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<br /> 09/27/2004 <br /> ORIGINAL <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 2275 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD <br />CITY APPROVING AN AMENDMENT OF THE FRANCHISE BETWEEN <br />THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AND RCN TELECOM SERVICES, INC., <br />FORMERl Y RCN TELECOM SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. TO <br />CHANGE THE METHOD BY WHICH CONSTRUCTION COMPLIANCE <br />IS REGULATED AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF A MUl TI- <br />JURISDICTIONAL FIBER NETWORK WITHIN REDWOOD CITY AND <br />NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. <br />WHEREAS, in August 2000, the City Council of the City of Redwood City, <br />California ("City") granted a Cable Television Franchise ("Franchise") to RCN Telecom <br />Services of California, Inc., now providing services as RCN Telecom Services, Inc. <br />("RCN"); and <br />WHEREAS, RCN has constructed a telecommunication system that passes over <br />ten thousand (10,000) residences and provides cable television and/or high speed <br />Internet access to approximately two thousand one hundred (2,100) Redwood City <br />residences; and <br />WHEREAS, the Franchise has an eleven (11) year term and calls for RCN to <br />pass by and provide access to all Redwood City residences by 2006; and <br />WHEREAS, in 2002 RCN's parent company, RCN Corporation, halted most of its <br />nationwide construction due to difficulties in raising financial capital; and <br />WHEREAS, in May 2004, RCN Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy <br />protection; and <br />AttylOrd/Ord.225 2275 <br />090704 1 Muff # 801 <br />~-,. --.-' ~.- ".,.__...,~---_.~-_...__.._-----,........--,-,~,-~_.~,~. <br />