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Approving the 2016 Performance Agreement between the Saint Paul Neighborhood Network and the City of Saint Paul.
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WHEREAS, the cable franchise agreements with Comcast of St. Paul, Inc. and CenturyLink, provide the City may designate a non-profit entity, hereinafter referred to as the "Designated Entity," to manage public and educational access and community programming on the local cable television system; and
WHEREAS, a contract for services (Performance Agreement) between the City of Saint Paul and the Saint Paul Neighborhood Network, hereinafter referred to as "SPNN," which outlines the duties, responsibilities and obligations of the parties with respect to the management and provision of public and educational access and community programming by the Designated Entity, and which names SPNN as the Designated Entity, has been in effect and will expire on January 1, 2016; and
WHEREAS, a new contract will be approved by the SPNN Board of Directors: and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that SPNN has performed its duties as Designated Entity in a satisfactory manner and the City desires that SPNN continue its role as the Designated Entity; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that SPNN is hereby designated the City's Designated Entity for the term of this Agreement, January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, for the purposes pursuant to the Agreement and the cable franchise; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proper City officials are hereby authorized to execute the Performance Agreement between SPNN and the City, in the form attached as a copy of the 2016 Performance Agreement.