HomeMy WebLinkAboutR2003-008RESOLUTION NO. 4~-~
A ~SOL~ION OF T~ CITY OF DENTON AUTHO~G Y~ P~LIC UT~ITY
CO~ISSION OF TE~S TO SET THE ACCESS L~ ~TE AT THE ~W CPI-
STED ~ ~TE TO BE P~ TO T~ CITY BY CERT~ICATED
TELECO~CATIONS PROVmERS P~SU~T TO C~TER 283 OF THE TE~S
LOC~ GOVE~ENT CODE, ("~ 1777"), ~ DECL~G ~ EFFECTWE DATE.
WHEREAS, I-IB 1777, Chapter 283 of the Texas Local Government Code, established a
uniform method for calculating telecommunications franchise compensation paid to
municipalities by using access lines and allocating a rate per category of access line; and
WHEREAS, the Public Utility Comnfission of Texas (PUC) has requested the City of
Denton to elect if it desires the to set the access line rate at the current allocation formula of
1.37 for residential access lines, $3.14 for non-residential access lines and $4.78 for point-to-
point access lines or to set the access line rate at the new CPI-adjusted Maximum Rate of $1.38
for residential access lines, $3.17 for non-residential access lines and $4.82 for point-to-point
access lines; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the access line rate should be set at the new CPI-
adjusted Maximum Rate in order for The City of Denton to be fully compensated for the use of
the right-of-ways by Certificated Telecommunications Providers, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY RESOLVES:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager or his designee is authorized to inform the Public
Utility Commission by sending a copy of this resolution to the PUC notifying the PUC pursuant
to state law that the access line rate should be set at the new CPI-adjusted Maximum Rate of
1.38 for residential access lines, $3.17 for non-residential access lines and $4.82 for point-to-
point access lines in order for The City of Denton to be fully compensated for the use of the
right-of-ways by Certificated Telecommunications Providers.
SECTION 2. That this resolution shall become effective immediately upon is passage
and approval by the City Council.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of ~c4,,~ ,2003.
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
HERBERT L. PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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