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HomeMy WebLinkAboutM-84-02064 REPORT • 84-20b REPORT I'Eti�LTIES FEBRUARY 10, 1 9 8 4 I-4 -06 Howard V. Gary City Manager u Merry Sue Assistant for Cable Overview CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA ` INTER.OFFICE MEMORANDUM Smo 11 e r iYYWW to the City Manager Communications U ATE February 10, 1984 VILE SUeJE�l Miami Cablevision: Penalties REFERENCES ENCLOSURES Exhibits At the request of the City Commission, this report describes the circumstances pertaining to the imposition of penalties, pursuant to Miami Cable Television License Ordinance No. 9332, on account of Miami Cablevision's failure to comply with the Ordinance and its City -approved technical plan for the cable system. Penalties have been imposed because of Miami Cablevision's fail- ure to comply with the system technical plan and the Ordinance in two respects: 1� (1) Its failure to install two-way, interactive equipment, which would make possible the development of such services as home security, home shopping and banking, energy management, traffic control, and other public, educational and governmental uses that are being planned; and •(2) Its failure to install cables parallel to existing tele- phone and electric wires whenever possible, so as to minimize unsightly construction. At Miami Cablevision's request, the City Commission has scheduled a special hearing for February 16, 1984, to hear the licensee's arguments as to why the penalties should be rescinded. As indicated by the description which follows, the decision to impose penalties was made only after there existed clear grounds for doing so, and after concluding that it would be inconsistent with the responsibilities of the City Manager under the Ordinance to do otherwise. The imposition of penalties was entirely justi- fied in the circumstances, and penalties continue to run only because Miami Cablevision has refused to take reasonable steps which could promptly stop the penalties from running. As the Commission is aware, Miami Cablevision has petitioned for over thirty (30) changes in Ordinance No. 9332. When the City TO: MAYOR AND Poi:.: IN • � TRANSM —114.D' ". � ..f� 84-206 a Howard V. Gary Page 2 February 10, 1984 Commission scheduled the February 16 hearing on the penalties, it made clear that no action on these requested changes will be taken at that hearing. Rather, the City Commission agreed that it will not consider the requested changes until after the City Manager has submitted the report required by Section 704 of the Ordinance. That report will review the reports which Miami Cable - vision has recently filed pursuant to Sections 704 and 708 of the Ordinance and will make recommendations concerning all aspects of Miami Cablevision's performance, including recommendations concerning the requested changes. As the City Commission has recognized, action on Miami Cable - vision's petition and its performance would be premature prior to the City Manager's report. The Commission's consideration of the requested changes in the Ordinance and of the many issues with respect to Miami Cablevision's performance in general will be enhanced if it takes place with the benefit of the City Manag- er's prior analysis and recommendations, as contemplated by Sec- tion 704. Miami Cablevision's requests for across-the-board changes in the Ordinance suggest that the City of Miami now stands at a crucial point in the development of its cable system. The City must is soon decide on what basis and in accordance with what rules Miami Cablevision's system will be completed and developed. This important decision should be made by the City Commission in the light of as much relevant information as possible. Discussion of Violation of Section 301(a) Reg,.rding Interactive Services Section 301(a) of the City of Miami Cable Television License Ordi- nance No. 9332 requires the licensee to install, complete, operate and maintain a fully two-way interactive system as submitted by Miami Cablevision in its technical plan approved by the City Manager on April 13, 1982. The basic elements of the plan for interactive services are the Pioneer BT-1300 converter at subscribers' homes and the accompany- ing computer at the cable company. Known as the Pioneer "VIP" system, this equipment is capable of providing demand pay -per - event programming, transactional services such as bank -at-home and shop -at-home, interactive education, security services on the cable, effective parental control, theft -of -service pro- tection, and status monitoring of the technical reliability of the system. This same system, now in its fourth generation, is operating successfully in Pittsburgh, Dallas, Cincinnati„ and Houston, and is proposed for use in Milwaukee and New York --to is mention only cities comparable to Miami. 84-206 0 Howard V. Gary Page 3 February 10, 1984 The VIP system, then, was to be installed initially and the serv- ices specified were required to be made available to subscribers upon activation of the cable system. To date, Miami Cablevision has neither installed the agreed -upon equipment nor provided the interactive services as specified in the Cable TV License ordi- nance. To summarize briefly, after the City staff and consultant, Warren Braun Consulting Engineers, performed an extensive technical com- pliance review and investigation, including interrogatives, on - site verification and meetings with Miami Cablevision staff, it was determined that the company had not installed the interactive equipment and that no plan to install it was forthcoming. There- fore, on August 8, 1983, official notice was given to Miami Cable - vision that it was considered in noncompliance with Section 301(a) of the license ordinance. The company was given the opportunity either to correct or to present facts and arguments to refute the violation. On September 7, the City received Miami Cablevision's response. The company confirmed that although it had proposed initial imple- mentation of two-way interactive services, it had not done so. It alleged that it had agreed subsequently with the City not to "in- stall two-way headend or terminal interactive equipment for any type of opinion polling or customer response." In a report by the City staff and engineering consultant, it was pointed out that the "agreement" referred only to opinion polling, which was only one function of an interactive system. A distinction was made between system polling, an engineering term describing how two-way interactive cable systems work and is associated with state-of-the-art cable systems in virtually every major city in the United States, and opinion polling, a programming service. The company voluntarily agreed that opinion polling would not be offered. This commitment would apply irrespective of the technical system being used. (Opinion polling could be offered even on a one-way cable system using the telephone.) This has nothing to do with the offering of the other interactive services proposed. The City never agreed or was privy to any agreement wherein Miami Cablevision would not be required to build a cable system initial- ly capable of providing interactive subscriber services. Thus, on November 8, 1983, the City Manager judged Miami Cablevision's response totally unsatisfactory and without merit, and concluded that there was a basis for assessing a penalty. As a remedial measure, the company was 4iven until December 19, 1983, to sub- mit a detailed plan containing an implementation schedule to bring the cable system in full compliance with Section 301(a) within Vone (1) year. 84-206 E� Howard V. Gary Page 4 February 10, 1984 Miami Cablevision responded on December 19, 1983. Its response did not include a detailed plan for implementation of a two-way cable system providing interactive services to subscribers as required by Section 301(a). Instead, Miami Cablevision inti- mated that the Pioneer VIP 'system is a failed experiment, that the industry is pointing away from two-way interactive polled systems and toward one-way addressable down -loaded systems that simulate interactive services by using the telephone. In addi- tion, Miami Cablevision offered a vague "plan" to use a similar type of one-way system based upon "tentative negotiations" with Cable Data. Miami Cablevision also stated it had had preliminary discussions with Knight-Ridder to experiment with delivery of Viewtron by cable using equipment manufactured by Jerrold Elec- tronics that will allow Viewtron interactivity over cable TV. The City's consulting engineer made inquiries regarding the availability of the Cable Data and Jerrold equipment. Apparent- ly the Cable Data converter is in a very experimental stage and is not in production. This system will not provide impulse pay -per - view. Cable Data staff acknowledged that since the telephone is used for subscriber response, lines can become jammed. Contrary to the impression given by Miami Cablevision, the scrambling tech- nique of the SA 8500 converter used currently by the company is incompatible with the scrambling technique indicated in the specifications for the Cable Data converter, necessitating dupli- cating each pay channel. This is hardly a state-of-the-art system. It may be very suitable for small systems wishing to upgrade, but not for a major urban system like Miami's. As for the status of the Jerrold interface modem, no one contacted at Jerrold had knowledge of such a device, and therefore verification was not possible. It is true that cable equipment manufacturers are developing one- way addressable delivery systems using the telephone that give the illusion of interactive services. However, these new products are not targeted for the urban cable market, such as Miami. Rath- er, they are designed to serve new systems, or old systems being upgraded, in small markets. The fact is, the major cities are being built with two-way interactive systems. Any claim that the company cannot install a two-way communications system because there is no technology in existence today is patent- ly false. This is a matter of fact, not opinion. For example, in Pittsburgh, 52,000 customers, 72% of all subscribers, subscribe to the interactive service. In Cincinnati, 34,615 subscribers (85%) are choosing the interactive tier. In Dallas, 48,296 (79%) subscribe to the interactive service level. In each of 'these cities, the percentage of subscribers to the interactive service level has steadily grown, as have revenues from interactive serv- ices. (1983 average impulse pay -per -view revenues per subscriber 84-206 Aft Howard V. Gary Page 5 February 10 1984 per month: Cincinnati, $3.41; Dallas, $4.29; Pittsburgh, $3.59.) The system used in all of these cities is the Pioneer VIP BT-1300 two-way interactive system --the same as required in Miami's tech- nical plan. Similar systems are operating or are being imple- mented all around the country. The Pioneer VIP BT-1300 is proven technology. Industry analysts have forecasted that a major business of cable in the future will be such non -entertainment services as home banking, information retrieval, and home security --all of which require two-way inter- active systems. Indeed, the publisher of Cablevision, the leading trade magazine, recently stated that "two-way transmission via cable" is one of the industry's "exclusive trademarks." While the system is costly to install, the potential revenues, especial- ly from impulse pay -per -view (particularly if the major baseball and football leagues turn exclusively to pay cable) will more than offset the expense and return handsome profits. Interactive equip- ment in place now will be ready to provide the services of the future. On January 11, 1984, the City Manager, after reviewing the company's response to the request for a detailed remedial plan to bring it into compliance with the system technical plan mandated by Section 301(a), determined that what Miami Cablevision submitted was not only contrary to the proposal made and accepted by the City, but also contrary to the request submitted for a detailed remedial plan. Based on this determination, the penalties for noncompliance provided for in the license ordinance were assessed. Miami Cablevision has been afforded the opportunity to present a plan and schedule for implementation of the interactive service that would have stayed the penalties. Howtver, the cable licensee chose not to submit such a plan. Moreover, it has no intention of complying with the terms of the license ordinance. In light of this posture and position taken by Miami Cablevision, the only way that compliance can be met is for Miami Cablevision to implement a fully two-way interactive system as proposed by the company and accepted by the City. 84-206 WHoward V. Gary Page 5 February 10 1984 per month: Cincinnati, $3.41; Dallas, $4.29; Pittsburgh, $3.59.) The system used in all of these cities is the Pioneer VIP BT-1300 two-way interactive system --the same as required in Miami's tech- nical plan. Similar systems are operating or are being imple- mented all around the country. The Pioneer VIP BT-1300 is proven technology. Industry analysts have forecasted that a major business of cable in the future will be such non -entertainment services as home banking, information retrieval, and home security --all of which require two-way inter- active systems. Indeed, the publisher of Cablevision, the leading trade magazine, recently stated that "two-way transmission via cable" is one of the industry's "exclusive trademarks." While the system is costly to install, the potential revenues, especial- ly from impulse pay -per -view (particularly if the major baseball and football leagues turn exclusively to pay cable) will more than offset the expense and return handsome profits. Interactive equip- ment in place now will be ready to provide the services of the future. On January 11, 1984, the City Manager, after reviewing the company's response to the request for a detailed remedial plan to bring it into compliance with the system technical plan mandated by Section 301(a), determined that what Miami Cablevision submitted was not only contrary to the proposal made and accepted by the City, but also contrary to the request submitted for a detailed remedial plan. Based on this determination, the penalties for noncompliance provided for in the license ordinance were assessed. Miami Cablevision has been afforded the opportunity to present a plan and schedule for implementation of the interactive service that would have stayed the penalties. Howo-ver, the cable licensee chose not to submit such a plan. Moreover, it has no intention of complying with the terms of the license ordinance. In light of this posture and position taken by Miami Cablevision, the only way that compliance can be met is for Miami Cablevision to implement a fully two-way interactive system as proposed by the company and accepted by the City. 84-206 0 Howard V. Gary Page 6 February 10, 1984 Discussion of Violations of Sections 204(b) and 605(b) Regard- ing Cross -Connections Section 605(b) of the City of Miami Cable Television License Ordi- nance No. 9332 requires the cable licensee to install cables and wires parallel to existing telephone and electric wires wherever possible. Section 204(b) reserves the right of the City to desig- nate reasonably where the cable licensee's facilities are to be placed within the public rights -of -way. In conjunction therewith, Section 2-95 of the City of Miami Code authorizes the Director of Public Works to promulgate rules and regulations which establish minimum standards with respect to construction, improvement, maintenance of public works and public rights -of -way. The underlying basis is premised upon the police power of the City to enact legislation necessary for the preserva- tion of the public safety, welfare and maintenance of the environ- ment. The City of Miami has undertaken a long-term Highway Improvement Program which started in 1957. This program is an effort to im- prove the quality of life and value of property city-wide. The program consists of widening the streets and installing curb and gutters which necessitates relocating utility poles at the rear of the sidewalks. When the utilities reset their poles, they place them on both sides of the street. This necessitates relocation of their facilities, i.e., wires, transformers, terminals, and anchors. The end result is to reduce the number of unsightly wires crossing the streets. Pursuant to the authority invested in the Director of Public Works and in conjunction with this program, the utility and cable com- panies are required to comply with this improvement policy. The utilities are in compliance. Miami Cablevision is not. To summarize briefly, in December 1982, while in its initial stage of system construction, Miami Cablevision was notified by the Depart- ment of Public Works of the City's Highway Program. This notifica- tion has continued since that date in the form of written corres- pondence and meetings with the cable licensee. Despite the City's timely and repeated efforts, the company has refused to comply with its obligations as set forth in the terms of the license ordinance. Therefore, on November 30, 1983, Miami Cablevision was cited for an alleged violation for failure to route service cables parallel with those of the utilities, as required by the City's Highway Improvement policy and by the cable license ordinance. On December 5, Miami Cablevision, in response to the notice of violation letter, stated that this requirement would mandate 84-206 Aoft rip Howard V. Gary Page 7 February 10, 1984 s reconstructing its entire cable system at a cost in excess of $15 million. (As a point of information, Miami Cablevision's estimates have fluctuated between $10 and $20 million.) In addition, Miami Cablevision contended that the City had approved a system design showing the company's placement of service drops crisscrossing the streets. It is important to note that the City at no time gave approval to a total system design which would allow the cross -connections in- stalled by Miami Cablevision to date. Moreover, the design maps submitted by Miami Cablevision to the City for approval did not, and presently still do not, show where these service drops would be. The maps indicate only the number of services at each utility pole. As for the company's cost estimate, the City staff and consulting cable engineer prepared a cost analysis based on maps and figures supplied by Miami Cablevision. These calculations reveal that the cost for feeder plant for initial construction was approximately $12,000 per mile. It was further calculated that to build on streets already improved while keeping street crossings to a minimum of one or two (1 or 2) per block, the cost would be approximately $16,000 per mile. This reflects a thirty-three percent (33%) increase in the construction costs for building plant on improved streets. Taking the worst case, in which the company would be required to remove plant already built and start over, the cost would be approximately $28,000 per mile. For the seventy-five,(75) miles of streets pre- sently improved, the cost would amount to approximately $2.1 mil- lion. It must be emphasized that this cost relates to the worst conceivable case. The actual cost per mile, however, could be considerably less than $28,000! Over the life of the cable system, it should cost no more than $280,000 per year to modify plant at a rate of ten (10) miles per year, which would be the estimated num- ber of miles that the Department of Public Works would require. In light of these facts, the company's contentions that it would be required to rebuild the entire system and that the cost would be prohibitive are wholly without merit, baseless and totally un- supported. In order for Miami Cablevision to come into compliance, it will be incumbent upon the company to submit a detailed plan to bring its cable system into accordance with the provisions of Sections 204(b) and 605(b) of the Cable Television License Ordinance, in- cluding the requirements of,the policies of the Department of Public Works as they relate to the City's Highway Improvement Program. 84-206 0 Howard V. Gary Page 8 February 10, 1984 This plan shall detail how the cable licensee shall modify its existing system consistent with the aforementioned policy. Specifically, Miami Cablevision shall address how it will modify the approximately seventy-five (75) miles of cable plant already constructed within the completed Highway Improvement Districts by November 18, 1984, the date construction is to be completed as required by the license ordinance. With respect to future street improvements undertaken by the Department of Public Works (an estimated ten (10) miles per year), Miami Cablevision shall comply. The plans for modifications of existing plant shall include the following details: 1. Date of submission of design plans for each geographical area to Department of Public Works for its approval; 2. Start-up date of modifications; 3. Projected date of completion for each location; and 4. Procedure by which service to subscribers in each geographic area will be transferred from the old to new section when applicable. 