this ordinance or requirements implemented hereunder shall
constitute an offense, punishable as provided in Section 1-6 of the City Code of
Ordinances.
SECTION 4. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus
Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
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That the foregoing ord,,inapce was read for the first time and passed to its second
reading on this the ~,r~ day of ('Y'~Ocr~.~-, 2004, by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero ~
Melody Cooper ~¢_
Henry Garrett ~
Bill Kelly
Rex A. Kinnison
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
That the fpregoing c~rdinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this
the ,¢.,3,~ day of t~J*~C(%-- , 2004 by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Bill Kelly 0.~ q.~we-
Rex A. Kinnison ~,
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott ~,J~ 2-~
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the ~'~'~Clday of
ATTES~
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
l~,"~, ~¢(~ , 2004.
Samuel L. Ne"al, Jr. /'/
Mayor
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APPROVED: 9,cz-~.~,~,~r ~4~, 2004
Lisa Aguilar~
Assistant City Attorney
for City Attorney
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
State of Texas } CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
County of Nueces } ss: Ad # 4848584
PO #
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Diana
Hinoiosa, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Credit
Manager of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published at
Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee,
Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak,
Nueces, Refugio, San Patriclo, Victoria and Webb Counties, and that the
publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. which the annexed
is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Tirnes and on the World
Wide Web on the Caller-Times Interactive on the 29TH day(s) of MARCH, 2004.
$59.00
TWO (2) Time(s)
Credit Manager
Subscribed and sworn to me on the date of
MARCH 30, 2004.
Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas
ROSA MARIA FLORES
Print or Type Name of Notary Public
My commission expires on 04/23/05.
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