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Page 2 <br />.C.R. NO. <br />1 <br />2 WHEREAS, the public effectively is taxed twice to view <br />3 government programming by paying property taxes and by paying <br />4 their cable bills which include a charge to cover the cable <br />5 franchise fee; and <br />6 <br />7 WHEREAS, since 1998, the Hawaii Educational Network <br />8 Consortium ("HENC"), representing public and private primary, <br />9 secondary and higher educational institutions, has entered into <br />10 an agreement with Olelo in which HENC has control of and awards <br />11 the porticn of the franchise fees collected for educational <br />12 purposes to various educational programming projects; and <br />13 <br />14 WHEREAS, the production of council proceedings qualify for <br />15 and should be funded with the portion of the franchise fees <br />16 collected for government programming; and <br />17 <br />18 WHEREAS, the HENC agreement with Olelo, as approved by the <br />19 department of commerce and consumer affairs, to provide <br />20 educational programming may provide a model for counties to <br />21 negotiate directly with PEG access organizations to receive a <br />22 portion of cable franchise fees collected for government <br />23 programming, thereby avoiding the use of property tax money for <br />24 production of government programming, including council <br />25 proceedings; now, therefore, <br />26 <br />27 BE IT RESOLVED by the the _ <br />28 concurring, that the department of commerce and consumer affairs <br />29 is urged to assist counties in negotiating agreements with PEG <br />30 access organizations for a portion of the franchise fees <br />31 collected for the purpose of government programming; and <br />32 <br />33 <br />R08-206 FD1.GK <br />