84-206 EXHIBITS 5 84F-� 0f5 7] TABLE OF EXHIBITS I Interactive Service A. Correspondence and Memoranda B. Industry Forecasts and Commentary C. The Pioneer BT-1300 Subscriber Terminal and Two-way Interactive System II Cross -Connections A. Correspondence and Memoranda B. Public Works Correspondence, etc., Regarding Cable T.V. Installations and Utility Cleanup Requirements C. Public Works Chronology and Correspondence Relating to Four Recent Highway Improvement Projects D. Charts and Photographs Illustrating Highway Improvement Program, Including Some Non-standard Cable T.V. Instal- lations 84-206 E EXHIBIT I -A 84 206 4 II HAND DELIVERED January 11, 1984 Mr. Charles C. Hermanowski Miami Cablevision 1306 N.W. 7th Avenue Miami, Florida 33136 Dear Mr. Hermandwskis HOWARO V. GARY City Manager On August 8, 1983s Miami Cablevision was notified that it was allegedly in violation for failure to comply with the system technical plan as provided for in Section 301(a) of- the City of Miami Cable Television License Ordinance No. 9332. You were advised that you had not more than thirty (30) days to present facts and argument to the City Manager in refutation of said violation. Having reviewed your September 61 1963 response, I concluded In my letter to Miami Cablevision on November 18, 1983 that there was a basis for assessing a penalty for each day that the cable system did not conform to the technical standards set forth in Section 301(a), in addition, you were further advised to submit by December 19, 1983, a detailed plan setting forth benchmarks for implementation necessary to bring the system into full compliance with Section 301(a) regarding provision of interactive services to subscribers. On January 4, 1984, I, along with my staff, reviewed the response of Miami Cablevision submitted on December 19, 1983. Having reviewed same, it has been concluded that yc.0 have failed to comply with the request for a detailed remedial plan that would bring Miami Cablevision into compliance with the system technical plan mandated by Section 301(a) of the City of Mimi Cable Television License Ordinance No, 9332.- What Miami Cablevisionhas submitted in its December 19, 1983 response is not only -contrary to the proposal made and accepted by the City, but also contrary to the request submitted for a detailed remedial plan. Inasmuch as Miami Cablevision is in ran -compliance with the system technical plan required by Section 301(a) of Ordinance Mo. OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGFR 1500 Pan American Drive/Miami, fkwWa 33133/(30S)SM60/0 84-206 . ti RECEIVE�Jt ; * AMER1•CABLE - -ANEW 91% Mt. Charles C. Hermanowski January 11, 1984 Page 2 9332, pursuant to Section 1004(3), i am directing the exactment from the security fund of a penalty of $2,500.00 per day in accordance with the provisions of Section 1002(4) for each day that non-compliance continues. This penalty will run from January 11, 1984 until such time as Miami Cablevision complies. You are further advised of the provisions of Section 1001 that Miami Cablevision is required to pay or deposit with the Department of Finance of the City of Miami a sum sufficient to restore to the security fund those amounts withdrawn within ten (10) days notice to Miami Cablevision that any amount has been withdrawn from the security fund. Howard V ary City Nana er HVG/AQJ/wpc/ga/152 cc: Lawrence J. Carleton Clark Merrill Jose Garcia -Pedrosa, Esq. A. Quinn Jones, 111, Esq. Merry Sue Smoller Kenneth M. Meyers, Esq. 84--206 Mr. Charles January 11, Page 2 C. Hermanowski 1984 9332, pursuant to Section 1004(3), I am directing the exactment from the security fund of a penalty of $2#500.00 per day in accordance with the provisions of Section 1002(4) for each day that non-compliance continues. This penalty will run from January ll, 1984 until such time as Miami Cablevision complies, You are further advised of the provisions of Section 1001 that Miami Cablevision is required to pay or deposit with the Department of Pinance of the City of Miami a sum sufficient to restore to the security fund those amounts withdrawn within ten (10) days notice to Miami Cablevision that any amount has been withdrawn from the security fund. Sincpr,,piy Howard V ary City Manaljer HVG/AQJ/wpc/ga/152 cc: Lawrence J. Carleton Clark Merrill Jose Garcia -Pedrosa, 6sq, A. Quinn Jones, I11, Esq. Merry Sue Smoller Kenneth M. Meyers, Esq. 84-206 ti mamas RECEIVI=0 13c' *AMERI-CAS E * Y= iERGIVCO!:11::4TAL 133 DEC 23 k 8: 8 ON C) December 19, 1983 Hon. Howard V.Gary city Manager city of Miami 3500 Pan American Dr. Miami, Fl. 33133 Dear Mr. Gary: MIAMI CABLEVISION has completed a great deal of investigation into "state of the art technology" concerning interactivity, i.e., specifically, the Pioneer BT 1300 converters, Viewtron, Carle Data and the NABU Network. While CATV still is a very young industry, many experiments have been tried in two-way technology to allow two-way interactivity with the subscriber. One such system was the Aube system that Warner produced in conjunction with Pioneer. This experiment has proved to be a financial disaster (see newspaper article dated Nov. 7, 1983) as well as a technically difficult system to maintain. By looking at the history of polled type converters (BT 1300 Pioneer) MIAMI CABLE - VISION has determined that the industry trends are pointing away from polled type converters (see Attachment A). To the best of our knowledge, with the exception of Pioneer, no major manufacturer is planning to build polled type converters for use in the foreseeable future. Instead, the industry is heading toward the one-way downloading of software to the set -top converter. This will allow shop - at -home, impulse buying, pay per viers, banking and other types of interactive technology that will be offered to the citizens of Miami. For MIAMI cAB=SION to conmit to the Pioneer BT 1300 type of polled converter would not, in our opinion, allow for the expected state of the art development to be incorporated as it becomes available in the future. Most manufacturers are at this time exploring possibilities in the downloading of software to hone converters on one-way systems with limited upstream data via the cable system or telephone lines. This is the type of technology that we at MIAMI CABLE'VISION now feel is at the forefront of the new interactive cable frontier and not merely a poor second choice to the Aube system. Even Warner Corrmunications is seriously investigating this as +� well as other approaches. 1306 N.W. 7th Avenue o T^'ephone (305)326.1574 • Miami, Florida 33136 84--206 is In keeping with the preamble, MIAMI which will encompass all interactiv citizens of Miami: e CABLEVISION hereby surmits the following plan capabilities that will best benefit the A. & B. Tentative negotiations are undenray with Cable Data to provide MIAMI CABLE'VISION with a software downloadable converter system that will allow shopping at home, impulse buying, pay per view, banking and other such interactive services (see letter from Cable Data dated Dec. 16, 1983). As pointed out in the letter from Cable Data, we could not obtain specific data for this product at this time. However, we expect to participate with Cable Data in a product trial beginning in the first quarter of 1984. Cable Data fully expects to begin shipments to the industry by the fourth quarter of 1984. This Cable Data system is completely canpatible with our existing head end computer and will not require any hardware modifications. It also is carpatible with the current SA (8500) addressable converter system since the address infor- mation and the de -scramble information is contained in the vertical blanking in- terval and does not compete for Data Space in the FM band. In your letter dated Nov. 18, 1983, you have asked for a schedule for the installation of bridger gate switches. All amplifiers installed in the Miami system have bridger gate switches in place. However, if the intent of this question is, rather, to ask for a schedule of the installation of the bridger gate controller, it is the intent of MIAMI CABLEV'ISION to install the BGC after final product selection has been determined.. If the Cable Data plan is found acceptable by your office, then the BGC will be installed before October 19841, since the activation of this system does not require BGS-ing for its operation. BGS-ing will be installed in the subscriber network for the activation of return analog information such as local origination signals and Teletex. MIAMI CABLEVISION, in addition to the Cable Data system has had preliminary discussion with Knight Bidder's Viewtron system, in which MIAMI CABLEVISION will be a willing participant in a two-way cable experiment utilizing the system's two-way capability. In the first quarter of 1984, MIAMI CABLEVISION and Knight Ridder are scheduling meetings with Jerrold Electronics, a major cable equi.paent manufacturer. It is Knight Bidder's understanding that Jerrold has developed and produced a device that will allow the Viewtron interactivity over cable TV. Presently, they are interacting over telephone lines and are eager to develop interaction over cable TV lines for obvious reasons. C. The contemplated computer for the Cable Data system herein described already is operational at MIAMI CABLEVISION's office. D. & E. Since the system does not contemplate the use of the Pioneer VIP systems for the aforementioned reasons, no schedule is provided. 84-20F s In response to your marketing question, please be advised that is is too premature to conclude a marketing plan until a clear cost analysis is ob- tained. Knight Ridder today has priced its service at twelve dollars ($12.00) per month over the telephone lines, while the telephone company is charging one dollar ($1.00) per.hour. Knight Ridder sees that the telephone call waiting feature is not a solution to an efficient system and obviates the subscriber to having a seperate telephone line for its Viewtron system. In view of the fact that Knight Ridder has contracts with numerous stores, banks, airlines, game shows, etc., as well as a great deal of other products and programming, while MIAMI CAB,LEVISION is a two-way cable system, it is in the best interest of both parties to conclude a successful experiment. Our main objective will be to determine that Viewtron will be viable by cable, while our next objective will be to establish a minimum charge for the equipment and services in order to maximize the number of customers in the city of Miami. This experiment, if successful, can lead to a major break- through of two-way ,services for the entre cable TV industry in the country. Jce ows i Managing General Partner unto computer billing December 16, 1983 Mr. Charles Hermanowski Miami Cablevision 1306 NW 7th Avenue Miami, Florida 33136 Dear Mr. Hermanowski: CableData is pleased that you have expressed an interest in our CableComputer. CableData has been in the cable industry for 18 years and we serve 850 cable systems representing 14 million subscribers. CableData's primary function has been and is now to produce tools which enable you to more effectively control your communication and interaction with your subscribers. Initially two-way interactivity was thought to be the only way a cable opera- tor could communicate with his subscribers, but the cable industry is moving away from this concept because of its inefficiencies. Based on the demands of the industry, Bob Mathews, the founder of CableData, began three years ago to develop the CableComputer. The end product is a dynamic micro computer that is much more than just an addressable converter. Each micro computer in the subscriber's home is controlled in each operator's business office. The CableComputer is a powerful interactive, integrated part of a system that also provides each home with its own personal computer, easy to learn and easy to communicate with because it is a menu driven system that steps that subscriber through its functions. On December 14th CableData met with your Director of Engineering, Joseph Brannon. In that meeting Mr. Brannon requested that CableData prepare a written statement regarding our current position. In that meeting we demon- strated the CableComputer to Mr. Brannon; a review of the demonstration follows: 1. Program Guides *This is an electronic TV guide. It can scroll forward and backward. It can also provide specific program information by the hour. 2. Coming Attractions *Graphic displays of such things as impulse pay -per -view. 3. _Community Directory *Local businesses may advertise their services and products. For example: restaurants, leisure attractions, sporting events, hardware q, stores, etc. 84-206 Mr. Hermanowski December 16, 1983 Page 2 4. Messages From the Cable Office *Subscribers could use this for sending electronic greetings, such as birthdays and anniversaries. 5. Account Status *A subscriber can at any time call up on his TV a graphic display of his account with the cable company. 6. Services Available and Purchased *This is a graphic display of services offered by the cable system, and a listing of services being purchased by the subscriber. 7. Games *CableGames, a subsidiary of CableData, has developed many different games which the cable operator is able to deliver to the subscriber via the cable plant and the CableComputer. These games will be a - offered as an impulse pay -per -view. 8. Parental Discretion *This is a system that completely removes the responsibility for the classification of movies, etc., from cable operators and places it in the hands of the parents. It is totally electronic, no keys, it is a numeric code that is made up by the parents and can be changed as frequently as desired. The simplicity of this system, along with other safeguards, assures that only the ratings selected will be viewed. As I stated, this is the standard demonstration that we have prepared, but the concepts open many other doors, such as shop -by -TV and bank -by -TV. This is made possible because this system is totally parameterized. Items such as clothing, furnishings, toys, etc., can be loaded into the files and, upon the subscribers command, be displayed on his TV in his family room, and then the subscriber, with his hand held remote, can order one or more products without leaving home. The cable operator will electronically accumulate these purchases and provide the merchant with either a hard copy printout or a formatted magnetic tape from which the merchant can complete the sales transaction. CableData's method of delivery does not currently permit live interaction, for example, dialogue between a teacher and a student. However, it is possible that this type of interaction may be possible in two or three years. At this time CableData is not prepared to commit to a specific delivery schedule for the CableComputers. However, the CableComputer will be formally announced in June, 1984 at the NCTA. At that time we will accept orders, but we will request that initially we work together installing a minimal number of 84-206 Mr. Hermanowski December 16, 1983 Page 3 CableComputers, assuring the success of these installations and our commitment to Miami Cablevision. When both Miami Cablevision and CableData are satisfied with the initial installations, a satisfactory production and delivery schedule can be agreed upon. I would like to suggest that you and your staff meet me in Sacramento some time when it's convenient for you. We will tour the plant, and will provide you with all the people necessary to answer any questions you may have regard- ing the CableComputer. In the meantime, I look forward to our next meeting. Sincerely, Jerry Nelson National Accounts Manager JN:mmb cc Robert J. Mathews, President Gerald S. Knapp, Vice President, Finance Raymond W. Matteson, Vice President, Sales Karl Turner, Director, Regional Sales r�. 84-206 A'ltNv'( 3AV Hit -la u4 t tltJ J]d tltld/SNUHAV H NOISIA .318VJ INVIN u0 uuc dtd b9 *, BtUd0V hdb5eeu0N Vol. 4 No. 44 — November 7, 1983 — 51.00 VameirAmxCable Yes 'Ways"'To -Cut asses from -QUBE Joe Boyle -V York Bureau Chief YORK CITY —Waterer. let Cable Communications plagued with bases and Willion in long -terra debt, is ► develop a laser expensive r w deliver its twb•way instr, Ne cableservice than-i a cur ` t QUBE system. according to tpany officials. One poseibil- uxier consideration would in- ve a hybrid -type cable oon- ter that uaes telephone lines the subscriber path to the ca- headand instead of cable limes. xxh directions.. • .'he motivation. according to ustry observers, is a Warmer ex strategy to maintain its in. active QUBE service but to 'i ita cost. Aamnling to souroca, company will . believe, t two-way ttanaactional Am and pay -per -view will erats a sizable part of future snues. but it wants a less ex - give delivery system to do so. I the system Warner Amex is tested in. sources add. in. me a pole -mounted. hvbri& :able converter, for which it sttly released a request for capital costsof s hybrid ma compared to QUBE are. Slily the same. ^cPordins to rk Kriss. a senior analyst at lank" Gmup. "but the dif- ,.rw i. U+m keel,-r ` �+alr1♦ can off-load the costs and operat- ing expenses" back to the teloo. he added. Shortly after his arrival, Warner Amex chairman Drew I.ewisde- cided to transfer to Warmer Com- munications all research and de- velopmeat activities bwolving in- teractive technologies at Warner Amex Cable'. a partnership of WCI and'Ameriean Express. RdD activities at WACCI were the responsibilityof a group, system for WACCI and then tease .• . it back. Wisconsin Bell is already r involved in a plan to build a cable system in Brookfield, W1, a suburb of Milwaukee (see story, p.81. According to a spokesper- son for John Fowler, executive vice president of %ACCI, prelim- t. inary discussions with Wisconsin "fit Bell have been held, but nothing has been decided. Warner Amex i "has been anxious to explore all f;7 avenues," the spokesperson said, and would entertain bidsfrom all interested parties involving the Milwaukee build. Moreover, the company also ~ I has said it would finance the build _ with limited partnerships. How- ever, if garner Amex arrives at : '• the right kind of deal with Bell — one that would enable Warner to' '' lease the system back at the right :s terms— then it would probably decide against the limited part- nerships, sources added. Although Warner Amex is still I unsure which approach to take. i company officials are deter- . j mined. sources have said, to j avoid the cost overruns that have j plagued them in Pittsburgh and ' other metro systems. A city cable official in Pittsburgh said that Warner Amex officials recently projected that its debt there '. would rise to $132.7 million by the end of 1984. (Construction cost alone to build New York's outer boroughs and Milwaukee has been projected by Warner Amex at around 9350 million.10 Warner Electronic Home Sere-* ices, headed up by a former Bell Labs engineer, Dr. Terry Mc- Garty, who had been hired by former Warner Amex chairman Gustave Hauser. Mr. blcGarty's group is now part of WCI. The reaction of telephonomm- panies to the hybrid cable strat- egy is apparently favorable. A test trial conducted by WCI and Bell Atlantic is soon expected at Warner Amex Cable of Pitts- burgh in an attempt to explore the possibility that it might be more economically feasible for a subscriber to call up information or order a payper-view event over telco lines and have it deliv- ered via cable. And in Milwaukee, executives of Warner Amex and Bell of Wisivinsin are bearing up for' what has been described as high- level talk., to di -cuss a proixisal Cable should "promise less and deliver more; Warner Amex Cable Chmn. Drew Lewis told NYU Women in Communications in N.Y. recently. '7 think it's ridiculous to have 60 or 120 channels." said Lewis, whose company is constructing interactive Qube systems with 60-plus channel capacity in Cincinnati, Columbus, Dallas, Houston, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, St. Louis. "We're going to go back to these cities and say —What do you want 120 channels for? We only have programming for 15."' Lewis said WACC's 12-16 channel systems were making money, while its seven 60-channel systems had lost $100 million. _ ;A tremendous response Irom cover- tiscrs will be required to put the QUBE Network in the black. Warner AmexCable had a reported lo.s of S40 million last Year an t e creation of the QUBE Network cost an a J►t►on-11 51.5 million this ve . 1. 84--206 r,s � -.^" 'a. wee,.-••w � � r` - 4 ,• - '."'•t• .. , �.r • . .'r.. .. .. � y • t .. ?t,., 'r_ •4;ye!: j'�' 'c': T (�Ar Jam.' .Yr.' "��• ��.`-j L�l:: i•.``i'nt•�•:,.,-1..r �i :: t'.t '� ^_C••'." t. _. n Multichannel News — November.14, 1983 �r • t new, in -home hardware. and be- cause a touch-tone phone is all and percentage form. said Mr. Interac you need to vote. even non-sttlr Davis. munivisions ' scnbers can.participate in our . Mr. Davis said.Multivisions Phonepolls.. u1 a one-time cost of :1O.tXtt1 " Mr. Davis said..