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File #: 2013-1149    Version:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 2/5/2013 In control: Committee on Performance and Asset Management
On agenda: Final action: 10/1/2013
Enactment date: 10/1/2013 Enactment #: 639
Effective date: 10/14/2013    
Title: 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.
Indexes: AGREEMENTS, CONTRACT
Attachments: 1. 2013-1149.doc, 2. 2013-1149 VERSION 2.doc
TITLE
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.

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Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Information Systems 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.

Annual PEG Grants: The City Cable Bureau for its capital program shall receive the first Annual PEG Grant allocation of $200,000 for 2013, $165,000 for 2014, $190,000 for 2015, $180,000 for 2016, $200,000 for 2017, $200,000 for 2018, and $180,000 for 2019 until September 18, 2019. The...

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