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RESOLUTION NO. 2554
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISH-
ING AN INTERACTIVE CABLE TELEVISION
ADVISORY BOARD.
WHEREAS, the City of E1 Segundo has granted a franchise
for cable television services to Theta Cable of California; and
WHEREAS, Theta has installed cable and other equipment
that makes possible two -way interactive programming on the system; and
WHEREAS, the El Segundo City Council is participating with
Theta Cable, Community Television of Southern California (KCET), and
the University of Denver's Denver Research Institute in an exploration
of community uses of the two -way system; and
WHEREAS, the National Science Foundation has awarded a
Phase I grant to the E1 Segundo consortium to fund the design of an
experimental program for application of two -way cable communications
to urban social service delivery and administration;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE
AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. There is herewith established an Interactive
Cable Television Advisory Board to consist of eleven members, appointed
as follows:
2 members of the E1 Segundo City Council
2 members of the E1 Segundo School Board
7 citizens representative of the E1 Segundo community to be appointed
by the City Council.
Committee members shall serve without compensation.
SECTION 2. Duties of the Board shall be:
(A) To define, with the assistance of the research team established
under the grant, community issues and the services to be provided in the
experimental programming.
(B) To advise the research team and the City Council on the format,
costs and scheduling of experiments to be developed and conducted as part
of the program.
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(C) To review, edit or prepare, and issue statements, reports
and other material that may be presented to the public as part of an
experimental program to assure the objectivity of the material.
(D) To advise the City Council or the research team on other issues
related to inter - active television, as requested.
SECTION 3. Board members shall serve at the pleasure of the
City Council. If the E1 Segundo consortium does not receive a Phase II grant,
the Board shall be automatically dissolved at the end of Phase I. If a Phase II
grant is approved for El Segundo, the Board shalll be automatically dissolved
at the end of the Phase II grant.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 18th day of June, 1974.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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Mayor of the City of El Segundo, California
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I. EUNICE U. CREASON City Clerk of the
City of E1 Segundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said City
is five; that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 2554
was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City
Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council
held on the 18th day of June , 1974
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Rockhold, Stephens, Van Vranken
and Mayor Balmer; ,
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilmen Nagel.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID
CITY this 1st day of July 1974
City Clerk
of the City of E1 Segundo, California
(SEAL)