To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Section 855-7 of Chapter 5 of Division 5 of Title VIII of the Humboldt County Code Relating to Public, Educational and Governmental Access Channel Capacity, Support, Interconnection and Signal Carriage.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Introduce the attached Ordinance by title and waive the first reading;
2. Set the attached ordinance for adoption on Sept. 21, 2021, or at least 1 week away from the date of the Board of Supervisors meeting at which the ordinance is first introduced;
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to publish the pre-adoption summary of the attached ordinance and to post a certified copy of the full text of the ordinance in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at least 5 days prior to the Board of Supervisors meeting at which the ordinance will be adopted [California Government Code Section 25124(b)(1)]; and
4. Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, within 15 days after adoption of the attached ordinance, to publish a post-adoption summary of the ordinance with the names of the Supervisors voting for and against the ordinance, and to post in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors a certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance and amendments along with the names of those Supervisors voting for and against the ordinance [California Government Code Section 25124(b)(1)].
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund (1100)
DISCUSSION:
California Public Utilities Code Section 5870(n), enacted as part of the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006 (DIVCA), authorizes local governmental entities to establish, by ordinance, a fee on state-franchised cable/video service providers to support public, educational and governmental (PEG) access channels. The local DIVCA ordinances enac...
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