*. . �' ' : t1II stern. There is hO .: • ,� ` To' participate in a poll. a to install the s} ' 1;, respondent calls a special tele- cost to'the subscribers. he said; Ibthe Ile su ested the polling system Sy�tem am- hone number' and expresses suggested installed b War- of engineering and program-. p p y r view By Kathy Clayton systems Y pressing one of the mightbettseEultor a -pe Assistant Editor ... ner Amex Cable. but allows subs wing for Muluvisions. ' ' choiuredce by P the ANCHORAGE. Al-`Multiv" to use touch-tone phones to vote b 'IAccess Radio of tan Nuys. number or letter onns on'the hthat button � tlIn Davis said the system will sions recently introduced its electronicallyonquextiansrag Y being not lace professional poll. new. two-way, interactive cable ing from like to nee w� vh o is their . ovie they o er the Qubea coeeystemple of $ accord ng ' maddvantages e noted Mr. onds to the cDnv't�s. "tire stets +x voting booths- t m• voting television viewer polling system would nse is instantly added to can't slap people here. -• favorite presidential candidate, to Mr. Davis. "'There's no ex- re'spoloo The stem i5 similar to thte said Seth Davis, vice president pease to its or the subscriber for the results displayed on the tele- Mr times if they want Ua." said T s Multiviyons, an independent ' operator in the process of build- ing Anchorage is cable system. Currenlgy has 13.2I111 subscribers J '. � ` �. - ' n r s •• f. �� waft a'L).S3 milles •off plant-rS0& .. .I. ^ . }. I + • .r .f , M' �t.n• i - • ♦ ' cording to Marato +..^"..+. •..�- y "s' = • -• S • ICetirg stall support manager for I i CRrofimffm HAND -DELIVERED November 18, 1983 Mr. Charles C. Hermanowski President Americable of Greater Miami, Ltd. 1306 N. W. 7th Avenue Miami, Florida 33136 Re: System Technical Plan Dear Mr. Hermanowski: HOWARD V. GARY City Manager This is in response to your letter of September 6, 1983. I would like to address your contentions with respect to installing two-way headend or terminal interactive equip- ment and emergency alert audio and video override. 1. With respect to your assertion tkit, based on "the agreement dated April 13, 1982...[Miami Cablevisionj would not install two-way headend or terminal inter- active equipment for any type of opinion polling or customer response," I wish to point out the City never agreed or was privy to any agreement wherein MiamT— Cablevision would not be required to build a cable sys- tem initially capable of providing interactive subscriber services using the engineering technique of system polling. The "agreement" referred to merely states that Miami Ca- blevision voluntarily agrees not to offer the subscriber service known as "opinion polling". Therefore, your re- sponse is totally unsatisfactory and without merit. 2. With respect to your assertion that Section 503 al- lows Miami Cablevision the option of audio or video over- ride as relates to emergency alert, the City's position is that the license ordinance allows the Mayor the option of having the use of either audio or video override af- forded by the dual capability as ,called for and submitted by you in your technical plans. Having reviewed the situation, and the circumstances atten- dant thereto, I have concluded that there is a basis for assessing a penalty of $10,000 per day for each day that the construction of the cable system does not conform with the technical standards set forth by the Cable Television License Ordinance No. 9332. oriia OF THE CITY MANAGER 3$W Pan American Drive/Miami, Florida 33233.0700/(305) 579.6040 84-20E Charles C. Hermanowski Page 2 November 18, 1983 In reference to 1. above, as a remedial measure, Miami Ca- blevision is hereby given until December 19, 1983, to sub- mit a detailed plan containing an implementation schedule to bring the cable system in full compliance with Section 301(a) within one (1) year. The plan should set forth benchmarks for implementation, giving times and standards for these events, i.e., identifi- cation of invoice and delivery schedules, implementation dates for the hardware and software necessary to bring the system into compliance. Specifically, the plan should include benchmarks of: a. Invoicing, delivery schedule by manufacturer, actual receive dates, and installation of headend equipments b. Installation of bridger gate switches; c. Proposed turn -on date of the headend computer; d. Invoicing, delivery schedule of the Pioneer BT-1300 converters; e. Invoicing and delivery schedule of Pioneer VIP soft- ware. The plan should include a full description of how interface of the Pioneer ST-1300 converters with present converters will be accomplished, addressing procedures that will be used to accomplish any change out necessitated by incompati- bility of equipment. Additionally, a marketing plan or strat- egy for provision of interactive services to subscribers should be included. In reference to 2. above, you have,agreed in your letter to provide both audio and video override. Miami Cablevision is hereby given until December 51 1983 to install and make operational to my satisfaction the equipment proposed by Miami Cablevision and required by Section 301(a) of the license ordinance to enable audio and video simultaneous override of all television and audio signals during emergencies. In conclusion, should my review prove that your remedial measures are unsatisfactory, the specified penalty shall be exacted from the security fund forthwith each day that the 84 -206. Charles C. Hermanowski Violation continues. cc: J.C. Sparkman, TCI MSSsmis IV El Page 3 November 18, 1983 Sinceral , Howard V. ry City Manager 84 206 CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM H�oward V. Gar DATE September 7 1983 r1LE City Manager p SUeJECT Miami Cablevision: "polling" '00" Merry Sue Smaller /,YMAI-1 REFERENCES Assistant to the City Manager 1. Letter from Dennis Zimmerman for Cable Communications FNCLOSuRFS 2. Violation notice 'T TPffPr frnm A Aldenzc Hema w The technical plan for the Miami Cablevision system, approved in the spring of 1982 by the city Manager and incorporated under the provisions of Section 301(a) of the Cable Television License Ordinance as an Appendix to that document, is for a two-way cable o mainications system which includes interactive subscriber services. As the attached letter from Mr. Dennis Zimmerman, of Warren L. Braun Consulting ,Engineers -- the City's consultant -- indicates, state-of-the-art cable television systems use the technical scheme known as "system polling" to retrieve information or status from a plurality of subscribers, one at a time, in turn, at a very fast rate. System polling, an engineering concept, is an integral part of all interactive services associated with state-of-the-art cable systems in virtually every major city in the United States. As Mr. Zimmerman states, interactive services such as "Impulse pay -per -view, shop -at-home, bank -at-home, security, status monitoring, opinion polling, are possible only through the polling scheme. Opinion polling should not be confused with omiputer polling of the subscriber's terminal for its status. Without system polling, cable television is nothing more than a one-way entertainment delivery system." Although the technical plan required by the license ordinance, and as proposed by Miami Cablevision, includes state-of-the-art interactive services through the engineering technique of system polling, the system that would offer these is not being built. The cable system being installed in Miami is a one-way, addressable system, not a two-way cable system providing interactive services to subscribers. A one-way addressable system is much less expensive to install than an interactive system. On August 8, 1983, Miami Cablevision was sent official notice that it was in violation of the provisions of Section 301(a) of the Cable Television License Ordinance. The licensee was given thirty days either to correct or to refute the alleged violation. As of this date, a response has not been received frcm the licensee. The licensee has indicated, informally, that the reason a two-way subscriber system offering interactive services has not been installed is that it agreed not to do polling on the system. 84-206 iioward V. Gary Page 2 September 7, 1983 V In a letter dated April 13, 1982 (attached), Mr. Paul Alden and Mr. Charles Henmrsowski, as grantees of the Miami cable television license, "voluntarily agreed" that "with respect to opinion polling, we will not offer opinion polling." They went on to state that if the City holds a referendum on whether or not opinion polling should be a part of the activities of the licensee, they would "ocrrply with the results of such a referendum." t is very imvortant to ve an on the system possimie. ve a It is possible to prevent potential abuse of opinion polling without sacrificing a state-of-the-art system. Pittsburgh and Milwaukee have specifically addressed this issue in their franchise agreements. We strongly recommend that the City of Miami not "throw the baby out with the bathwater" by allowing the degradation of its license service requirements through a semantic misunderstanding. 84-206 `' •` *� 9 WARREN L. BRAUN, ate /� ClIndubin9 619in0/N 1CJe VIRGINIA 2208 COMMUNICATION* MICIIO WAVt CLOW CIi1CU1T TV C AT V P 0 SOX 1100 PHONE ASA-42131 AREA CODt TO! HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA 22801 September 61 1983 Ms. Sue Smoller Assistant to the City Manager for Cable Communications City of Miami Office of the City Manager 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 Dear Sue: P.E. AUDIO ACOUOTICr AM • IM • TV BROADCAST System polling is a technical scheme to retrieve information or status from a plurality of customers (subscribers) all using one frequency (party line) without everyone talking at once. The polling scheme allows only one subscriber to answer at a time. When a specific address is sent by the central processing unit to a subscriber's terminal, that terminal alone can transmit its information or status back to the CPU. The well organized polling and retrieval of information from the subscriber's terminal takes place at such a fast rate that information can be retrieved from all subscribers in a matter of minutes. System polling is an integral part of all interactive services associated with state-of-the-art cable television systems today. Impulse pay -per -view, shop at home, bank at home, security, status monitoring, opinion polling, are possible only through the polling scheme. Opinion polling should not be confused with computer polling of the subscriber's terminals for its status. Without system polling cable television is nothing more than a one-way entertainment delivery system. I sincerely hope this answers your questions regarding system polling. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there are other questions. DAZ:nb Sincerely you s, Dennis A. Z an V. P. of Sy em Services 84-206 *AMERI-CA91 L•_ September 6, 1983 The Honorable Howard V. Gary City Manager for the City of Miami 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33101 ICI RE: Notice of Violation System Technical Plan Dear Mr. Gary: Pursuant to your letter dated August 8, 1983 regarding the three complaints in the above mentioned letter, we wish to respond to each one by the following: 1. Although initial implementation of two-way interactive sub- scriber services was proposed by us to the City, we subsequently entered into the agreement dated April 13, 1982, paragraph (1), (copy enclosed), whereby we would not install two-way headend or terminal interactive equipment for any type of opinion polling or customer response. We wish to advise you that predicated on this contractual letter agree- ment between the City of Miami, Americable of Greater Miami, Ltd., and Miami Tele-Communications, Inc., no financial provisions were made in our budgets as submitted to our banks, our investors, and subsequently ratified by the City, to add this equipment to the system initially. However, we have provided•one-way addressable equipment to address each customer individually from our office to his home, which makes it possi- ble for subscribers to receive pay per view programming for entertain- ment but disallows opinion polling. In the future, based on demand, financial viability and proven technology, we plan to implement two-way interactivity for meter reading, energy management, shopping, banking and other commercial uses. We do not believe we are in violation of Ordinance Number 9332 and if the City feels otherwise, we wish to personally discuss this with all parties involved. 1306 N.W. 71h Avenue Telephone (305)326.1574 Miami. Florida 33136 84-206 page two - cont'd The Honorable Howard V. Gary September 6, 1983 2. A technical recommendation was made to Miami Cablevision to use A.G.C. modules at every trunk location rather then every other station as was originally proposed to the City. It was our under- standing that this decision was justified since it would increase the stability and the overall system performance. At subsequent meetings held between Miami Cablevision, Sue Smoller and Dennis Zimmerman (by phone), this concept was presented and discussed between all parties. The City's Consultant, Mr. Zimmerman agreed that A.G.C. at every trunk station increases the stability and performance of the system, however, he recommended we install status monitoring in connection with the A.G.C. at every trunk location. Miami Cablevision agrees with this decision and will install status monitoring at the major trunk ends in the system and continue to use A.G.C. modules at every trunk station. 3. We realize Section 301(a) of the Ordinance requires us to follow our plan submitted to the City Manager regarding emergency alert. We, however, feel that Section 503 of the Ordinance superceded our plan, as initially submitted, and allowed us the option of audio or"video override as stated under that Section. In view of this con- ITict between Section 301(a) and Section 503 of the Ordinance, we do not believe that we are in violation of the Ordinance. In order to cooperate with the City and to lationship, we will provide both audio and it is at substant}al addition'aI—cost to us. Sincerel_y, Chavles C ,Herrmanowski CCH:ao Encls. Copies to: ,Sue Smoller Ralph G. Ongie J. C. Sparkman Lawrence Carleton William J. McCarthy Joseph B. Brannon maintain a harmonious re - video override even though 84-206 r 0 April 13, 1982 Mr. Howard V. Gary City Manager City of Miami P. 0. Box 330708 Miami, Florida 33133 Dear Mr. Gary: The undersigned are the grantees of a cable television license for the City of Miami. We understand that the City plans to hold a referendum in respect to certain aspects of the Cable TV License; namely, whether or not opinion polling should be part of the activities of the licensee and to determine community standards on the issue of obscenity. ' Pending the results of such referendum, Miami Tele-Communications, Tnz., and Americable of Greater Miami, Ltd., voluntarily agree as .. _ --ows : (a) With respect to opinion polling, we will not offer opinion polling. We will, at such time as the referendum referred to above has-been held, comply with the results of such referendum. (b) With respect to obscenity, we recognize that such is not protected by the First Amendment and that the U. S. Supreme Court interpretation of what constitutes obscenity (as expressed in Miller vs. California and other such cases) turns in part upon _ the application of contemporary community standards; With regard to our exercise of prior restraints of speech on leased or public access channels and locally originated programming, we agree to be guided by contemporary community standards as indi- cated by the results of the referendum referred to above or as such standards may be otherwise estab- lished from time to time. 84-206 Jf r� s fit Mr. Howard V. Gary City Manager (c) We will not knowingly disseminate or permit the dissemination of obscenity as such may be defined from time to time by the U. S. Supreme Court. 'd) In the event that the licensee's enforcement of its foregoing policy on obscenity results in litigation challenging the validity of such policy (whether such litigation is against the licensee or the City or both), the City or the licensee will (if necessary) move to intervene in such litigation and the licensee and the City will thereafter jointly defend such litigation, each bearing its own costs of such liti- gation through the trial and thereafter, either or both may prosecute an appeal or appeals, each bearing its own costs. PAUL ALDEN Miami Tele-Communications, Inc. Sworn to and subscribed before me this /3' day of April, 1982. My Commission Expires: , '-'otary public, State of Flarida at U. MY Commislian EYpiret Now. 22, I.L.. �� J a wwJN �, Apr..ww Iw • Cu..dr Cww.r.w� � , .OTARY PUBLIC v HOWARD V. GARY City Manager August 8, 1983 Hand Delivered Mr. Charles C. Hermanowski, President Americable of Greater Miami, Ltd. 1306 N. W. 7th Avenue Miami, FL 331 Re: System Technical Plan Dear Mr. Hermanowski: A technical review of the Miami Cablevision cable television system conducted by Warren Braun Consulting Engineers has indicated the following areas of non-compliance with the plan approved by the City Manager on April 13, 1982 pursuant to Section 301 of the Cable Television License Ordinance. r 1. No headend or terminal interactive equipment exists and no plan to install same is forthcoming. Initial imple- mentation of interactive services was proposed by Miami Cablevision and is required by Section 301(a) of the License Ordinance. 2. No status monitoring of the cable system exists. Status monitoring of the system was proposed by Miami Cablevision and is required by Section 301(a) .of the License Ordinance. 3. The Emergency Alert System installed provides audio override only. An audio and video simultaneous override of all television and audio signals during emergencies was proposed by Miami Cablevision and is required by Section 301(a) of the License Ordinance. Official notice is hereby given to Miami Cablevision, that in accordance with the procedures established in Section 1004 of the City of Miami Cable Television License Ordinance Mo. 9332, Miami Cablevision shall be allowed not more than thirty (30) days to correct said violation of Section 301(a) of the City of Miami Ordinance No.9332, or to present facts and argument to the City Manager in refutation of said Violation. Miami Cablevision is hereby advised of the penalties established OtF(CF 01 THE C(l� *ttkN4kGE9 35(►, pa- Anariuo, Dr1%r'%1.jmt Florida 31:33.0701 (305' S'S,-UW. 84 -20 Mr• Charles C. Hermanowski page 2 August 8, 1983 in Section 1002(4) of the City of Miami ordinance No. 9332 for failure to comply with operational or maintenance standards required by this Ordinance. 4inl , payV. Gary yanag cc: J. C. Sparkman, TCI 9 IJ EXHIBIT I-B 2 84-206 9 �j An exclusive trademark? We are saddened to hc;tr ahoul the demise of the W'alnct :\n"ex QV III: \ct'Aork last'Areh because thr pu..ihtluns tit tine satcliuc-ICJ ttttctaclt�c network 'Aerc ccrlainl% great, hill then. %u'Acre the cost%. W hilr'Ar slrt+ncl� hrhe�e to the need for W'atncr Attie% to sland up and lace the honest ituth than the anihnious proposals it %uhnuncd to the �arious cities in which the conipa ii% ultimatcl%'Aon the Iranchise are indeed too enslls. it is unlortunale that %arioo aspecis of the propo.ats hose to he eliminated. 111111 the departure ill the QVIII: Net- 'Aorl,. -,,)me questions are raped ahout the lututc of Qt RE. Said tine QUITE execu- ti%c. W'atncr Amex remains committed to the QlAW system, but how much further expan,ton call the cable industry expect tram interactive %%.tents - gi%cn Warner Ames' seemingl\ apparent hesitation'.' 1 he cable indu.tr% at large must remain coninnticd to the ideal, tit interacti0y. Ccriainl\ there are man\ MSOexecutives that do not believe in the economic viahility of tuo-'Aav tran%mi%.ion• as prescntlj uttered h% cable y.tcros, hilt this should not dispell anyone or ant• existing move tocxpaiid the lechnology ill two-way cable. Without interacttvc cable, who will provutc the upstream for the cable opera- tor" I he lelephonc conipall%` Is the phone cumpan\ a title potential patine" in this case;' Could he. 1% the cable industry ready for this'! According to several entre- preneurs, it is. Publisher Peter Cvanow %poke with Jane• Intercahle Chairman (ilenn .lone%, who is preparing what he calf the "Mild Exten%iun Channel," an ntlotntatiunal, thought-provuhing •,-r%icc that will he ollcred tocable operatorsand could include the telephuric company a% a partner for live upstream for transactional service. ill to tie into 'Alive" databases. 