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Resolution Setting the Date for a Public Hearing Regarding the Approval by the Town Board of the Town of Red Hook of a Franchise Renewal Agreement Between the Town and Spectrum Northeast, LLC

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One-time (complete)formal_resolutionone_timeThe Town Board schedules a public hearing for June 14, 2022 at 7:35 p.m. at Town Hall to consider approval of a franchise renewal agreement with Spectrum Northeast, LLC and directs the Town Clerk to publish notice in the Poughkeepsie Journal at least ten days prior.
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2022-05-25
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2022-05-25
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Resolution text

RESOLVED

  1. The Town Board of the Town of Red Hook shall hold a public hearing on June 14, 2022 at 7:35 p.m. at the Town Hall, 7340 South Broadway, Red Hook, New York, to hear all interested parties on said proposed franchise renewal agreement and at which time and place it shall be determined by the said Town Board whether to approve said agreement
  2. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish notice of said public hearing in The Poughkeepsie Journal, the official newspaper of the Town, on or before June 3, 2022, which is not less than ten days prior to the date of said public hearing
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  • WHEREAS, an application has been duly made to the Town Board by Spectrum Northeast, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Charter Communications, Inc. ("Spectrum"), for the approval of a Franchise Renewal Agreement
  • WHEREAS, the Town Board has the authority to grant franchises after holding a duly noticed public hearing, pursuant to Town Law § 64(7)
  • WHEREAS, New York Public Service Law § 219 grants the Town the authority to require a franchise of any cable television system that applies to provide service within the Town
  • WHEREAS, renewals of franchise agreements require the prior approval of the New York Public Service Commission, pursuant to New York Public Service Law § 222
  • WHEREAS, the Town may, after affording the public adequate notice and the opportunity to provide comment, grant or deny the application for franchise renewal pursuant to 16 NYCRR 891.2
  • WHEREAS, an initial agreement was entered into between the Town Board and TCI in 1991 for a term of 10 years, which expired in 2001

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2022-05-25adoptedvote: 4-0 (1 absent)
Set the date for a public hearing regarding the Spectrum Northeast, LLC franchise renewal agreement for June 14, 2022 at 7:35 p.m.
moved by McKeon · seconded by Kane
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Resolved
  1. The Town Board of the Town of Red Hook shall hold a public hearing on June 14, 2022 at 7:35 p.m. at the Town Hall, 7340 South Broadway, Red Hook, New York, to hear all interested parties on said proposed franchise renewal agreement and at which time and place it shall be determined by the said Town Board whether to approve said agreement
  2. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish notice of said public hearing in The Poughkeepsie Journal, the official newspaper of the Town, on or before June 3, 2022, which is not less than ten days prior to the date of said public hearing
Whereas
  • WHEREAS, an application has been duly made to the Town Board by Spectrum Northeast, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Charter Communications, Inc. ("Spectrum"), for the approval of a Franchise Renewal Agreement
  • WHEREAS, the Town Board has the authority to grant franchises after holding a duly noticed public hearing, pursuant to Town Law § 64(7)
  • WHEREAS, New York Public Service Law § 219 grants the Town the authority to require a franchise of any cable television system that applies to provide service within the Town
  • WHEREAS, renewals of franchise agreements require the prior approval of the New York Public Service Commission, pursuant to New York Public Service Law § 222
  • WHEREAS, the Town may, after affording the public adequate notice and the opportunity to provide comment, grant or deny the application for franchise renewal pursuant to 16 NYCRR 891.2
  • WHEREAS, an initial agreement was entered into between the Town Board and TCI in 1991 for a term of 10 years, which expired in 2001
Subject key: spectrum_cable_franchise_renewal