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RESOLUTION NO. 2560
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISH-
ING AN INTERACTIVE CABLE TELEVISION ADVI-
SORY BOARD! AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2554.
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 E1 Segundo City Council is participating with
Theta Cable, Community Television of Southern California (KCET), and
the University of Denver's Denver Reasearch 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 experi-
mental 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:
Two members of the E1 Segundo City Council;
Two members of the Board of Trustees of the E1 Segundo Unified
School District or staff of the school district designated by the
Board of Trustees;
Seven 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.
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(B) To advise the reasearch team and the City Council on the format,
costs and scheduling of experiments to be developed and conducted as part
of the program.
(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 E1 Segundo, the Board shall be automatically dissolved
at the end of the Phase II grant.
rescinded.
SECTION 4. Resolution No. 2554 adopted June 18, 1974 is hereby
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of July
It 1974.
ATTEST:
City C lerk
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Mayor of the City of El Segundo, California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Valerie A. Burrowes
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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. 2560
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 2nd day of July , 1974
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Nagel, Rockhold, Stephens,
Van Vranken, and Mayor Balmer;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID
CITY this 16th day of July , 1974
City Clerk
of the City of E1 Segundo, California
(SEAL)