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City of Omaha Paul D.Kratz
Hal Daub,Mayor City Attorney
July 28, 1998
Honorable President
and Members of the City Council,
The attached Resolution is submitted at the request of the Omaha Cable Television Advisory
Committee. The resolution approves an application form and application procedures and criteria for
awarding moneys in the cable interconnect fund.
This fund is established by Omaha Municipal Code§ 19-425. Cable television franchised companies
which interconnect with Cox Cable and use community and governmental access programming
supplied by Cox contribute moneys to the fund. The money may only be used to promote and assist
public, community, and governmental access programming.
A subcommittee of the Cable Television Advisory Committee drafted the form and procedures and
criteria, which were subsequently adopted by the Committee. The Cable Television Advisory
Committee recommends your approval of these documents. The procedures require applications be
submitted before December 31 of each year and envision awarding nonrepayable grants at times set
by a Review Committee. The Advisory Committee will submit its recommendations to the City
Council, which will make the awards. 1
Respectfully submitted,
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Thomas O. Mumgaard
Assistant City Attorney
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APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF CABLE
TELEVISION INTERCONNECT FEES
Designate which of the following categories describes you:
A resident of an area served by a cable television system holding a franchise with the City of Omaha.
A governmental entity,religious organization,or accredited educational institution.
A non-profit organization meeting Access Policies adopted by Cox Communications or the City of Omaha.
INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION ORGANIZATION APPLICATION
Applicant's name,address and telephone number: Name,address,and telephone number of organization and a
contact person for legal notice&correspondence:
Name of the cable television operator serving your
residence's area:
INDIVIDUALS ORGANIZATIONS
Provide a brief history of your experience relating to cable Provide a brief history of the organization,including whether
television and any noteworthy cable-related projects in which the organization is an association partnership, or non-profit
you've participated. (Attach a separate page if necessary). corporation; identify all persons on the governing board;
provide your mission statement; describe all program
activities and goals; and describe any noteworthy cable-
related projects in which the organization participated.
(Attach a separate page if necessary).
All information submitted on this application must be kept current during the use of any grant funds.
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Provide a detailed description of the project,purchase,or other activity for which the grant funds will be used.
PROJECT BUDGET
Provide a detailed budget for the project,purchase,or activity showing all revenue,regardless of the source,and all projected
expenses. Include a line item summary for all uses of the grant funds. A separate budget must be provided for each project,
purchase,or activity included in your application. (Attach a separate page is necessary).
AMOUNT BEING SOUGHT FROM THE INTERCONNECT FEE FUND
If application includes more than one project,purchase,or activity, list the amounts separately.
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OTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT
List all sources of financial support for any cable-related activity in which you engage, including the amount of support
provided during the past 12 months. Indicate what, if any,portion of this support will be used for the project,purchase,or
activity which is the subject of this application.
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS OR PERSONS
List all organizations or persons participating in the proposed project or purchase.
ORGANIZATION MEMBERS
List all city employees or officials,employees or officers of any franchised cable operator,or members of the Cable Television
Advisory Committee who are participating or are members of any participating organization and show any offices they hold
in your organization..
READ BEFORE SIGNING
I certify that this application contains no willful misrepresentation and that the information is true and complete to the best of
my knowledge. I understand that should investigation disclose any misrepresentation,my application will be rejected and I or
my organization will be disqualified from applying for any grants under the jurisdiction of the Cable Television Advisory
Committee of the City of Omaha,Nebraska.
Signed Date
Printed Name:
Title:
Address: Telephone no.
CABLE TELEVISION ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROCEDURES AND
CRITERIA FOR SUBMISSION AND REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR
USE OF CABLE TELEVISION INTERCONNECT FEES
APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS AND PROCEDURES
1. At the time the application is submitted, all applicants must meet one or more of the
following criteria:
(a) Be a resident of an area served by a cable television system holding a franchise
with the City of Omaha.
(b) Be a governmental entity, religious organization, or accredited educational
institution.
