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File #: 2019-2176    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 10/11/2019 In control: Committee on Innovation, Performance and Asset Management
On agenda: 10/15/2019 Final action: 10/29/2019
Enactment date: 10/29/2019 Enactment #: 729
Effective date: 11/6/2019    
Title: Resolution amending Resolution No. 639 of 2013, which authorized the City enter into a Contract or Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Community Television for public access television services, by extending the term of the agreement for one year to September 18, 2020.
Indexes: AGREEMENTS (AMENDING), CONTRACTS (AMENDING)
Attachments: 1. Summary 2019-2176
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Resolution amending Resolution No. 639 of 2013, which authorized the City enter into a Contract or Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Community Television for public access television services, by extending the term of the agreement for one year to September 18, 2020.

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Resolution No. 631 of 2013, entitled "Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of City Information Systems to enter into a Contract or Contracts or Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Community Television, a non-profit corporation, for Pittsburgh Community Television to continue to act as the City's public access television provider, said contract to be funded from the proceeds of the City's cable franchise agreements with Comcast of California/Pennsylvania/Utah/Washington, Inc. and Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc." is hereby amended as follows:

Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Information Systems Innovation & Performance are hereby authorized to enter into a Contract or Contracts or Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Community Television, Inc. for a term to end on September 18, 2019, said contract to be funded with certain public, educational, and governmental ("PEG") channel proceeds generated by the City's cable franchise agreements with Comcast of California/Pennsylvania/Utah/Washington, Inc. and Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc., according to the schedule set forth in Section 2.

Section 2. The City shall continue to receive all remaining Fixed PEG Grants and Annual PEG Grants revenue from the aforementioned franchise agreements and deposit the funds in the appropriate trust funds. The City shall first apply the following amounts to the City Cable Bureau and then release the remaining funds to PCTV as follows:

Fixed PEG Grants: The City Cable Bureau shall receive $105,000 in Fixed PEG Grants in 2013 and $35,000 of Fixed PEG Grants in 2014. PCTV shall receive $105,000 in Fixed PEG Grants in 2013 and $35,000 of Fixed PEG Grants in 2014....

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