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EVERETT'•CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET <br /> PROJECT TITLE: 16 <br /> PEG fee from Comcast and 04/13/11 Briefing COUNCIL BILL# <br /> Frontier Proposed Action Originating Department Administration <br /> Consent Contact Person Debra Bryant <br /> 04/20/11 Action Phone Number 8608 <br /> First Reading FOR AGENDA OF 4/13/2011 <br /> Second Reading <br /> Third Reading <br /> Public Hearing <br /> Initialed by: <br /> Department Head <br /> CAA <br /> Council President 2 <br /> Location Preceding Action Attachments Department(s)Approval <br /> Amount Budgeted -0- <br /> Expenditure Required -0- Account Number(s): <br /> Budget Remaining -0- <br /> Additional Required -0- <br /> DETAILED SUMMARY STATEMENT: <br /> The City currently receives a capital contribution of one dollar per subscriber per month from Comcast and <br /> Frontier, commonly referred to as a PEG(public, educational, governmental) fee. PEG fee revenue can only be <br /> used for capital investments necessary to broadcast on PEG access channels, such as acquisition of related <br /> equipment for Everett TV. <br /> In order to better define cash flow needs,Administration, with City Council input,will develop new <br /> programming and capital investment guidelines for Everett TV. Once City Council has formally adopted the <br /> new guidelines,the City will be ready to move forward with an RFP process for purchasing equipment <br /> necessary to operate the system, and the extent to which the PEG fee is needed to support the system's capital <br /> needs. Until this process is complete and funding requirements are determined,Administration recommends <br /> that collection of the PEG fee be suspended. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(Exact action requested of Council): <br /> Authorize the Mayor,pursuant to the franchise agreements,to suspend collection of the PEG fee from Comcast <br /> and Frontier. <br /> 155 <br />