(c) Be a non-profit organization meeting Access Policies adopted by Cox
Communications, Inc., or the City of Omaha.
2. All applications shall describe in detail the purchases or projects for which the money
will be used. This description shall provide any information required by the Cable
Television Advisory Committee Interconnect Fee Review Subcommittee, including
identifying the sources from which purchases will be made, the anticipated use of any
equipment or property purchased, the anticipated ownership of any equipment or property
purchased, the length of time during which the funded project will be conducted, and the
community interests to be served by the purchase or project. An itemized budget for the
purchase or project shall be submitted with the application. The application must be
typewritten on a form approved by the Subcommittee.
3. Applications shall describe a measurement method by which the success or failure
of the project will be gauged.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROJECTS OR PURCHASES
1. All monies shall be used exclusively to promote and assist public, community, or
governmental access cable television programming. Such uses may include, but not be
limited to: advertising and promoting access programming; producing and distributing a
program guide for the access programs; purchasing, renting, or otherwise obtaining
equipment to be used by the access programmers to supplement the equipment provided by
Cox Communications,Inc.; and paying unusual expenses necessarily incurred in producing
access programming.
CABLE TELEVISION ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA
FOR SUBMISSION AND REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR USE OF CABLE
TELEVISION INTERCONNECT FEES '
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2. No monies may be directly or,indirectly received by,any cable television system
holding a franchise with the City of Omaha.
3. Funding will be provided as non-repayable grants. The amount of any award will be
determined based on the needs of the proposal and the availability of funds. Payment will
be made either in a lump sum or incrementally as determined to be appropriate for the project
or purchase.
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4. In awarding'furiding, preference shall be given to proposals or projects which are
innovative, expand services, improve the quality of programming,or increase the awareness
of access programming.
5. Funding may not be used to'replace funding used by the applicant prior to the
application for ordinary operational or production expenses. Requests for funds to pay
salaries or other general overhead will not normally be considered.
6. Funding shall not be provided to projects which are commercial in nature.
7. All applicants must establish that they have sufficient expertise, funding, and
personnel to complete the project or proposal.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
1. Only one application for funding may be submitted by a person or organization
during any calendar year. Applications for funding must be submitted on or before
December 31 of each year to the Omaha City Council. Submitted applications will be
forwarded to the Review Subcommittee for review without additional City Council action.
Review shall occur on a schedule set by the Review Subcommittee. The City Council staff
shall provide the Review Subcommittee members with copies of the applications and
supporting documentation. Summaries of the applications and supporting documentation
may be provided in lieu of the applications if the Review Subcommittee so directs.
2. The Cable Television Advisory Committee shall establish an Interconnect Fee
Review Subcommittee consisting of four(4) or more members selected from CTAC. The
Review Subcommittee shall meet and review all applications for funding from the
interconnect fee fund established by Omaha Municipal Code section 19-425. Members of
the Review Subcommittee shall be appointed in the same manner as members of standing
committees.
c-ZSA CITY OF OMAHA
LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER
Omaha,Nebr 19
RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OMAHA:
WHEREAS, the City of Omaha has granted franchises to operate cable television
systems which require payment to the City in exchange for interconnecting the system with other
franchised systems and receiving programs via that interconnection, such payments commonly being
referred to as "interconnect fees"; and,
WHEREAS, Omaha Municipal Code section 19-425 regulates and controls the
manner in which such moneys shall be spent to promote and assist public, community, or
governmental access cable programming, including a requirement that no moneys may be disbursed
from the interconnect fund until the Omaha Cable Television Advisory Committee adopts application
criteria and procedures to carry out the intent of that section and such application procedures and
criteria are approved by the City Council; and,
WHEREAS, the Omaha Cable Television Advisory Committee has carried out the
City Council's direction by adopting the attached application form, procedures, and criteria and
recommends their approval by the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF OMAHA:
THAT,pursuant to Omaha Municipal Code section 19-425,the attached Application
Form and Application Procedures and Criteria to obtain an award of cable television system
interconnect fees should be and hereby are approved.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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