'I he same is true lilt the %A011 Network. a %imilar educational and informational entertainment service haled in Canada. Ruth stories appear in Cable I'Aitirl Sit. %► hat are 'Ae laced within the coming dear:! Is the phone company Ewing to eclipse the cable operator in terms of uucractivc transmission. or will the cable company utiliicit%oait.tsteni! It appears that there w ill he a h0rill, ur combination ill the two. What the cable indu%trycannut lose, however. is the determination and goals is has set in developing tau -wad transmission via cable lux that is one ill its cxclu%talc tratdenrul,%. Complete Parts Inventory • Extensive Quality Control • Advanced Diagnostic Equipment • Experienced. Highly Skilled Technicians • Factory Authorized Modifications • Prompt, Reliable Service • Custom Reusable Shipping Containers • Customer Training Programs • Convenient Locations — Servicing Over 200 Clients Nationwide • All Units Guaranteed Under R.F. Analysts Warranty Isn't it time you relied on a leader? JERROLD ER rump aim q r. rr Analysts 41AII ft"Aw"81111"01 Specialists in Converter Repair Headquarters: 112 East Ellen St, Penton, MI 48430 (313) 750.9341 Eastern Repair Facility:1255 Boston Avenue West Columbia, SC 29169 (803) 794-3910 CableMslon/February 6.19b4 _ 84-206' Multichannel News — "ruarY b, 19t3# �h C10-iZ Nets Will SurvIs ive Shakeout, -Study Predicts 1i NEW YORK CITY —Ten to 12 national cable networks. wilt star• vive the current programming shnke-out to dominate the cable industry in the ne>a few years, ac- cording to a new market research study. . The study, conducted late lest yearby Frost d Sullivan, predict- ed the survivors will include at least two national pay movie serv. ices, at least one national pay sports network and two news services that are suppnrted by bath advertisers and operation. The study aid one net% s service would prmide feature coverage while the other would be head- line -oriented. Fmsl A Stttliyan projected the other survivors would Iw a na- tional pay senicr with adult pro- gramming such as the Playboy Channel, a pay ch0drenb net- work, a pay music vhden channel, a pay cultural see ice and one to three basic channels featuring the weather and general interest pro- gramming. The research firm alvo foresaw the development of "numr'mus Local and n r,'ifmal pay sports service+" as well as advrr- tisrr-supported Incal and regional networks. Most of the survivors will be pay services, the study said, be- cause cable advertising revenues will not climb fast enough to meet programming costs. For exam- ple, the report estimated cable ad revenues amounted to MW mil- lion last year, while programming costs soared above $4.2 billion. Even though ad revenues are ex- preted to rise sharply, the report sold, they will still only inch the f1.8 billion mark by 1993 while programming costs will continue to mount. In grind news for the industn•. Frost A Sullivan forecast that ca. file will increasingly handle such non -entertainment services as data transmission, information retrieval, lame banking, home slapping and home security. The firm also foresaw cable remain- ing "the primary distribution system for incremental video entertainment program services" because of its headstart on the competition, its greater channel capacity and its capability for two-way services and local programming. ' Total cable revenues will in. creasy nearly 4(91 pe•rvent river the next decade to hit i:1.4 billion by 1993. according to the study. It estimated pay revenues will pass basic revenues in 198,5 and re- main higher, as pay units grow at a 3W percent rate through 1993. Basic units. it said, will grow at it 230 percent rate, with basic penetration rising to 6i percent of all TV households. As for cable'# competitors. Frost A Sullivan pr•diet,41 the market fnr satellite ma+ter an- trnna television will gnaw at a 20-23 percent clip nver the ne%t few years. It said fnster growth depends upon more isvnrable programming arrangement.. and "significant"delays in fable rnn- struciinn. The sttoly painted a darker pirtnre fnr the fnture of -mt"rrip- lio n TV. It +aid the arrival fit en- blc in rtofwt markrts.hoold kill off an. 5'I'V f•fmtprtition. N1n.ing tremultit•h:tnnrl multi- rwfint di.tribution vr.irr, the shady +hied away fntm predir- tinn%. advising it's ttv, early to r.alnale the utwnming ern ier, it estimated htst year's KIDS rev- etnrrs rime to rnughly $2311 mil. lion. For the emerging direct broad - cant satellite industry, the rern a predicted srvrrol firma will drop nut oaf the comtwlition while the nthem cnnvilidate for wll their in- trrr.ts bo'rnnw fir the huge ex- tw•nwof hntnrhinga high -hewer, multiple-mit-Ilite s} sn•m. Frost A Sidli.an rolled it "unlikely"that morr than fine nr two e•nmpanirs ran orwrptr a national DIIS pn" fitabh. Nevrrthclm*. the Mudy fnre- saw a pntentinl DiiS market of.30 million oncabded hnmrs, with half signing as sub wribrn, Sub- ecntwr revenue+ could etlsdy rnme to S1.1 billion annually, with total equipment rrvrnnes adding aimther 111.5 billion. in additinn. Fern+t A Stdli.an prelirtrd the videw•a+srttr re- rnrlrr hrwem will f,mtinue. The etutly prnjerlel VCR owner.hip growing from the (.urrrnt right millin to rough1v 21) million in 1111. it nlso said the numlw-r4 videndisc player owner* will in- f•reaY form ;lightly under one million Inday trrnrnrly +ic million in a de•ale. C. IF YOU OFFEREDYOUR SUBSCRIBERS EVERYOTHER MOVIE CHANNEL, THEY'D STILL BE MISSING THE WORLD"S BEST MOVIES. Night after night, Bravo brings your subscribers critically acclaimed movies from around the world. Movies with world famous stars and renowned directors. Movies they won't find on any other channel. Bravo is film festivals, cult classics and outstanding international movies —over 45 per month —plus the added bonus of performing arts. it's an exciting combination which leads to high subscriber satisfaction. So high, in fact, that over 230b of our current subscribers recently voted Bravo their favorite payjereice And 90% agreed that Bravo is different from any other channel. It's this very low duplication rate (7911b of our movies are exclusive versus a 39"b average for the foundation movie services') which makes Bravo a valuable addition to any package. So when it comes to making your packages easier to sell and more likely to stick, you can't beat Bravo. Because none of the other movie services offer your subscribers what we do —the BRAVO excitement of the worlds best movies. sew, ��ovs wi r. "►,,ems � �,n: M rns.lr. b%W.T wv Where the world's best movies play. - -- - 84-20C MuR,cnanoet Nevus — Fcb,uary 6• 198f 33 A iwiz Nets Will Survive Shakeout, Study Predicts NEW YORKCITY—Ten to 12 national cable networks, will scar. vive the current pmgrammintt "lhnke-nut to dominate the cable indu+try in the next frw years. ac- cording to a new market research study. . The study, conducted late last year by Frost d Sugivan, predirt- ed the survivors will include at least two national pay movie sem. ices, at least one national pay sports network and two news services that are supported by both advertisers and nperators. The study said one nrws service would provide feature etwrrage while the other would be head. linrtrriented. Frost d Sullivan projected the other ;urvivori would he a no- tional pay wr%icr with adult pert, gramming such as the Playbov Channel, a pay children's net- work, a pay music video channel, a pay cultural service and one to three basic channels featuring the weather and general interest pro- gramming. The research farm also foresaw the development of ..numerttts!ncal unit rational pay sports sea ices" as %%ell a+ adver- tiser -supported Incal and regional networks. Most of the survivors will be pay services, the study said, be- cause cable advertising revenues will not climb tact enough to meet programming costs. For exam- ple, the reprint estimated cable ad revenues amounted to M mil- lion last year, while programming costs soared above f4.2 billion. Even though ad revenues are ex- pected to rise sharply, the report said. they will still only reach the &I-11 billion mark by 1993 while programming costs will continue to mount. In good news for the industry. Frost a Sullivan fntecast that ca- ble w ill increasingly handle such non -entertainment services so data tranamission. information retrieval, home banking, home shopping and home security. Tire firm also foresaw cable remain- ing "the primary distribution system for incremental video entertainment program services" because of its headstort on the competition, its greater channel capacity and its capability for two-way services and local programming. Total cable revenues will in- crease nearly 4W percent over the nest dnadr to nit i:1.4 billion bv' 1993. according to the study. It estimated pay revenues will pass basic revenues in 1985 and re- main higher. as pay units grow at a 3W percent rate through 1993. Basic units. it said, will grow at a LOO percent rate, with basic penetration rising to 67 percent of all TV households. As for cable'& competitors. FrrNt h Sullivan prrdirted the market for satellite master an- trnna television will grow at a 20.25 percent clip mer the next few years. It +aid faster growth depends upon more favorable pnrgramming arrangements nml "significant"drlays in cable con- struction. The ahtdy painted a darker pir tare for the Ninre of oohscrip- tion TV. It +aid Ihr nrrivnl of ca- ble in num market%• wtild k ill off om ti fV r•nmpetiti,ot. Moving it, multichannel multi - point distribution w•nire. the study -thirst nw'ac frnm predic- tions, ndvising it's too enrly to m actuate the uiH-,mine vnive, it e+timata,d Inst vrar%% %IDS rev- enurs rime to roughly S2.0 mil- lion. For the emerging direct broad - cart mtellite industry, the report prrtfictetl wvrrnl firms will drop nut of the competition while the othemconwdidatenr wll their in- tr•rrsts her•au+e of the huge en- ttenwrof lnunrhinga high -power. muhiple-wmiellite sy.tem. Fort A Sullivan called it "nnlikrly" that more than one or two vompanirs ran operptr a national DIIS prn- fitahly. Nevertheless. the study fnrr- mw a potential f )IIS market ol30 million tunrabled ham", with half sicninx as subscribrm. Suh- srrmer rrvrnues couch crimp rnme to f1.5 billion annuully, with total equipment revenues adding ahnther 111.5 billion. In addition, Fnwt A Snflkan pretliettvl the vid,vM•assette rr- corder hrnm will rnntioue. The stork projected VCR unnershiii growing from the rnrrent eight million to roughly 20 million in 1903. It also mid the number of videntlisc pinser owners pill in- r•rease from slightly under one million today In marls six million in a decade. IF YOU OFFEREDYOUR SUBSCRIBERS EVERYOTHER MOVIE CHANNEL, THEY'D STILL BE MISSING THE WORLDS BEST MOVIES. Night after night, Bravo brings your subscribers critically acclaimed movies from around the world. Movies with world famous stars and renowned directors. Movies they won't find on any other channel. Bravo is film festivals, cult classics and outstanding international movies —over 45 per month —plus the added bonus of performing arts. It's an exciting combination which leads to high subscriber satisfaction. So high, in fact, that over 230.b of our current subscribers recently voted Bravo their jaterrte payter6ce And W,16 agreed that Bravo is different from any other channel. It's this very low duplication rate (791b of our movies are exclusive versus a 390b average for the foundation movie services*) which makes Bravo a valuable addition to any package. So when it comes to making your packages easier to sell and more likely to stick, you cant beat Bravo. Because none of the other movie services otter your subscribers what we do —the BRAVO excitement of the worlds best movies. • i.ra laa CA.wr+tot tyes. gvr aax W IrM t,B.tk-x I*tnI■IR w 96VA4W Se•u/rerswrMa(7ae6 so►tao�IW4a,el Kiur hlcFi�or, n:•r>eum ra -trace p�,ex al.•maac Where the world's best movies play. 84-20Et Ij L 0 5 s 5 A Jones International expands its base by targeting the 'information society' It has been said more than once that Glenn Jones, chairman of the board of Jones Intercable Inc., is a pragmatist. But that is only half the story. Jones is more of a futurist, with an eye always on what will come next. It is the practical side of Jones that has allowed the blue sky hypotheses to develop into successful results. These results have only served to fuel the fires within him to philosophize on other concepts that can be adapted to some useful purpose. For Jones, there are many other worlds to conquer. The latest of Jones' unending line of creations is a programming and informational network designed to stretch the imagination. The name for this venture is called. appropriately enough, the Mind Extension Channel, a service that %kill bring, in Jones' words. "the union of computer capability and cable capacity to system operators and subscribers alike." The channel delivers a wide range of computer software to cable subscribers and will offer its own hardware to support the system. In a quote that appears inside the company's brochure he explains the purpose of his channel: "As the future unfolds, the opportunity exists not only for profits but to be uplifting to the communities and subscribers %kc ser%e. By delivering access to more and more channels of entertainment and of information, we can enable people to reach beyond themselves: to augment the quality of their lives and to extend their minds." By Peter Evanow "It is the delivery of cable's promise as it relates to the information culture," Jones explains. "It is called the Mind Extension Channel or "ME" channel because the heart of the information revolution is that it allows us to extend the human mind. Jones International is in the mind extension business." (Jones International is the parent company for the Mind Extension Channel, and is the holding company for Jones' various businesses. which are based in Englewood, Colo.) Before one gets a different idea and starts to think that 1984 is indeed upon us. Jones elaborates on the network's purpose: "The ME Channel is focused on 'the information society.' The development of the service has been a corporate as well as a personal goal for years. The second edition of International's cable dictionary (The first one —The Jones Dictionary of CATV Terminology —was privately published, widely distributed and read in 1973. It listed 800 technical terms in both English and French.) is dedicated to access —the widest assortment of material to make it most meaningful." Since 1973 this has been the corporate goal of Jones International —to deliver as much of the recorded knowledge of man and as wide an assortment of entertainment to as many offices and homes as possible. along with sufficient computing power to make the information delivered meaningful. Equally important, Jones asserts, is that the ME Channel will serve the cable operator as an additional income stream for his system. "It is increasingly important for the cable business to start delivering things that arc not only profitable, but that also do significant things for subscribers." he says. Significant things, indeed. The service highlights the "ME" in terms of personal emphasis. It offers delivery of software to subscribers; material they choose to view, through the use of a Jones Futurex in -home computer and keyboard that allows the subscriber to patch into the system. The initial investment on the part of the cable operator is approximately S25,000 for a microcomputer based system at the headend. The system was designed so that it is essentially a standalone and will operate even in a 12-channel one-way system, but the eventual goal is to connect the system by satellite, enabling the subscriber to "reach out as he says, and call up any number of databases from any number of locations — "information user markets" Jones calls them —whether they are in Denver, Tucson, California or in Anne Arundel County. Md. The system will continually incorporate technological advances," Jones states, "such as the implementation of interrelated local, regional, national and international databases. Whether it is a one-way or a two-way system, subscribers will have at their fingertips a cable system that supplies an awesome array of information —a global picture." Jones emphasizes that the program developed is structured so as to minimize the capital outlay and facilitate profits for the 32 84--o:06 ito Subscriber Computer System — With both cable and stand-alone capabilities 1 • 6 A L6 operator. "For example, lease financing can be arranged so that the headend computer can be installed at no out-of-pocket expenses to the cable system operator." Jones hastens to add that distribution of subscriber hardware will be handled by the %ll: Channel through system operator outlets or independent retail store. Testing, testing So what does a subscriber ha%c to do in order to hook into this seemingly wondrous system and what does it really have to offer". The answers. Jones smile, ha%c been in development for three years and are about to get their first actual test in a Jones system in Castro Valley. Calif. Tile first test - the Alpha test— will begin in a limited number of homes in April and is an engineering test. The second test —Beta —is set for the third quarter of M4 and will be a "Proof of performance and the field." according to Jones staffers. Beta will be a software test in the market. The company expects to follow this with a full rollout. The rollout will tale on a gradual movement across the country, wiring a certain portion of the country as the service builds up momentum. So what does it take to hook up'' 1 he cost to receive what Jones calls "an information pipeline" is tentati%e at best, but officials are estimating in the neighborhood of S I5 to S20 per month. For this fee. the subscriber can receive a wide assortment of material —what the company calls an "ongoing development, procurement of a subscriber -satisfying array of games. educational and business software. videotex and telemarketing services." Patrick Grotto. %ice president business development of the Mind Extension Channel, who is charged with the marketing of the ME Channel elaborates: "The ME Channel functions like a program supplier. It will be competitive on a per -subscriber basis as the subscriber can call up what he or she wants. Cable presently offers video, voice and data. The ME Channel is an extension of that and will capture a new segment of the marketplace." Grotto adds that other services the channel will offer is that of home banking, which will make it particulary attractive to large banks. Transfer of such private material and information will be accomplished by the built in Encryptor, by built-in Jones Futurex encryption technology. "Naturally. we want to safeguard against thel't when information comes down the line to consumers." he says. What Grotto also en%isions is a service that is largely based on the pay TV model. -[-or a one-time monthly fee, the subscriber will get the first tier, which will consist of games. a high emphasis on education and some professional utility —home management. computer art, electronic mail, an encyclopedia reference, and other data transmission. Like .lanes. Grotto secs the proliferation of databases from around the country. and eventually from around the world, with the home unit being the gateway from which the subscriber can call up whatever source of information he or she desire. Keeping the catbird seat Accessing the interacti%e services will require a modem and cooperation of the phone company. "By design." Jones explains, "the service has to be broadband, but initially we'll need to use the phone for the return link." He would much rather see the cable system instead of the telephone monopolies serve as the electronic pipeline, and in large part. it will be, for Jones is quick to add that the present "facilities of the telephone industry do not have the capacity to handle the load of an information culture. Cable, however, does." Jones adds that the phone companies are and will be very aggressive in trying to secure this type of business through manipulation of state public utilities commissions. "They missed their chance with the ownership and development of cable system. Right now the real impediments for us to reach an information -dense culture arc the regulatory agencies and the telephone monopolies, but the cable industry is in the catbird seat now and if the industry is united we can make it happen." The industry cooperation that Jones would like to see would not only help to fight off the encroaching telcos, but would also permit The Mind Extension Channel to expand and proliferate. At the present. Jones has talked to one MSO, which has indicated an interest in the system, so Jones states he's "batting IUUQ." He calls the ME Channel "a service expressly for cable systems developed by cable mentalities. "I envision the service going full blown someday —becoming the 'HBO of the information business.' We'll take offers from other programmers to supply material and reach out for as wide a variety of programming for all useful purposes. . What Jones and his team have created is a sophisticated hardware system. including telephone modem integration. that is developed exclusively for cable. The growth plan that the ME Channel incorporates allows for system enhancement and enables the system operator to secure himself a place in "the global picture." For the subscriber, the NIE Channel offers a software network "that brings a multitude of information and services as close as the personal computer keyboard." according to the company brochure. The package includes what Jones calls "market -preferred features such as high -resolution graphics and an ergonomically designed keyboard. an affordable information system that represents substantial savings, in both direct and obsolescence costs. over non -cable set-ups; and 'user friendly' system with manuals written in non -technical terms --so that children and adults alike will find it easy to learn and easy to use. "What we are creating here," Jones adds, "is the proliferation of the cultural revolutions that have shaped this country. The industrial revolution allowed us to extend our bodies. With the information revolution, we have now allowed ourselves to extend our minds. We must take advantage of our 36 84-206 L -1 EXHIBIT I-C P..) .. 