City of Milwaukee - File #: 070906

• File #: 070906
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/23/2007
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 11/21/2007
• Title: Substitute resolution approving a Third Amendment to Access Management Contract between the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee Access Telecommunication Authority, Inc.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: AGREEMENTS, CABLE TELEVISION, MATA

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/4/2007	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
11/21/2007	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
10/30/2007	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearance by: Ronald Leonhardt, City Clerk	Pass	4:0
10/25/2007	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/24/2007	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
10/23/2007	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
070906
Version
Substitute 1
Reference
991747, 000491, 031356
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution approving a Third Amendment to Access Management Contract between the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee Access Telecommunication Authority, Inc.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Third Amendment to the City's Access Management Contract with the Milwaukee Access Telecommunication Authority ("MATA"). This amendment incorporates responsibilities related to carriage of the city’s public and educational access channels on the AT&T U-verse system. It also provides that two thirds of the PEG (Public, Educational, Governmental) Grant received from AT&T Wisconsin will be provided to MATA to support these additional responsibilities.
Body
Whereas, The City, acting pursuant to Resolution File No. 991747, and MATA (the Contractor) entered into an April 20, 2000 Access Management Contract (the "Original Agreement"); and

Whereas, The City, acting pursuant to Resolution File No. 000491, and the Contractor entered into an Amendment to the Original Agreement modifying certain approval and funding dates (the “First Amendment”); and

Whereas, The City, acting pursuant to Resolution File No. 031356, and the Contractor entered into a Second Amendment to the Agreement granting funds to satisfy certain mortgage liens on Contractor’s real property (the “Second Amendment”; the Original Agreement as amended by the First and Second Amendments is hereafter referred to as the “Agreement”); and

Whereas, Under the terms of the Agreement, Contractor is to provide specified community and educational access services for the 17 year term of the Agreement; and

Whereas, The Agreement designates Contractor as an Access Manager for purposes of Section 99-11, Milwaukee Code of Ordinances, and Section 7 of the Time Warner Franchise Agreement, and assigns control and management of certain public and educational access channels, facilities and resources under such franchi...