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i%f Council meetings. First, I want to $o cn recort taking few years ago, at the request of the Indian River County drool Bo r and Indian request. A Community College, we prevailed on AT&T Broadband to make an educational available for these entities so they could broadcast d School Board and Indian River asimplyadditional programming.channel weren't enough time slots available on Channel 13. In addition, since thaThere t time, both the County and the City of Vero Beach have expanded programmingonC Channel 13, and I anticipate more in the future. The City of Vero Beach is not interested allowing more time on its Channel 13 for other outside interests. cannel in I believe some history on our local government channel is important. The Cit of Beach cable television franchise ordinance dates back to 1959 channel and an educational channel being established in 1988. Y v Vero systems first started in cities because of their population densis with a government CountyCable television passed a franchise ordinance and also required a y LatercIndian River It was unnecessary to have two channels devoted to government access in this government access channel. so we, the City of Vero Beach and Indian River County, share use of one channel. As issues that have been pertinent to this area of the county and use of the channearea come up, we have worked them out for everyone's advantage. use of the channel to broadcast the School Board meetings,n !have ver County Hospital Board meetings and the State Le g A case in point is our Legislature, when in session This fcooperative arrangement should be continued in the future amount of air time slots on Channel 13. � but as I said, there is only a limited n the CSanne! 13, I don't believe Indian R ver Ccurtyehas un lateoral ry aand use of air time on the channel to other third -party interests, other. tY to grant use on I understand that the recent rebuild of the cable system in the S for fourCity government access channels on that system. Channel 25 the of Sebastian, Channel 27 is for Indian River County, and twis o Sebastian area allows other channels exclusively for used by Indian River County School Board and Indian River • respectively. The City of Sebastian certainly has more broadcast capacity system than we have on ours. Community College, sessions are broadcast on their Channel 27,00re Ithus makinndicates g gsthethe Vero Beach Council would like to air their Council meetings on our Channel 13. I was not aware that Vero Beach City Council meetings were being broadcast in the inferences that they flattered that the County would choose to broadcast our Sebastian area. I am however, I really see no need for that. It has not been the intent of the Cit meetings in that area; Beach to have our programming broadcast to an area outside the boundaries by the Channel 13 viewing area. There should be away for the signal to bey of Vero from Channel 27, and I would like the County covered accomplished. ty to explore how removed that option might be The above outlines the reasons why additional time on Channel 13 should n allocated to other third -party interests. Should you have additional questions, le give me a call. of be please NOVEMBER 12, 2002 Sincerely yours, ( A-61 Rex Taylor City Manager/Utilities Director 123 •