84-206 '''57:-•'i .`.. a.u,�r-YM"`.iZc'� _•: ha.�`—�ti�.iWr:ller.wT"3��$: ::'ISSitr. U-) a "fr. � SC 7�a•Y� r s r;• .:., l.Y l{ .!'' -!' Am �aw'- .. M ` {�1 s `', ri y + �' `-.' ♦e{ r43ir i �� y . `.• :� F 4 :t A ar x .. / :ler� i �} 't.sA� ;,, �.• } I1 r }r., "r1♦ i' l��Lt Y, �*�ysy. i,frSt .s.. .: �.' y 4 is I. „ r � ffiluncl •�. ` � .i�t f ! * , :s '.`r 1 v _ a S•. . �-'•----_�,-.•. y�.»c:••ry.. - ' q t,. :b��,N rh7 ' • p 5 i., � r r 1 1 � ♦w , { 4 a *ir rrf.: F i' f 4. w 1. `..'' . ..., P10MI R PROUDLY INTRODUCES THE BT,1300, CORNERSTOINt OF THE 'VIP SYSTEM it In out continuing quest to provide the state-of-the-art in CAN hard- ware, Pioneer has developed the BT 1300 interactive subscriber terminal. The BT 1300 is Pioneer's fourth -generation of field -proven, operational interactive subscriber terminal. This equipment introduction fol- lows eight years of intensive research and development, as well as three years of mass interactive operations. Designed to operate in conjunction with the entire VIP System, the BT 1300 serves as the basis for a whole range of evolving two-way services. The unit consists of the Main Box and a Remote Console connected to each other by a rugged wire. The Main Box Constructed as a modular unit, the BT-1300 Main Box incorporates all the functions needed to provide two-way, interactive CATV service. Included in the unit are the 400 MHz converter, downstream data receiver, upstream data transmitter, descram- bler and logic processing element. Housed in a secure, solid steel case, the Main Box is shielded from both RF interference and human tampering. Its inconspicuous design allows it to be either wall -mounted or placed under the subscriber's television. As a totally functional element, the Main Box's logic processor per- forms in a variety of capacities. The processor enables the subscriber to receive premium programming while permitting the system operator to dis- M rnorymn PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION �i i able tiers. It is the key to the system's eight -digit data transaction capabil- ity, as well as serving as an important link in the VIP System's Status Mon- itoring function. The unit's physical design also adds to its overall capabilities. The Address Block and other key elements are protected from subscriber access by the installer hatch which cannot be opened without special tools and keys. The Main Box also contains the BT-1300's Parental Control Key. This feature allows the subscriber to lock out reception of predesignated programming from their homes. r: 0 84_2O6 r4 t4 n.L'o1300 REMOTE CONSOLE / SUBSCRIBER CONTROLS I. Subscriber turns television on/off with the console. 2. Fluorescent channel, response, data and prompt words inform the subscriber of console, transaction and television status. 3. Channel Select Button and Lamp are used in subscriber channel selection. 4. The full ten -digit keypad lets the subscriber select a channel, respond during an interactive phase or enter data for transmission to the Control Center. 5. Chantiel selector buttons incre- mentally step up or down one chan- nel for convenient channel selection. 6. Response Key and Lamp activates the console to accept opinion polling and Subscriber answers. 7. Data Key and Lamp places the Terminal in the data entry mode en- abling subscribers to perform eight, digit transactions. 8. Send Key initiates the transmis- sion of digital data from the sub- scriber to the Control Center. 9. Receive Key reveals fluorescent display of information sent to the subscriber terminal. 10. Dash and Decimal Keys separate digital information into proper math- ematical groupings for transmission. 11. Message Lamp is used in a variety of subscriber situations. 12. Authorize Key and Lamp con- firms subscriber selection of premium pay -per -event channels. 13. Channel I)irectory Slut holds the operator's channel identifi6tioncard. BT-1300 REMOTE CONSOLE FUNCTIONS & FEATURES As a key element in a successful two-way, interactive cable system, the BT 1300 has been designed with features geared both to the subscriber and system operator's needs. ■ Dual Cable Operation — For up to 104 channel capacity. ■ Dual -function Command Tun- ing— Permits system operator to tune subscriber televisions to alert channel during it declared emergency. Preventsaccidental premium program- ming charges by tuning subscriber television to premium preview channel until Authorization Key is punched. ■ Downstream Addressable Control — Provides the operator with a variety of remote commands to individual or groups of terminals, e. g. , message lamp on or off, total service disconnect or reconnect. 84-206 Premium channels can be re- motely activated and deactivated without field staff involvement. aNarrowcast channels, and their ppropriate programming audiences, are selected from the Control Center. 0 Upstream Addressable Response - A trajot portion of the polling function is the BT 1300's transmis- sion of data on subscriber television status, as well as channel selection. For maintenance purposes the up- stream data also includes information on signal strength and quality, re- mote to Main Box cable connection status, Premium Channel billing in- formation and proper Address Block installation. Other special upstream data sent to the Control Center is Parental Control Key status and Narrowcast channel activity information. a Theft of Service Features -- By developing powerful computer -based programs, the VIP System works to prevent service theft. A unique scrambling method is used that cannot be decoded by non - VIP terminals or converters. Should a subscriber tamper with the Main Box, the Access Trap dis- ables the converter and notifies the Central Computer. Additionally, all terminal converter operations are totally disabled, restorable only in the cable operator's service facility. ■ Theft of Terminal Features --- Combined physical and data func- tions reduce terminal theft. The Security Bracket, with its unique magnetic lock, -tcures the Installer Hatch, and can mount the Main Box to the wall or floor. The removal of a terminal results in a data communications loss and a 14ho answer" report at the Control Center. 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States "--we expect Miami Cable Vision to abide by the utility cleanup standards that the Department of Public Works establishes for rebuilt roadways". 4/27/83 Meeting with CATV and Public Works personnel. 5/2/83 Interoffice memo to Clark Merrill from Luther Long requesting coordination with CATV to relocate aerial cable on N.W. 22 Lane between N.W. 3-5 Avenues. 5/5/83 Letter to CATV from William Parkes with booklet of maps showing roadways the City has rebuilt over the past 13 years. Installation of aerial cables on these roadways and in particular aerial crossings of the roadways, are to be kept to a minimum." 5/13/83 Brief notes concerning megting with personnel from Intergovernmental Affairs, Law Department and Department of Public Works. Discussed possible objections CATV might have to running parallel lines on City streets that are "cleaned up'. 7/12/83 Letter to CATV from William Parkes discussing apparent misunderstanding by CATV regarding City standards, City policies and the CATV Ordinance. Recommends that CATV again meet with the Department of Public Works (lists items to be discussed). Letter states that the City does not want to issue a cease and desist order. 8/10/83 Letter to William Parkes from CATV (Hermanowski) explain- ing that CATV will not be able to deviate from their "cable design and construction plan as approved by the City Manager and the City Commission". States that "it is not possible for us to, in any way. materially deviate from this procedure and construct on both •idea of the street--". Page 1 of.4 8 4-20 6 It s 8/16/83 Letter to CATV (Hernanowski) from Donald Cather explaining that CATV's August 10 letter is totally unacceptable in substance. Informs CATV to cease installing any more connections but may continue the main line installations only. Stresses that City Manager approval of plans was for a general overall plan indicating area and time table for construction. 8/26/83 Interoffice memorandum to Donald Cather from William Parkes discussing problems, policies, etc. of other municipalities regarding installations of CATV. 8/31/83 Interoffice memorandum to Donald Cather from Joe Owsiak discussing CATV and expanding on Parkes' memo of August 26, 1983. 9/14/83 Interoffice memorandum to Howard Gary from Merry Sue Smoller regarding Public Works trying to work out a plan with CATV regarding cable installations and transverse crossings of the roadways. Discusses Section 204(b) and 605(b) of the franchise ordinance /9332. These sections reinforce the City's position that we have the right and power to regulate CATV installations. 9/21/83 Notes by William Parkes regarding meeting with CATV, Department of Public Works, Intergovernmental Affairs and • City Law Department. Discusses the CATV installation schedule. (8 phases in City and 7 phases already designed). 10/7/83 Interoffice memorandum to the file from Jack Stark. Referred to numerous newly installed cable TV transverse crossings of N.W. 47 Street between N.W. 2-5 Avenues. This roadway was just cleanedup as part of our Buena Vista Highway Improvement Phase I, B-4475. 11/2/83 Note to file from William Parkes stating that poles and anchors will be permitted as of today. Pace 2 of 4 84-206 11/21/83 Interoffice memorandum to Miami Cable Vision from Merry Sue Smoller scheduling meeting of CATV, Public Works and her for November 23, 1983. 11/22/83 Meeting held between personnel from Public Works, Inter- governmental Affairs and the City's Law Department to discuss topics for 11/23/83 meeting. 11/23/83 Meeting held between personnel from CATV, Public Works, Intergovernmental Affairs and the City's Law Department. 11/23/83 Interoffice memorandum to Clark Merrill from George Campbell stating that the City's investigation showed that Dade County did not review cable TV plans in the City of Miami except for installations'aithin the Metrorail Transit Guideway. 11/30/83 Letter to CATV (Hermanowski) from Howard Gary stating 10 that Americable is officially notified that they are in violation of Section 605(b) of Ordinance No. 9332. Cable T.V. is not installing parallel lines and is crossing the roadways with service cables in excess of the policy of the City. 12/5/83 Letter to Howard Gary from Kenneth M. Myers (law firm) on behalf of Miami Cable Vision. He states that to install cable other than is presently being installed is costly and not called for per the ordinance and the original design maps submitted to the City Manager's office. 12/5/83 Statement of "Policy of City of Miami regarding cleanup - of overhead utilities in conjunction with rebuilding of roadways". Discusses aerial crossings to be kept to a minimum. 12/6/83 Meeting between personnel from Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Public Works and City Law Department. Defined the areas of cable T.V. installations and the City Highway projects using the map as submitted by CATV on 11/18/83. 84-'206 f 4 Page 3 o pl_� 9 12/14/83 Letter (certified mail) to CATV (Brannon) from Donald Cather notifying them to coordinate their underground cable installations in the downtown area with the numerous road rebuilding projects scheduled. A map was attached showing the projects that we are aware will be worked on over the next two years. 12/15/83 Letter (certified mail) to CATV (Brannon) from Donald Cather notifying them of their unacceptable construc- tion delays in our East Allapattah Highway Improvement. B-4481. They were told that any extra costs incurred by the City's contractor may be passed on directly to Miami Cablevision. 12/19/83 Letter (certified mail) to CATV (Brannon) from Donald Cather notifying them that their facilities still exist on utility poles that FP&L must remove as part of the roadway rebuilding in conjunction with "Simpson Addition Subdivision". Page 4 of 4 PREPARED BYz CITY OF MIAMI DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORK DECEMBER 22. 1983 e4-zos I December 30 r 1932 =:r. josatih Brannon. ;liavi Cable Vision 1306 :4.1d. 7 Avenue Miami. Florida 33135 Daar ;ir . Brannon: HIGHWAY IMPROVEME;'T PROGRAM - JTILLTY GRAN UP Per our D:c:zabar 21, 1932 fleeting, attached is a 'list of our proposed ii:khway Improv.1ment Program for the next six fiscal yca:a. I am also attachInS sheate shoving highway projects Chat Savo been completed during the past hive years and those that are curra=17 undar c•onatruction. An discussed in our heatingo we expcet lliwmi Cablo Vision to abide by the utility cleanup standards that the Depart--anc o 40 Public Works establishes for rebuilt road1waya. In :Yost highway Laprovemeatta we require FP&L and S.B.T. to ramet their utility pole lines at tha back of aidawald and at the same :Sac achieve a ,o•noral cleanup of their facilities. Aurial crossLns of our roadways ara kapt to a miniaum. Wa also race this opportunity to remind you that tbe. sidewalks curb and gutter and pavement inprovemants required by tho City as part o= the remodeling of Ma r headquarters building on N.W. 7 Avanua hava still eat c:omplaced. A final esrtifieate of occupancy will not be iasued until these improvements ar4 completed to our satisfacti-4n. We look forward to worki-ag with you sad if you have any 970-6865. uaxvions please call Hr.Willilmt A. Mackay. Highway Engineer, at Si c Ora ly, Donald IJ. Caii3t,r''. i:�. 3�ctor Its 1 i ' Actachmarits: C.I.P. List Project :Saps cc.. hr. John Kusky, Byars Co=unicstionae Corp. Clark Merrill bc: Highwa s' • Construction Contral 84-206, i S T D EET IMPROVEMENTS ow post • S 23 , . 1 fill - w etw - 'I MAP 21 w„u • F '��t f' !is v i > ' PROPOSED STREET • IMPROVEMENTS Noun 1 ,„p• .." 1982-1988 • ze Il ' of t� i ,n W STREET IMPROVEMENTS + A-N THAT ARE ONGOING OR cf = SCHEDULED TO BE INITIATED ..„„ '• 1 r ! . .- ; + '0 > DURING FY 1982-1983 n ` • `r�� - STREET IMPROVEMENTS iris- - �! T • " ( +tN; ' , ....• •�•-• c, 1-30 SCHEDULED FOR FY 1983-1984 � 4Z r ' � �•� THROUGH FY 1987-1988 1 ...„ . .. 99 loot . I J. • ' .: ti •i.��� i 1 ILI !.!I Y I rF. •mow„ ,�. J 11 N 106 v PROPOSED STREET iMPROVil'IMS 1982-1988 Street lWeevements That Are 0 In 9 or Scheduled Street improvements Scheduled For FT 19834984 ' to Be leetiate�burTny FY14E7=f983 T(irauyV flr-19Ar1988 Total Project Cost Total Project Cost A tatin Quarter ►aving i tittle Street Project - Fhase ii Improvements i (0005) i 1.415.000 (0056) S l.soo.000 8 Belle Meade island _ Station Bridge ( 230.000 AreaersStransiteet C Garment Center CO ments (0034) 201.000 Pavia Project 3 Coconut Grove Transit (0045; 500.000 Station Area - Streit 0 Allapattah Street improvements (0037) 5W.000 Improvements - those 1 4 Design Plata Street (8008) 1.200.000 Improvements (0029) 500.000 E Manor Street improve- S Overtown Street iprove- tents - Phase II (8019) 1.200.000 meets (2008) 500.000 F Brictell Plata improve- 6 SW 16th Street improve - ant (D0W 600.00o ment (2012) 1.300.WO G San Marco Street improve- 7 Allapattah Transit Sta- ments (7014) 130.000 tfon Area - Street N Bird Avenue Improvements Improvements (0039) 186.000 (7016) - 1.150.000 8 BrickelStreeTransitStation I tittle River Street Improvemts (70191 1.500.000 merits (0035) 483.000 .) Brlckeil Avenue Service 9 SW 32nd Avenue Improve. Road Iproveaents (1009) 600.000 mmerit( 02 920.000 ItBuena MU Street t rove. 10 Street Improve - cents -P Phase 1 (0001� 1.800.000 merits - Phise i (8013) 926.000 L East Allapattah Street it Allapattah Industrial , ta.provements (2014) 1.700.000 Area Street Improvements M Manor Street Improvements- (1013) 1.500.000 Phase 111 (8014) 1.400.000 12 Edgewater Street improve• 'N 1-95 Bifurcated Reaps meets (0009) 1.200.000 (2015) 3.500.000 .13 North River Drive Street Improvements Projects TMt Me Not d: 14 (2009) Douglas s Road Transit i �i 00 Rela111 idewa Sidewalks are Station A►e& - Street improvements (0031) 500.000 Streets S 2.810.000 iS Calmer Transit Station Cit(t00I)de Paving Projects 312.000 Area - - Area Improve- ments (0041) 403.000 S i0.04T.000 16 Park West Street improve- ments - Phase 1 (0040) 800.000 17 Santa Clara Transit Station Area - Street improvements (0046) 310,000 Nn_te: It 1-95 Hiurcited Ramps (2015) has been 18 Buena Vista Street i;rschedulad For FT 1483-64, improvements - Phase 11 (0008) i .50D.000 19 West Little Maven& Street improvements (7021) 1.500.000 20 Coconut Grow Village Center Street improve- ments (8012) 926.000 21 Downtown Street improve- 22 ments - these ii (7017) Florningside Street 1.00O,000 Improvements (9006) 900.000 t 23 North Baycrest Street Improvements (9007) i.000,Od1 24 Allapattah Street Improvements - Phase 11 ' (0010) 1.200.000 25 Park West Street improvements - Phase I1 (1016) 800.000 26 Manor Street Improve- ments - Phase IV (2006) 7.500.000 27 Buena Vista Street Improvements - Phase iII (2007) 1.500.000 28 East Shenandoah Street Improvements (2011) 1.500.000 29 Silver Bluff Street improvements (2010) 1.500.000 30 Little Ilavans Street improvements - Phase 1 (2013) 1.500.000 Projects That Are Not Mapped: Streets Sidowellis and Streets (7024) (70241 2.500.000 Citywtde Paving iprove- ments (1007) 1.250.000 S 32.411.000 STREET IMPROVEMENTS 1% Latin Quarter Paving Project - Phase 11 ('mn5) Phase 11 improvements to the Interior streets of the Latin Quarter include asphaltic conch-te pavements. concrete curbs and gutters, brick sidewalks, landscaping. street lights. and street furniture. Streets to be improved during this phase are SV 7th and 6th Streets from SW 12th to SW 17th Avenues and SW 13th, 14th, ISth, and 16th Ave- nues between SW Oth and 6th Streets. This project. which Is In design Is a combination of projects ODDS and 0006 in the 1900-1986 CIP. 2 Belle Meade island Bridge (8016) This project involves replacement of the existing wooden bridge that connects Belle Meade Island with the mainland. This bridge is in very deteriorated condition and the load limit has been drastically reduced. The Florida Depart- ment of Transportation is designinq this project and will reiaburse the City from State Off -System Bridge funds. 3 Garment Center CD Paving Project (0046) These improvements in the Garment Center will improve street conditions within the existing industrial/commercial area and modify the street system in the proposed area to better accommodate industrial expansion. The following streets will be improved: NW 22na Lane between 1414.5th and 2nd Avenues. iM ZIst Terrace between iM 6th and 5th Avenues, tri+ 22na Street between NW Sth and 2nd Avenues. and NW 22nd Street between NW 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue. The follow- ing streets will be closed: NW 3rd Court between Nll 22nd Street and 22nd Lane. trig 3rd Avenue between till 22nd Street and 22nd Terrace, MI 4th Avenue between trig 22nd Street and NW 22nd Terrace.'M Sth Court between HH 21st Terrace and _141 22nd Street. NW Sth Place between NW 21st Terrace STREET IMPROVEMENTS and NW 22nd Street, and NIA 22nd Terrace between NW 5th Avenue and HW 2nd Avenue. 4 Allapattah Street Improvements - Phase I (AMA) Street improvements will be made to selected streets in the residential area between NW 17th Avenue and Und Avenue. from Nil 28th Street to NW 32nd Streets. Elements of this project will include new asphaltic pavement, concrete sidewalks. curbs. gutters. drainage and landscaping. These improvements should complement street improvements that have recently been made in the Altapattah area with Community Development funds. 5 Hanor Street Improvements - Phase It (B019) This project is the continuation of street improvements in the Hodel City area. Construction will include sidewalks, valley gutters, asphaltic concrete pavement. drainage and landscaping. 6 BricKell Plaza Improvement (0062) This project involves' the extension of BrickelI Plaza between SE 6th and 8th Streets to improve traffic flow in the area. 7 Rebuild Sidewalks and Streets (70?4) Highway bond funds will be used to systematically resurface local streets where asphalt has bequn to deteriorate. Resurfac- inq helps protect the base, improves the riding surface and improves the visual appearance of local streets. PA Vol 8 Citywide Paving Improvem>tnts (1O07► These improvements involve small paving or drainage pro- jects that demand immediate attention. such as the paving of alleys. the widening of intersections. and paving im- provenents done in conjunction with subdivision or building improvements. 