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URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2159 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON REAUTHORIZING THE PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL AND GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS FEE IN MUNICIPAL CODE §6.54.060 WHEREAS, California Public Utilities Code § '5870(n), which was enacted by the State's Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006, authorized local agencies to adopt an ordinance establishing a fee on state-franchised video service providers to support public, educational, and governmental (PEG) access channel facilities; and WHEREAS, in 2010, the Pleasanton City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2013, which included Pleasanton Municipal Code §6.54.060 (Educational and governmental access:channel fee) to establish such a PEG fee; and WHEREAS, California Public Utilities Code § 5870(n) states that such an ordinance shall expire, and may be reauthorized, upon the expiration of a state franchise; and WHEREAS, California Video Franchise Certificate Franchise No. 0002 granted to Pacific Bell Telephone Co., doing business as SBC Pacific Bell Telephone Co., and doing .business as AT&T California, will expire on March 30, 2017; and WHEREAS, an urgency ordinance is needed to address public safety concerns of Pleasanton residents, visitors and businesses by ensuring that the PEG channel facilities of Tri-Valley Television (TV 30) remain available and funded through PEG fees so that critical local information, including Pleasanton-specific emergency warnings, can be timely.disseminated. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City of Pleasanton hereby reauthorizes the fee on state-franchised video service providers to support public, educational, and governmental channel facilities adopted in Ordinance 2013, and specifically Pleasanton Municipal Code §6.54.060. The fee shall remain unchanged and in full effect as to all state-franchised video service providers.