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e e e standards. II Every city and state is different. The Cable Commission is creating its own standards. He thinks people will be more satisfied than previously. Mayor Keller added that the council is one of the three final voices. All three jurisdictions must approve the franchise amendments and that will allow public input. Mr. Haws asked how this will be brought before the council procedurally. Mr. Hamel stated that the commission will vote tomorrow and then the three juris- dictions will vote. Mr. Haws asked if there will be another public hearing before the City Council prior to this being voted on and how it will be done. Mr. Hamel responded that he is not sure. It will be up to the council to make the decision on the franchise. Mr. Gleason added that after the commission makes their position public, there will be a formal public hearing and then the recommendation is made to the governing bodies. The governing bodies then examine the recommendation and it is up to the three agencies in separate meetings to determine what will occur. So, there will be four more public hearings. Mr. Haws asked if there would be another City Council public hearing on this matter. Carol Baker, City Manager's Office, stated that the commission has the authority to set the rates, but their decision will reflect the nego- tiated package of the service changes. Any changes in the franchise would have to be acted on by the City Council. The public hearing could be held at that time. A public hearing on the rate increase has been held. After tomorrow's report is in, there will be another public hearing. Mr. Haws asked if the council disagrees with the commission's position, if they will be able to change the position. Ms. Baker responded that the rate decision is the purview of the commission and the franchise changes are the decision of the individual jurisdictions. Mr. Haws asked if that has to be voted on at the next commis- sion meeting. Ms. Baker responded that the franchise requires that after Teleprompter makes its rate request of the commission, the commission must make a decision within 90 days or Teleprompter will automatically gain the request. The 29th of January is the 90th day. So, they must make a decision or the rate request will be granted. They could, however, ask Teleprompter to extend the deadline and they might be able to negotiate that. Mr. Gleason added that the council created the commission and delegated the rate setting to them. The contractual franchise agreement was not delegated and the rates are being negotiated. The commission is trying to re-establish the contractual standards. The council will deliberate on a franchise contractual relationship with the provider and the City of Eugene, as will Lane County and Springfield. He thinks it would take an amendment in the intergovernmental agreement to take over the authority of rate setting. Mr. Haws asked what would happen if everyone voted no on the rate request. Mr. Gleason stated that the rates would then not increase. Mr. Haws stated that if the commission voted no, they could change their minds, but if they voted yes, they could not. Les Swanson, City Attorney, stated that tomorrow the commission will meet on rate setting and decide whether or not to increase the rates. If the rates are increased, that could be contingent upon certain changes in the franchise relationship. Then, the council would be able to decide on the conditions and there would be a public hearing so that input could be received. MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 27, 1982 Page 2