9 San Marco Street Improvements (7014) Several streets on San Marco island will be improver!. namely. HE 12th Place. NE 12th Court and HE 13th Place from horth Venetian Hay to South Venetian way. Construc- tion will include mountable curbs and gutters. asphaltic concrete pavement, drainage and landscaping. 10 Bird Avemie Imprpvements (1016) This project involves rebuilding Bird Avenue from SM 27th Avenue to U.S. 1. The project is designed to provide simple amenities as well as basic street improvements to a busy•and rapidly -developing commercial center for neigh- borhood retail activity. This project consists of new sidewalks. curbs and gutters, local storm sewers. and street trees. 11 Little RiveC Street improvements (7018► This project involves the reonildinq of selected streets within the Little River area bounded by the Little River. west City limits. N. 71st Street. and the FEC Railroad tracks. improvements will include new asphaltic pavement. concrete sidewalks. concrete curbs and/or gutters. storm drainage, and landscaping. 0 r STREET IMPROVEMENTS 12 Brickell Avenue Service Road Improvements Ilnng) This project involves the construction of a seventy-foot wide service road on the eastern side of Brickell Avenue between SL 15th Toad and SE 25th Road. The road will function as a collector street for the large developments along Drickell Avenue. 13 Duena Vista Street improvements - Phase 1 A (0001) This project is a continuation of street imorovements in the Duena Vista NSA of the Edison -Little River Target Area. an area bordered by i1N 2nd Avenue, W 6th Avenue. Nfi! 46th Street. and NW 54th Street. Improvements will include new asphaltic pavement. concrete sidewalk. concrete curbs ana/or gutters, storm drainage, and landscaping. 14 East Allapattah Street Improvements (2014) This project involves the rebuilding of selected streets within the eastern portion of the Allapattah area bounded by NW 23rd Street. NW 360 Street. NW 7th Avenue, and NW llth Avenue. Improvements will include new asphaltic pavement, concrete sidewalks. concrete curbs and/or gutters. storm drainage. and .landscaping. i5 Manor Street Improvements - Phase III (A014) This project involves the rebuilding of streets in a predomin- ately single family residential area of Model City Improvements ' will be made to selected streets in the area from NW 49th to NW 46th Streets between NW 7th and NW 12th Avenues. Construc- tion will include sidewalks. curbs and gutters and/or valley gutters, asphaltic concrete pavement. drainage and landscaping. STREET IMPROVEMENTS 16 1-95 Bifurcated Ramps (2015) project involves the rebuilding of S.R. 854. the adopted by the City Commission. will protect surrounding low - density residential neighborhoods from traffic impacts and Downtown Distributor. between S.H. 2nd Avenue and Biscayne Downtown potential speculative expansion of high density development. Boulevard. Construction will include twin elevated road- It also will facilitate pedestrian movement, regulate on -street way structure%liffurcating around DuPont Plaza. with an parking. and eliminate unnecessary expanses of pavement within exit ramp onto Biscayne Boulevard Nay and an entrance ramp the redevelopment area. from S.C. 2nd Street. Entrance and exit ramps will also he constructed at S.E. 2nd Avenue. Mother exit ramp will 19 be provided at Miami Avenue. Coconut Grove Transit Station Area --Street Improvements 17 little Havana Street Improvements - Phase I (0037) AOL This project, recommended in the Coconut Grove Station Area Design and Development Plan adopted by the City Commission. has (11056) This project involves the rebuilding of selected streets four elements as follows: In the Little Havana area including the continuation of 1. Sil 27th Lane improvements will facilitate access to the iQuarter. The project is bounded by mprovements in Latin Coconut Grove Transit Station from aged Avenue. The N.N. 7th Street. W. 17th Avenue, S.W. 8th Street. and on project includes curbs. gutters. draainage, and repaving of the east by the 111aml River and S.M. lst Avenue between 27th Lane between send Avenue and Sh Lath Avenue: the Miami River and S.N. Bth Street. Improvements will to Lane and 30th realignment of the intersection at re f include new pavement, sidewalks, curbs and/or gutters, P 30 h Avenue en Avenue: and a street closure on S!� 30th Avenue adjacent to stone drainage -and landscaping. SN 27th Lane. The street closure will protect adjacent law 1 a density residential neighborhoods from transit station 1 1 Vizcaya Transit Station Area - Street Improvements traffic infiltration. (0034) This project involves the construction of four street 2. SW 28th Street improvements are intended to alleviate exist - ing parking/traffic conflicts that may be aggrevated by closures on local streets in the vicinity of.the Vizcaya Transit Station, rolled curbs and a ten to twenty -foot station access traffic. This project consists of the con - Grass and Sidewalk buffer. Adjacent to these street struction of paved parking lanes. curbs and gutters. and drainage. and the installation of street trees on Sit 28th closures on SH 32nd Road, SH 31st Road. SU 22nd Avenue, Street between S4 24th and 27th Avenues. and S.W. 22nd Terrace and thrnughout the area. the curb and jutter location will lie modified to provide turn -around 3. Industrial District Street improvements will eliminate crosswalk peninsulas. and wider sidewalks. space, pedestrian crosswalk serious traffic hazards and establish character suitable Street trees will be planted in the grassy areas between to attract private redevelopment. Thiss project will recon- sidewalks and curbs. These improvements. recommended in struct local curbs. gutters, sidewalks. drainage, and land- scaping on Su 28th Lane, SW 28th Street. SW 31st Avenue. and SU 30th Avenue. X J 4. SW 27th Avenue sidewalk and landscaping improvements Involve sidewalk paving, street furniture, and land- scaping along S4 27th Avenue from S4 27th Street'to U.S. 1. Coordinated with the transit station site and progracowd improvements south of U.S. 1. these ingrovc4ments are intended to create an image that will attract private redevelopment of higher quality and intensity than would otherwise occur and to create a unifying character between the station area and Coconut Grove. Highway general obligation bond funds will be used to con- struct a portion of these improvements. Other sources of funding will be found to complete the improvements. 20 iksign Plaza Street improvements (0029) This project involves beautification of the Miami Design Plaza. Construction will include street pavement, curbs and gutters,_landscaping, and sidewalks where required in the area bounded by SR-195, HE 42nd Street. North Miami Avenue, and the FEC Railroad. 113 21 Overtown Street Improvements (2008) This project involves the rebuilding of selected streets In the area bounded by HH 7th Street, NW 22nd Street. the FEC Railroad. and Interstate 95. Improvements will include asphaltic pavement, concrete sidewalks. concrete curbs and/ or gutters, stormy drainage, and landscaping. QD C M STREET IMPROVEMENTS between M4 17th and 37th Avenues. Construction will include asphaltic pavement, a concrete sidewalk., a. concrete curb and/or gutter. stone drainage. and landscapinq. 23 Allapattah Transit Station Area - Street Improvements (0039) This project consists of street and island trees along NU 12th Avenue and NW 36th Street, closure of NW 33rd Street between . NW llth Court and Mi llth Avenue, and the construction of two corner plazas and a plaza under the rapid transit guideway on RW 12th Avenue and 11W 36th Street. Recommended in the Allapat- tah Station Area Design and Development plan. these improvements will tie the surrounding neighborhood and commercial area to the Allapattah Transit Station. In addition. these improvements. part of an overall effort to revitalize commercial activities through private and public plans. will increase the desirability of the area for reinvestment. 24 Brickell Transit Station Area --Street Improvements (0035)' This project includes new expanded sidewalks on major pedestrian access routes to the Brickell Transit Station (SE/SW loth Street and SW lith Street). decorative sidewalks and street furniture on South Miami Avenue, and street tree landscaping throughout the area bounded by S4 8th Street, SW 13th Street. S4 3rd Ave- nue. and Brickell Avenue. Recommended in the Brickell Station Area Design and Development Plan, these improvements will faci- litate pedestrian access to the transit station and encourage high quality redevelopment. 22 25 2nd Avenue Improvement SU J 6th Street Improvement (8020) (2012) This project involves the rebuilding of SW 32nd Avenue from Rird This project involves the rebuilding of SU 16th Street Road to Grand Avenue. Construction will include sidewalks. curbs and gutters, and/or valley gutters, asphaltic concrete pavement, storm sewers, and landscaping. 2 10 26 Duwntown Street Improvements - Phase 1 (0013) This project involves the Improvement and beautification of streets in the Central Business uistrict. Emphasis will be placed on improving the pedestrian environment to help strengthen and enhance Miami's commercial core. Studies of methods for improving toe pedestrian environ- ment are currently underway. This project will implement specific recommendations in those studies. Uattah industrial Area Street Improvements (7023) This project involves street improvements in the industrial area of Allapattah. The improvements will include curbs and gutters, asphaltic concrete pavement, necessary drain- age. and landscaping in the area bounded by NW 20th to 23rd Streets and iN 7th and 27th Avenues. 28 ' Edgewater Street Improvements (0009) This project involves the building of selected streets in the Edgewater portion of the Wynwood Community Development Target Area. Improvements will include asphaltic concrete pavement, curbs and gutters. sidewalks. street trees. and necessary drainage in the area bounded by ilE 17tn Terrace, NE 35th Street, Biscayne Boulevard, and aiscayne Bay. 29 Nora River drive Street improvents (20091 This project involves the rebuilding of North River Drive between SW 2nd Avenue and i14 7th Avenue. improvements will Include asphaltic pavement. a concrete sidewalk. concrete curbs and/or gutters, storm drainage, and landscaping. M 061 STREET IMPROVEMENTS 30 Douglas Road Transit Station Area - Street improvements (00311 These improvements. which are an important component of the Douglas Road Station Area Design and Development plan, are necessary to eliminate serious traffic and parking conflicts that will impair access to the transit station and will help attract private redevelopment in this blighted industrial area. The project includes reconstruction of SW 39tn Avenue. SW 38th Court. SW 37th Court, Shipping Avenue and Or-nge Street. includ- ing two traffic lanes with turning lanes at major intersections. on -street parking where possible. curbs and gutters. drainage. sidewalks, and landscaping. This project will also provide landscaping. where needed. on streets to be improved by Dade County (Bird Avenue. SW Stith Avenue. and Peacock Avenue). In addition, the project includes a pedestrian overpass across Dixie Highway to provide transit access to the Coconut Grove Community. particularly the elderly housing and Human Resource Center. 31 Culmer Transit Station Area --Street Improvements (0047) This project involves street improvements to improve pedestrian circulation around the Culmer Transit Station and the develop- ment of a plaza for commercial redevelopment. The pedestrian circulation improvements, recommended in the Culmer Station Area Design and Development Plan. will complement the major public investment for transit. and housing in the llignland Park area. Tne circulation improvements will encourage redevel- opment of the area as an inner-city living alternative by facilitating pedestrian access to station and enhancing the neighborhood. improvements will include widening existing. inadequate sidewalks from 4 feet to 10 feet. new curbs and gut- ters. and street trees every 30 linear feet on the sidewalk in the area bounded by NW 14th Street. NW 7t1i Avenue. NW llth Street, and NW loth Avenue. 14 17 cc t a: 32 Park Hest Street Improvements - Phase 1 (00401 This project involves improvements to local streets in the Pam West area as recommended in the Park Nest Redevelop- ment Plan. improvements will include the rebuilding and realignment of selected local streets including curbs and gutters, sidewalks. trees, and landscaping. Park Nest lies In the area bounded by I-395. Biscayne Rouievard. till 7th Street. and the FEC Railroad right-of-way. 33 Santa Clara Transit Station Area - Street improvements (0046) This project involves improvements to make circulation through the Santa Clara transit Station Area more effi- cient, thereby attracting new industry to the area. Side- walks will be expanded and street trees planted along Nil 12th Avenue between Nw 20th Street and 11U 21st Terrace. Sidewalks, drainage. and parkway paving are programmed for hit 21st Terrace between loth and 14th Avenues, N14 22nd Street between NN 10th and 15th Avenues. NY 23rd Street between NU 10th and 15th Avenues. hU 15th Avenue between NU 21st Terrace and NU 22nd Street. Nu 14th Avenue between NN [1st Terrace and 23rd Street. NW 13th Avenue between lot 21st Terrace and Nw 23rd Street, and 114 llth Avenue near the intersection with Nil 22nd Street. 34 Buena Vista Street Improvements - Phase it (000B) This project is a continuation of street improvements in the Buena Vista area bordered by the FEC Railroad. tau 2nd Ave., the Airport Expressway, and 114 54 Street. Improvements will include new asphaltic pavement, concrete sidewalk. concrete curbs and/or gutters, storm drainaqe, and land- scaping. STREET IMPROVEMENTS 35 west little Havana Street Improvements (7021) This project involves street improvements in the area bounded by NH 7th Street. SH ibth Street. Hu illh Avenue. and Nil 27th Avenue. Construction will include street pavement. curbs and nutters. sidewalk improvements. storm and sanitary sewers (where required), landscaping, and street furntiture. These improvements will complement private efforts to upgrade the low -density residential neighborhood. 36 Coconut Grove Village Center Street Improvements (8012) This project involves redevelopment and beautification of streets in the Coconut Grove Village Center. Improvements will be rude to Virginia Street. Rice Street, Florida Avenue. and McFarlane Road. Construction. which will vary with the Indivi- dual street, will include decorative brick sidewalks.curbs and gutters, anA/or valley gutters. asphaltic concrete pavement. necessary drainage. and landscaping. 37 Downtown Street Improvements - Phase 11 (7017) ' Tnis is a continuation of Phase I street improvements in the Downtown area. The streets to be improved will) be selected at a later date. 38 lkirninoside Street Improvements (9006) This prinject involves improvements to deteriorated and substan- dard streets in an older section of Morningside that has single- family and multi -family dwelling units. Construction will include sidewalks. curbs and gutters and/or valley gutters. asphaltic concrete pavement, necessary drainage, and landscaping In an area bounded by NE 550 Terrace. NE 61st Street. Biscayne Boulevard. and Biscayne Bay. '3� 39 florth Daycrest Street Improvements (9007) improvements will be bade to deteriorating and substandard streets in the area bounded by hE 83rd Terrace, the north- ern City limits, Biscayne Boulevard and Biscayne Day. Construction will include sidewalks, curbs and gutters. and/or valley gutters. asphaltic concrete pavement, neces- sary drainage, and landscaping. r40 711Tatwttah Street Improvements - Phase 11 (Onlo) This project is a continuation of street improvements in the Allapattah area bmmded by fill 23th Street. M 36th Street. fill 17th Avenue. and 411 27th Avenue. improvements will Include new asphaltic pavement. concrete sidewalks. concrete curbs and/or gutters, storm drainage, and land- scaping. 41 ` Park West Street improvements - Phase It 11026) This project is a continuation of improvements to local street in the Park West area as recommended in the Park hest Redevelopment Plan. 42 Ilanor Street Improvements - Phase iV (2006) This project is a continuation of street rebuilding in the Manor +ark area bounded by the Airport Expressway, ICA S4th street, M 7th Avenue, and fAl 17th Avenue. Construc- tion will include asphaltic pavement, concrete curbs and/ or gutters. concrete sidewalks, storm drainage. and land- scaping. 4 STREET IMPROVEMENTS 43 Buena Vista Street imorovements - Phase iII (2007) This project is a continuation of street rebuilding in the Buena Vista area bounded by the Atrnort Fxoressway;14 2nd Ave..lfii 54th Street, and the FEC Railroad right-of-way. Improvements will include asphaltic pavement. concrete sidewalks. concrete curbs and/or gutters, storm drainage. and landscaping. 44 East Shenandoah Street Improvements (20)1) This project involves rebuilding approximately two miles of residential streets in the area bounded by Sit Sth Street. S4 22na Street. Su )2th Avenue. and SW 17th Avenue. Improvements will include asphaltic pavement. concrete sidewalks. concrete curbs and/or putters. storm drainage. and landscaping. Silver Bluff Street improvements (2010) This project involves the rebuilding of streets in the area bounded by S. Dixie Highway. Coral Way. SW 17th Avenue. and S4 27th Avenue. Improvements will include asphaltic pavement. concrete sidewalks. concrete curbs and/or gutters. storm drain- aqe, and landscaping. Little Havana Street Improvements - Phase II (7013) This project is a continuation of street rebuilding in the Little Havana area bounded by I111 7ta Street, SW SO Street. W. 17th Avenue, and the Miami River/SW 1st Avenue. Improvements will include aspaaltic pavement. concrete sidewalks. concrete J curbs and/or gutter. storm drainage. and landscaping. 0' July 12, 1983 Mr. Joe Brannon Miami Cable Vision 1306 N.W. 7 Avenue Miami, Florida 33136 Dear Mr. Brannon: RE: CABLE T.V. INSTALLATION Over the past six (6) months, this Department has been discussing cable TV installations with you and members of your staff. It has now become apparent that there is a communication problem between the City of Miami and Miami Tele-Communications, Inc. and Americable of Greater Miami Ltd. with respect to City standards, policy and City Ordinance No. 9332 (Cable TV Franchise). Ordinance No. 9332, Section 204, paragraph (b), states: "All privileges prescribed by this license shall be subordinate to any prior lawful occupancy of the public streets, and the City reserves the right to designate reasonably where the Licensee's facilities are to be placed within the public right-of-way". We request that you and/or your representative meet with the Department of Public Works and the City of Miami cable TV consultant to discuss the following items: 1. Existing cable TV installations not in accordance with City standards and policy. 2. Future cable TV installations that will conform with City standards and policy. 3. Approval of aerial and underground installations prior to construction. 4. Discussion of sections of Ordinance No. 9332 pertaining to the jurisdictional responsibilities of the City of Miami Department of Public Works. 1 of 2 WPAR Tltf `.f of Pl MIC (IRKS 2-5 N.W. 2nId -;trpe!I 1t�itr, , flatc��� 331.3 *0051 579-^oi6 84-20 j U 9 Mr. Joe Brannon July 12, 1983 We do not wish to issue a " Cease and Desist" order of any installation of cable T.V. in the City. It is imperative that you contact me at 579-6865 to arrange for a meeting as soon as possible. Sincerely, William E. Parkes, P.E. Assistant Director AFG:eis CC: Donald A. Hickman Clark Merrill 2 of 2 84--206 C THE CITY OF MIAMI, FL f:''•;'� .,_ `.. 10AUG18 aH901 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 275 N W 2nd STREET MIAMI, FL 33128 J ',•� Aupmt 16, 1983 His=ni Cablevision 1306 N.W. 7 Avenue Miami, n 33136 ATTNs Mr. Charles C. iiercranowski Dear Mr. Hermanowski : Your hand delivered letter dated Aagu�t la, 19839 to Mr. William E. Parkes, of this departvent, is totally unacceptable in substance. The reasoning that you stated in your letter is totally unfounded and can not be entertained. Until the matter of routing the service tables across the streets to serve individual hoaxes has been resolvec you are to cease in installing any more connections. You may continx the train lines only. You stated that you have the City Manager's concurrence an the con- struction plans. This is untrue. The Manager's approval was for a general overall plan indicating the area and time table for the con- struction of the system. The details of how the emstruction was to take place in the area was never approved. This department is responsible for the installation of cables and other utilities withir the ri ht-of-way. It is unreasonable to allow you to continue to install cross connections on streets where we have made the other utility companies spend thousands of dollars to sermons these sake type of oonasctions. This =attar of installing service connections to individual propertie not be discussed in detail and resolved before we will allow any further cable conections to be installed. Please call at at 579-6856 to not up a meting to resolve this proble soon as possible. is ry .4 n i Deaald W. Cather, P.L. Director WEP a rj ecc Howard V. Cary, Ci Manager Clark Merrill .� T►+.s COPY rOA .... 84-206 • 1*4 HAND DELIVERED CKI August 10, 1983 or S. 16 a' G7 i t r,1 William E. Parkes, P.E. Assistance Director `N ' --;01 Department of Public Works 275 LI X. 2rd Street T Miami, FL 33128 :y ' N � Dear Mr. Parkes: Pursuant to your letter of July 12, 1983 and your subsequent meeting with Bill McCarthy, please be advised that at this time' it is not possible to deviate from our cable design and construction plan as approved by the City Manager and the City Commission. We wish to hereby inform you as to the proceedures and steps taken, after we received our Cable T.V.License from the City Commission. Our First step was to hire a strand mapping company to map all of the homes in the City, which took approximately one year. We then had Scientific Atlanta design the cable system showing the routing of all of the lines and electronics so that the system would perform technically and uniformly,guaranteeing all residents quality recep- tion even though we are building over 800 miles of cable television plant. This plan was then submitted to the City and its consultant Atlantic Research and the subseauent "notice to proceed was received from the City Manacar's Office". Predicated on this information, we were abir tc arrive at a reasuhab?e budget for construction and operation, which we then submitted to our investors, our bankers, and finally to the City Commission for their approval. We have also assured the City that we would complete this construction by ,year end 1984. At this time it is not possible for us to, in any way, materially deviate from this procedure and construct on both sides of the street, since it would mean virtually halting all construction, re - mapping and redesigning, the entire system, which would take another year. We would be in violation of our ordianance and frankly have it revoked, which would entail protracted litigation between all parties and delay any construction for years. 1306 N.W. Ah Avenue • Telephone (305)326.1574 • Miami, Florida 33136 page two - cont'd William E. Parkes, P.E. Aug is t 10 , 1983 We would also recuire an additional significant sum of approximately 10 to 20 million dollars to comply with your request and build a plant on both sides of the street. It is unreasonable and unfair for a cable company to construct like a utility company, or be compared to one. A cable company works differently from a utility company and its electronics and plant is constructed differently. While operationally, utilities are virtual "necessities", cable television is a "pure luxury". Futhermore, utilities go before the public service co=ission annually and receive not only rate i- =es for cost over -runs, -but are also guaranteed a fair rat; :=n. A cable company is a purls speculative investmen~ of them have gone broke, including the one I purchas;:,` :.:..::estead in 1977. Another reason why we cannot change our construction policy in mid- stream is that approximately 50% of the City already has strand or cable on the poles. To date, we have found that in•the areas we activated, our home penetration is approximately 50% of homes Passed. Since we cannot predetermine who will or will not take cable utimately, it would be reasonable to complete construction as planned and then see who has taken cable and how we can comply with your reauest. Not only will we know which poles we should be attached to, but we will also be able to build up our cash flow from the subscribers previously added and hopefully not find it '�. necessary to go back to our investors or bankers for additional funds. Our Ordinance No. 9332, Section 204, Paragraph (B), states that the City reserves the right to designate "reasonably" where the licenses facilities are to be placed within the publicmight-or-way. We feel that the approach enumerated above would be a reasonable one for the reasons explained. 0- We further wish to advise your department that we have already pre- paid five million, four hundred thousand ($5,400,000.00) in license fees and deposits and we are also paying four hundred twenty five thousand ($425,000.00) in additional fees, quarterly. Any changes in construction at the present time would force us to stop further prepayments, for the reasons stated above. We wish to also stress that we have alway tried to cooperate with the City and its departments in the past and will continue to do so in the future, if at all possible. Upon completion of this system, Miami Cablevision will examine the system design plan,as well as all rehabilitation projects that have taken place,as well as any future 84 206 page two - cont'd - William E. Parkes, P.E. August 10, 1983 v projected projects, and will comply with your request wherever it is technically feasible. Thanking you, I re in, S i the /'t C ar es C. Hermanowski, CCH:ao Copies to: J. C. Sparkman Larry Carleton Wm. McCarthy Joe Brannon 84-206 . TO: Howard V. Gary DATE: April 13, 1982 City 'manager City of Miami FROM Paul S. Ryerson F3;1,. SUBJECT: Miami Cablevision Financial, Arnold & Porter Design and Construction Pla: This is to confirm that it is the recommendation of Arnold and Porter, and that of our technical consultant, Atlantic Research Corp., that your approval, subject to certain conditions to which Miami Cablevision has agreed today orally, of the amended plans submitted by Miami Cablevision pursuant to Sections 210, 301 and 601 of Ordinance No. 9332 would be consistent with the responsi- bilities placed upon the City Manager by the Ordinance. We -there- fore recommend approval of the plans.' I will presently provide you with a letter which will describe in detail the conditions for approval to which Miami Cablevision has agreed. APPROVAL GP-hl=D AS PER MEMORANDUM: vff4� V DATE: �3 Z . GARY, C y Manager 84-206 CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIOA INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM CI1 Y I4� 1,11. `� , r���CE TO Howard V. Gary City Manager MOM Merry Sue Smoller lwtdd/ Assistant to the City Manager for Cable Communications V r DATE September 14, 1983 VILE SUSACI Miami Cablevision: Installa- tion of CATV Plant REFERENCES ENCLOSURES During the past eight months, the Public Works Department has been in the process of trying to work out a plan with Miami Cablevision as pertains to cable TV installations being performed in accordance with the City's policy on installations and technical standards. The problem is essentially one in which the cable licensee, Miami Cablevision, has routed service cables across the street to serve individual homes, as opposed to routing service cables parallel with the utility lines. To compound the problem, the cable com- pany has installed these cross connections where they are in contra- vention of the City's policy, which has required utility companies t:. :c.;z c c:css connections of that type and install parallel lines. By letter dated August 15, 1983, a Cease and Desist Order was issued to Miami Cablevision prohibiting the licensee from further routing any service cables across streets to serve individual homes until this matter of cross connections has been resolved. Furthermore, Donald W. Cather, Director of Public Works, has requested that a meeting be held between Miami Cablevision and the City as soon as possible to resolve this matter. Miami Cablevision is of the opinion that its cross connections are reasonable in light of the license ordinance. Miami Cablevision maintains that if required to correct the cross connections, con- struction would be substantially delayed, and, moreover, their construction budget does not take into consideration stringing parallel lines as utilities do. At the time construction began, the City had strand maps, i.e., "blueprints" of less than 1% of the total system construction. In contradiction to what Mr. Hermanowski has indicated, the City at no time approved the system design for cross connections as is being constructed by Miami Cablevision. It was not until June that the City received upon request strand maps showing where these cross connections, if any, would be, and the problem of cross connections was accentuated. It is the position of the City that Section 204 of License Ordinance No. 9332 allows for the City to specify how the licensee shall string 84 2U1E. 6 Howard V. Gary Page 2 September 14, 1983 service cables. Section 104(b) states: All privileges prescribed by this License shall be subordinated to any prior lawful occupancy of the public streets, and the City re- serves the right to designate reasonably where the licensee's facilities are to be placed within the public right-of-way. In addition, Section 605(b) provides that, "...all cables and wires shall be installed parallel to existing telephone and elec- tric wires wherever possible...". The City is further of the position that to allow cross connections as constructed by Miami Cablevision to date will create an aesthetically unpleasing sight which the provisions of the Ordinance were intending to preclude. While it is technically feasible for the company to remove the cross connections, the prohibitive contention appears to be that of cost in the estimation of the company. However, the City has requested Miami Cablevision to submit a cost analysis of what would be required in order to correct the cross connection prob- lem. To date, the company has not submitted this cross connection analysis information. Legal counsel for Miami Cablevision has'been contacted this morning by A. Quinn Jones, III, Assistant City Attorney, as well as William Parkes of Public Works, to arrange a meeting early next week to attempt to resolve this problem. cc: Clark Merrill Donald N. Cather William E. Parkes A. Quinn Jones, III MSS:mis 84-206 R c j., Hand -Delivered Mr. William J. McCarthy General Manager Miami Cablevision 1306 N. W. 7th Avenue Miami, Florida 33136 Dear Mr, McCarthy: September 19, 1983 HOA ARD V. GARY Cav Managf­ Your participation in a meeting with City staff and Mr. Dennis Zimmerman, the City's engineering consultant, to be held in Parlor Room "B" of the Coconut Grove Hotel, 2649 South Bayshore Drive, on Friday, September 23, 1983, at 1:30 p.m.,is requested. The subject of the meeting will be Miami Cablevision's response (to be received September 19, 1983) to the City Manager's request (dated September 15, 1983) for informa- tion regarding all problems responsible for the construc- tion schedule delay, your plan of -action for resolving these problems, and the time frame for resolution. Addi- tionally, other issues relating to Miami Cablevision's compliance with the technical provisions of the cable television license ordinance will be discussed. This meeting is separate and apart from your meeting with the City Attorney and staff to be held on Wednesday, September 21, 1983 in the Law Depattment Conference Room of Suite 1101, Alfred DuPont Building, 169 East Flagler Street, to discuss the problem of street cross connections. s cc: Charles C. Hermanowski A. Quinn Jones, III, Esq. Dennis Zimmerman Sincerely, 4U" )L jwj-," Merry Sue Smoller Assistant to the City Manager for Cable Communi- cations 84-2Ob. . MSS:mis U(f (C-f 0' '" (-" • %".'. ".L-0 3i'Y 1 11a 11:01 C"ne Miami, F_or a_33_133-0708 MSi 574-fiWL_ -- __ BILL OF MATERIALS Existing Design rr�r� eERVr,o, A� c�;t.HL (483 OCT , e�1 esign for �bt�i�' AL m of street 2 port taps i 31 75 4 port taps 41 91 8 port taps 56 23 Line extenders stations 7 16 Trunk AMP stations 3 3 Directional coupler 12 3 13 Directional coupler 16 3 5 Directional coupler 8 4 16 Two-way splitters 12 9 .500 cable 12,122' 21,213 '1 362 206 Dwelling units per me Note: This bill of material reflects strand bearing cable. W C jr 0 84-206 HAND -DELIVERED November 30, 1983 Mr. Charles C. Hermanowski President Americable of Greater Miami, Ltd. 1306 N. W. 7th Avenue Miami, Florida 33136 Dear Mr. Hermanowski: On August 16, 1983, the Director of Public Works, Donald W. Cather, P.E., issued a cease and desist order relating to installation of cross connections. You have been in- formed by City staff that the routing of service cables across the streets to serve individual homes is in contra- vention of the City's policy which requires routing serv- ice cables parallel with utility lines. At no time did the City give carte blanche approval for a system design requiring cross connections as presently constructed. It is noteworthy that at the time Miami Cablevision commenced construction, the City had less than one percent (1%) of the design maps of total system construction. It was not until June 1983 that the City requested and received design maps which highlighted the gravity of the problem of cross connections. 'I cannot accept your explanation to the City that your con- struction budget did not take into account the requirement that cable be strung parallel to utility lines. You were well aware of this provision and moreover, you accepted the terms of the license ordinance. You are advised of the pertinent provisions of Cable Tele- vision License Ordinance No. 9332, which are as follows: Section 204(b) All privileges prescribed by this li- cense shall be subordinated to any prior lawful occupancy of the public streets, and the City reserves the right to designate reasonably where the licensee`'s facilities are to be placed within the public right -of- a . Emphasis added.) 84-206 Charles C. Hermanowski Section 605(b) Page 2 November 30, 1983 ...all cables and wires shall be in- stalled parallel to existing telephone and electric wires wherever possible...." While I am aware that representatives of Miami Cablevision and City staff have met in an attempt to resolve this prob- lem, and that no resolution has yet been had, official notice is hereby given that you are in violation of Section 605(b) of Ordinance No. 9332. You are hereby advised of the penal- ties provided for in Section 1002(4) for failure to comply with operational or maintenance standards required by the license ordinance. In accordance with the provisions out- lined in Section 1004, Miami Cablevision is hereby given until 4:00 p.m. on Monday, December 5, 1983, to correct said violation or to present facts and argument to the City Manager in refutation of said violation. 0 r Sinc y Howai V?ary City Mana 84-206 LAW OrrICES MYERS, KENIN, LEVINSON, RUFFNER FRANK 6 RICHARDS r BRUCAJ 9f RMAN OEBRAE COHfN CA PRY rPANK, P A RICHARD A rPEEMAN MARTIN S rRIEOMAN . CAROLE KENIN GANGU:IA EOWIN M GINSBURG WILLIAM M GRODNICK POBERTE HOWARD DAVID S KENIN, P A PETER A LAKRtTZ EDWARD E LEVINSON KATHLEEN MARKEY PAUL M MAPMISH KENNETH M. MYERS, P A S TANLEY C. MYERS PA TRICK PATRISSI TERRY V PERCY DALE S. PECINELLA GEORGE R PIC-AROS, P A P. M C. POSE CHARLES L RUrrNER WILLIAM E SUNOSTROM • ILENE TEMCHIN SYDNEY S TPAUM MELVIN E WEINSTEIN, P A JErr REY WEITHCRN . TALLAHASSEE OrrICE A PARTNEPSHIP INCLUOIN I, PPOrESSIONAt ASSCrIAT�ONS ISP CKELL EXECUTIVE TCN;. '� 1428 BPICKELL AVENUE MIAMI, RLOPICA 33131 TELEP-ONE '305) 37:-9 C4' December 5, 1993 The Honorable Howard V. Gary City Manager, City of Miami c/o Office of the City Manager 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL. 33133 • _. ... LE C7'3vaaLAN t1900 girl C-BLC ACDOR SS '-APC" TALLAHASSEE OrrICE 1020 EAST �ArATE-TE STP£ET TALLAHASSEE. VLORIOA 3230t Tt Lt PHONE (904) 222-9191 Re: City Manager's Letter of Ncverber 30, 1983• Construction and Relocation Proposals of City Manager's Office re Miami Cablevision. Dear Mr. Gary: We are in receipt of your November 30, 1983 letter addressed to Mr. Charles C. Hermanowski, General Manager of Miami Cablevision, and this response is written on Miami Cablevision's behalf. The request of the City Manager's Office to "cease and desist" the installation of cross connections carries with it a mandate that the entire cable TV system of Miami Cablevision in the City of Miami be constructed in parallel lines on both side of the streets in those areas designated by City resolutions as "Highway Improvement Districts". Since the Highway Improvement Program contemplates eventual construction throughout the entire city, the mandate to construct the system on both sides of the street would require a re -design and re -construction of the entire cable TV system. The cost of this re -build, assuming,the Highway Improvement Program continues and encompasses the entire city, will be in excess of 15,000,000 dollars, Under the provisions of the Cable Television Ordinance you cite, Section 204(b) allows the 84-206 . r The Honorable Howard V. Gary December 5, 1983 Page Two City to designate "reasonably" where the licensee's facilities are to be placed. In view of the fact that this project is city-wide, and the cost of a mandated re -build would be in excess of $15,000,000, it is be,ond contention that such a mandate is unreasonable. Before commencing the initial construction of the system, the cable company was required to obtain approval from the City Manager of its system design plan. Pursuant to that requirement, the company submitted to the City's then engineering consultant, Atlantic Research Cyr -oration, in the presence of the members of the City Manager's staff, a detailed engineering system design for the first five miles of construction. This plan clearly illustrated the design method and philosophy with respect to cable line construction for the entire system, and Atlantic Research Corporation so understood. At that time, Atlantic Research requested certain changes in the plan involving trunk routing for better distribution from the head -end. Atlantic Research did not comment or suggest a routing of distribution lines on both sides of the street, nor have they ever made such a request, nor was such suggestion ever raised by the City Manager's staff during the approval period of the design plans. Thereafter, based upon a final approval of Atlantic Research and the City's staff of the general design plan (again, the plan submitted was indicative of the entire design plan for the system, which was clearly understood), the City Manager sent to us a Notice to Proceed, which authorized the company to commence construction. Even prior to the construction approval period in the history of the cable ordinance, and as early as December 1980, the request for proposals were submitted to all cable television applicants. Neither the earlier request for proposal in 1980 nor the subsequent and final request for proposal ever included or mentioned that substantial and significant highway improvements were contemplated througout the entire city, and that because of it construction by the cable television company on both sides of the street would be mandated. Our understanding is, as a matter of fact, that no one from the City's staff ever contacted the Public Works Department during the course of preparation of the RFP's to ascertain the nature or extent of these Highway Improvement Programs. The RFP went to great lengths to describe certain system specifications, such as 108 channels, MYERS, KENIN, LEVINSON, RUFFNER, FRANK & RICMAROS 8�-206 BRICKELL EXECUTIVE TOWER, 142S BRICAELL AVENUE, MIAM1, FLORIDA 33131 ►[ IIVV The Honorable Howard V. Gary December 5, 1983 Page Three a two-way operational system, a third system for an institutional network, community access channels, the minimum number of local broadcast signals, and a nurber of other technical specifications regarding the system's nature. Nowhere did the RFP specify a parallel construction on both sides of the street, a system design which would be highly unusual for a total system, and a departure from normal system construction in the cable TV industry in the United States. None of the cable TV applicants submitted proposals for construction on both sides of the street. While it may be desirable to construct lines on both sides of the street in certain pockets of the system due to high density (and the company is so doing in these areas), nowhere in the United States has it ever been required of a cable television company to construct an entire system in a parallel manner on both sides of the street. The City Manager's Office has also been giver system design maps, on a month -by -month basis, for each phase of construction prior to that month's construction, showing the system design for that phase of construction. In each of such design maps, it has been clearly illustrated to the City Manager's staff the methodology and nature of construction of the distribution cables on one side of the street, except for certain high density area pockets. Even prior to the submittal of these monthly system design maps, there were numerous meetings with the City Manager's staff, on numerous occasions prior to July 1983, and at no time during these meetings was it ever suggested by the City Manager's staff that the system be re -designed or re -built to run on both sides of the street. It was only in July 1983 that the cable company was advised, for the first time, that the Public Works Department was mandating a cease and desist of installation of cross connections, and thus was mandating parallel construction of the cable TV system on both sides of the street. It was shortly thereafter that the company began meetings with members of the City Manager's Cable Television Staff to discuss the issue. During those meetings, we explained to your staff that such a mandate, at this late time, would require a re -build of the system at a tremendously high cost, not contemplated by the original RFP, not contemplated by the original approval of the system design by the City MYER5, KENIN, LEVINSON. RUFFNER. FRANK 3 RICHARDS BRICKELL EXECUTIVE TOWER, I.4:8 BRICKELL AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIZ�A 33131 84-206 The Honorable Howard V. Gary December S, 1983 Page Four Manager, and certainly never contemplated by the cable TV company in the financing of its system construction, which financing plan, by the way, was approved by the City Commission. The nature of a cable television system is a radio frequency transportation system, unlike the communications system of Bell Telephone, and has no similarities to that of power distribution embodied in the electric company's system. Both the electric company and the telephone system are are a multiple feed system, allowing these entities to relocate their facilities readily, as needed, without significant re- design or re -construction. On the other hand, the radio frequency system of a cable company originates only at the head end and can only travel one way into the system. Thus, in a uni-directional system, which is the nature of cable television, there is much more rigidity in its construction design, once constructed, than there is in a multiple directional system involving electric or telephone signals. The electric and telephone companies have a regulatory system that will allow it to recoup any costs of such reconstruction or rehabilitation in their rates, which FPL and Southern Bell has done and continues to do. The cable company does not it enjoy a similar regulatory climate that mandates a reasonable rate of return at every stage of its life. As you know, the rates of this company are frozen by ordinance during the construction period. Therefore, the only financing which this cable company has at its disposal is that financing which was approved based on its construction proposal and design, which financing plan was approved by the City Commission._ .. That construction plan contemplates a $50 million expenditure, but did not contemplate a major expenditure above that, which would be mandated by the present proposal of the City Manager. AV The requirement in the Cable Television Ordinance, generally embodied under Section 206, to relocate portions of this cable system in the event of a "public works" or "public improvement" project clearly contemplates the type of public improvement project which is in a single identifiable location, such as a new city hall or police station. This is understandable, and the cable would necessarily have to comply with a reasonable relocation in the light of such a public improvement. However, it was never contemplated in the ordinance, nor by the cable company or the City Manager's MYERS, KENIN, LEVINSON, RUFFNER, FRANK 6 RICHARDS 84--206 BRICKELL EXECUTIVE `JwER, 14Z4 BRICKELL AVErJtJE. MtAW. FLORIDA 33131 f It The Honorable Howard V. Gary December 5, 1983 Page Five staff, that there would be required a total system re -build because of a city-wide public improvement project, extending throughout the boundaries of the municipality. We should also call to your attention, that even if the city-wide Highway Improvement Project was initially contemplated in the ordinance (which it was not), there is nothing in that massive city-wide requirement that would mandate a construction of a cable television system on both sides of the street. The only reason this requirement has exposed itself is a desire of the Public Works Department and the City ;Tanager's staff to improve the esthetics of the city streets. Such esthetics, however, are not inherent in the Highway Impr-_%e*:ent requirements. We understand the desire of the City Manager's staff to achieve an esthetically perfect city, unencumbered by unsightly cross connections in various places. Although the cable company would like to accommodate these desires, it cannot possibly do so within the realm of reasonableness as to cost. We are willing, however, to sit down with the City Manager and the staff to discuss other altern�a ves which could possibly be accomplished. However, the requirement to relocate because of the Highway Improvement Projects does not carry with it the mandate to construct the cable television system on both sides of the street. Even the construction commensurate with the cable company's system design, on the one side of the street, will require major expenditures not initially contemplated in the financing plan submitted to the City and the company's financial institutions. Because of this, the cable company wishes to discuss further with the City Manager and the City Commission the question as to who should assume the ultimate financial burden of this required system reconstruction, brought about by the Highway Improvement District City-wide Program. We respectfully request that the entire matter be placed on a January agenda of the City Commission, where all phases of this question can be openly discussed and hopefully resolved. I request that the matter be set down after January 10, in view of the undersigned's absence from the state during the early part of January. rd'a1 y� I.c th M. M ers On behalf of Miami Cab evision KMM:sml cc: Clark Merrill Merry Sue Smoller MYERS. KENIN. LEVINSON, RUFFNER. FRANK 6 RICHARDS 134--06 .< BRICKELL EXCCUT:tiE T=I#EA, 14�lti 3QICKELL AVE-.uE, MIAMI. FL31410A 33131 r EXHIBIT II-B w r 84-206 0 EXHIBIT II-B It of 84-206 .r It it ewdffimm HOWARD V. GAR city Manage U HAND DELIVERED January 11, 1984 Mr. Charles C. Hermanowski Miami Cablevision 1306 N.W. 7th Avenue Miami, Florida 33136 Dear Mr. Hermanowskis On November 30, 1983, Miami Cablevision was given .notice of an alleged violation of Section 605(b) of the City of Miami Cable Television License Ordinance No. 9332. This violation was premised upon the cable licensee's installation of cross connections in contravention of the policy set forth in the aforementioned section of the license ordinance which requires that service cables be routed parallel with existing utility lines whenever,possible. You were advised that Miami Cablevision had until December 5, 1983 to correct this violation. Having reviewed the response of December S, 1983 submitted by Kenneth M. Myers, Esq. on behalf of Miami Cablevision, and having reviewed this matter with my staff, I have concluded that there is a basis for assessing a penalty for failure to remedy or put an end to this violation. In light of my conclusion, I am directing the exactment from the security fund of a penalty of $2,500 per day in accordance with the provisions of Section 1002(4) for each day that non-compliance continues. This penalty will run from January Up 1984 until such time as Miami Cablevision brings its cable installation into compliance with Section 605(b). You are further advised of the provisions of Section 1001 that Miami Cablevision is required to pay or deposit with the Department of Finance of the City of Miami a sun sufficient to restore to the security fund those amounts withdrawn within ten (10) days notice to Miami Cablevision that any amount has been OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER 3500 Pin American Drive/Miami, Florida 33133/(305)579.6040 84,-206 Mr. Charles C. Hermanowski January 11, 1984 Page 2 withdrawn from the security fund. Sincerelv. Howard V. ary City Mana. r HVG/AQJ/wpc/ga/152 cc: Lawrence J. Carleton Clark Merrill Jose Garcia -Pedrosa, Esq. A. Quinn Jones, III, Esq. Merry Sue Smoller Kenneth M. Meyers, Esq. t 84-206 LAW OrtICtS MYERS, KENIN, LEVINSON, RUFFNER, FRANK & RICHARDS A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROrESS10NAL ASSOCIATIONS •RUCt J. NMAN btiRAt.COH[M DRICKELL EXECUTIVE TOWER SIARR� rNANR, P. A. AICNARO A. /R[tMAN 1428 SPICRELL AVENUE LION RAGLAN MARTIN I. /RItOMAM • MIA` I. rLOR1OA 33131 (IOOi •1974) CAROLL RCNIN GANGUZZA tGWIM M. GINlIDURO T[L PmoNt (305) 371-0041 CAOL[ AOORtSS "MY14APO" WILLIAM M. GROONICR ROstRT C. NOWARO TALLANASStE OMCC DAVIO S. RENIN, A A. 1020 LAST LArAr[TTC STRE[T P[T[R A. LARRITf tOW N January 11, 1984 T1LLINAS![t. rLOR10A ]f]OI ItATNItEN MARRtr LIIAN W ROCY PAUL M. MANMISN T[LtowoNt (004) 222-0101 RLPIMETN M. MYCOS, A A. STANLtV C. "Teas PAVNICR PATRISSI _ ?COOT V. PtNCT CI r". - DALt S. OCCINtLLA 090009 R. RICNAROS. A A. A. N. C. Most . CNARLtS L. NUrrNtR wILLUM C. iUNOlTRON • _.._ IL[NC TtI.CNIN 8VONtr S. TRAUM •/ 64ELVIN C. W[INST[IN, A A. Jtlrotr MI[ITNORN . TALLANArSt[ GrFICC 7 7, The Hon, Maurice Ferre Mayor, City of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL. 33133 Re: Miami Cablevision - Citation by City Manager of alleged violations in construction of the cable system: Request for specially set 2ublic hearing.' • Dear Mayor Ferre: As you know, we requested of the City Manager, on behalf of Miami Cablevision, a special hearing of the City Commission to consider certain amendments to the Cable Television License Ordinance of the City (Ordinance No. 9332). The cable licensee considers these amendments as essential to the continued viable existence of the Company and its ability to provide cable television service to City residents at a reasonable cost, under a resonable regulatory environment. It is true that the cable operator initially accepted the City license as currently written. But it is not unusual, either for a City or for an investor owned company, after it has accepted a contract, to find after experience of time that certain provisions must be modified in order to enable the operator to carry out the original intent of the parties under the contract in a workable manner. Such is the case with Ordinance No. 9332. 84-206 The Hon. Maurice Ferre January ll, 1984 Page Two Additionally, we have received notice of alleged violations of the ordinance from the City Manager, assessing penalties totaling $7,500 per day, effective January 11 and January 15, 1984. The cable operator strenuously opposes these penalty assessments as having no valid basis in fact and thus wholly unjustified. We ask the Commission to revoke these penalty assessments as part of the special hearing agenda. The City Manager has advised the Company that he would not recommend a special hearing for at least the "next few months," after the time the City Manager submits its next evaluation report to the Commission. We submit that the matters to be considered by the Commission are urgent to the continued economic survival of the Company. We are therefore requesting the Mayor to call the necessary special meeting to be held sometime during the first week in February 1984, allowing due time for the City Attorney's Office to publish proper notice of the proposed ordinance changes and the related items described above. Many thanks for your kind cooperation in this most urgent matter. Very truly yours, Kenneth M. Myers On behalf of Miami Cablevision KMM:sml cc: City Commissioners Mr. Charles C. Hermanowski Mr. J. C. Sparkman vl�rose Garcia -Pedrosa, Esq. Hon. Howard V. Gary MYERS. KENIN. LEVINSON. RUFFNER. FRAN- 91CHARDS 84-206. ORICIICLL CXCCUTIVC TOWER, 142a OnICKCLL AVCNUf 1, iLORIDA 33131 CITY OF MIAM1, FLORIDA TO File - Cable T.V. . INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM DATE January 6, 1984 FILE. SUBJECT Cable T.V. Aerial Crossings of Roadway �✓��'i� FROM REFERE14CE5: -• Jack H.' Stark .Highway Section ENCLOSURES: ' Today Joe Brannon telephonedand said that Cable T.V. could not deviate from their standard installation. On our highway rebuild- ing -projects, Cable T.V. will maintain their normal one sided cable run. He stated that their lawyers had already notified the City by letter and they had told the City in.meetings that this would be their policy. He stated that they are not a utility and not subject to the references in the City -Code and Charter that refer to utilities. He said its up to the lawyers now (City & Cable T.V.). Joe Brannon's telephone call was in response to my discussion with the Cable T.V. representative today at the City's pre -construction meeting for Allapattah Industrial Area Highway Improvement B-4485. JHS : r j 84 20t EXHIBIT II-C w 84-206 0 W r ALLAPATTAH INDUSTRIAL AREA HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT -PHASE I, B-4485 PUBLIC WORY,S CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. REGARDING CABLE T.V. INSTALLATIONS, RELOCATIONS, ANT UTILITY CLEANUP REQUIREMENTS OF CITY OF �dIA;fI 5/19/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from Donald Cather alerting them to our upcoming project for rebuildine roadways within our Allapattah Industrial Area Highway Improvement - Phase I. 6/15/83 Letter to ;fiami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William Parkes with a set of the City's preliminar•. highway construction plans for this project. 7/19/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from Donald Cather discussing our schedule and notifying them of a Utility Coordination Meeting scheduled for August 2, 1983. 8/5/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William Parkes with the results of the August 2, 1983 Utility Coordination Meeting. Page 1 of 1 PREPARED BY: CITY OF MIAMI DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS DECEMBER 22, 1983 84-206 ORIGINALS LSO SENT TO: "fr. Scott ►4ulcahy, Southern Bell `tiami District Engineer cc: Mr. George Fortner, Div. Mgr. Mr. Scott Mulcahv, Southern Bell Airport District Engineer cc: Per. George Fortner, Div. Ttgr. Flu f,ua t 5 , 19 33 Mr. Garrett Sloan, i�FT&SA cc: Mr. Tom Peck Mr. Roman Wenglowskyj !-Ir. Bob Wallsn Florida Pover u Light Co. ..,_=>w - Mr. Joe Bra non, Miami Cable Vision is P.O. Box 529930 cc: Mr. JoP..5 v sky, Byers Comm. . : tieai . P3. 33132 Mr. Don Sterba, Fla. Gas Trans. Diar Lir. Wallana * r. Echgard Gainey, AT&T .,r. Don Nicholson, Peoples Gas ALLAtAT<AH INDUSTRIAL ARFA HIGWAY I:,P&0VM.ET71'Z-PWZ I B-4485 On Auguat Z, 1983, a utility coordination maetiag was bald in our oz£ica: for Allahattath Induatrial ArAa highway tmprovameac-Phaac I. Sat attachad asap for the boundaries of the project. The purpose of the moatf.ng was to discuss than utility cleanup and modifications necassitated by chu hl&bmay rabuildinr and to assist in cha coorli.- cutcion of cha utility work so that it will be accomplished prior to this hi;iraay contractor starting his work. The City is planning to award a bid in November, 1983, and our contractor is scheduled to atart construction in February, 1984. Attach d is a list of individuals in attendance at tha matting and follawing is a str=ary of tha itsaa discussad concerning each uellicy CC41p6:i jT. eilAIII DADE sir. Wanglowskyj said tha Authority will have to jAft-K & Stn% replace approxLmately 4,600' of 2" Boater mains AL`'T '0 iT with 12" waLor :mains. Oa H.U. 21 Terrace between V.W. 17-19 Avenue* a 36" vatar main exists with old "Rondo joints". Speaial care must be takan bq our contractor so as not to disturb thase fragile joints. Mr. Alberto Eateves(tal.665-7471) of the Authority will be tha engineer for this project. SOU"VILE.VU B LL Mr. Hahn :epresenta3 the Miami. Diatric: which will handla the area eaae of ii.W. 22 Avenues. He was filling in for pis. Pat Galligar, •tiginear for this project. He will relay to her our concern that all utility work be completed prior to Fabruary, 1984. All utility polar rust bar concrets and are to be located at the back of sidewalk (field face of pole at Rrj lino). Page lof3 84-20C. r ..1 W Mr. Bob Wellen August 6. 1953 !.. SOL'MERN BELL_ i r. Jay Rodri;!usz r3prasanted tha Coral Gablea District whlc: will handle the area crest of N.W. 12 A anus. HO urgoatlq ' nseds PrW a proposed pole layout and `ha pales installed as saon as possible. S.B.T. has to install new cable on N.W. 21 Tarrac3 very soon and they do not went to install it on the existing wood poles and alhan transfer or in4tsll new cabla on the proposed Concrete poles. FLORIDA PO:JER M'r. Bob Carpanter filled in for 11r. Bob Wallan who time on vacation. He stated that sir. ode llen had r4quasted approval from ML to uaa concrete poles but the final authorization had not been si.grao i. Far. Paul Weir (tel. 442-5540) the engineer for this projoct exp2ctad to iueve his preliainary pule layout c0np10ted by mid -August, 1933. All of FM's construction is estimated to be completed by January 15, 1934. ML will sat tha polea at the R/W line per our request but on N.W. 21 Terraca between V.61. 22-27 Avenue they will have to obtain acme easem�ct:i in order to accomplish this. 0a the south side of N.W. 21 Screat betaeea V.W. 17-21 Avenues a wood pole line was installed by ML only a fezv years ago. Thia pole line is at the R/W I1na. The City agreed to allow this pole line to remaiu but the ovarhead traverse crosaings of cho street crust bra almost totally e11minated. Tho design of street lighting for this project should be acco:aplishad by ML as part off" chair cleanup and relocation of utillity poles. 11.:3w light locations should be coordinated with tho ncrs utility pole placemaat and the lights should be etadgared as much as possible at approximately 125' to 150' spacing. CABLE, T.V. �_ R*presentative3 from these companies were not in PF,UP C!� attendance at the ©eetiag. A completa check is needed by th®sa companiaa of thoir existing and proposed facilities and all their improvemeats or relocations tit be completed prior to February, 1984. A► MICAN They notified us by 1ett3r that their lines (to not TLLEY56MIN; & conflict with our project. F`�iR�3�GAS 'i'i MMSHIMb On Pag4 2 of 3 84-206 a 4 Ur. Bob Welton August 5, 1983 Ne .:ill forward a sec of final construction puns in Gepce tuber, 1983. li you have any quwstions eanc:arninR this protect, please call Bill Mackay, Hi;hway Engineer, at 579-6835. Sincerely, Willi= E. Parkas, P.E. Assistant Director k f Enclosirest List of persons at 3/2/83 =eatirg Map of roadways being rebuilt CC: Bill Allison be : Hi.-hways "" s — Sewers Construction Contract B-4485, B-5497 Page 3 of 3 84-206 i U ALLAPATTAH INDUSTRIAL AREA HIGHWAY IyIPROVEi4ENT-PHASE I B-4485 UTILITY COORDINATION MEETING AUGUST 2, 1983 NAME FIRM & ADDRESS TELEPHONE NO. Bill Mackey City of Miami 579-6865 275 N.W. 2 Street Jack H. Stark City of Miami 579-6865 275 N.W. 2 Street Len Helmers City of Miami 579-6865 275 N.W. 2 Street Jay Rodriguez Southern Bell -Coral 447-0094 Gables District 250 Alhambra Circle Room 338 Scott'E. Hahn - - -Southern Bell, Miami 350-8015 District 330 Biscayne Boulevard Room 711 Bob Carpenter FP&L 374-5333, ext. 212 One Biscayne Tower Roman Wenglowskjy MDW&SA 665-7471, ext. 342 3575 S. Le Jeune Road 4 84-206. l T � ~ tt eR !, In t� r yy LJ FIF] t E I G t� eT aaYtTocw a tI' N w. • ILtY. Mw t] T(R • � tcwoo4 _ N ripe !! ]T. s Nv •� — titTlON r !T Nw to L I� a —AT. — Is M ~ ~ •� + = M N w. to Il W. al TCR. _u1 netut sillllt!1!lt TtR". t _1I� t Rlltii 1W t is ,�■T.- 111111 Nails!!•t�t!!!!!t#ettunt�tttitett�t s� ■ s- * s s s Nr. •o to st. 0 ALLAPATTAH INDUSTRIAL AREA HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT —PHASE I H-4485 i I Ju17 19, 1963 ►'r. Joe Lrannnn Cable Vinion 306 :; .::. 7 .kvsinue :ia73, FL 33136 Dear :,r. :,rawwn: ta...i.ITAe1A'.i .tT.;.A :.Z�_,';r�Y Z'.r^i 0.:.: �:;T ems:`..•.... I ::-1:4r15 01: July Ic, I9C3, t: c :':i&:-i r,-it,. Cor: :;-sign ,,Rvp this F.er,arti:e:�t 1'7)Z1rova: to roceea !::i.tt: Vic, corstiiction of e.11apattah industrial Area 'Hii:h�way I,xorover e::t - Phase I :!-/,4^5. ':'}-.is project wets outlined tn. you in our previous corresponricr_ce e:tad Vay 19, 19S3. There hsve been no additions or deletions to the project li,.its s stated in our ::ay. letter. Tile City's contractor ::ill begin construction in 1'ebrraary, , 1934. T11:is hi, h:;aq project, lire most, c A our recent I:igla ay projects, gill include a_ 90 day delay in the start of construction. ':'his %belay starts on ti.e day V.o CIty Comlission g-.;-.:rds a contract pad is inter eed to give the utility cor::par•ics ndditia::al ti-e tc cou.Flate th rir improve^►ent Mork. Thi< will give t:ie utility coz-n-arias urzti? Vanrunr; 10, 191 4 iZ w.:ich to co-171-.:te all thcir relocation cork and i _^r:trvcrents. Ve have scheduled a utility coordiratien meeting for this project for 10:00 a.m., Tuezdav, A4,st 2. 1953, in our 4th £;.cop corferenca room ;1416, 275 N.-W. 2 Street. Please make arrtmrcrce :ta ,for your project engineer to attend. Please coordi.nwte t::e I of your zucilities `eich Soutkern tell an•: %iorida Po-yer Cie Li;i-it. rage 1 Of 2 V Q4-206. Joe ' .:s;:natl Jut 3 Zf you have Ptiy questI.-Uns c, i:cern:r this nro jest, please call i, an "ac}rev, ; is iway En-1.:cE•r, at 57n-Gf'65. inccrei7 •. „ for 42i �:cclosuro : Location • N-,i cc: J. ::u.�h.y, aycra Ccr=. bc: Higliways�— � e' Smirs Construction Contract B-4485 Paka 2 of 2 84-206. June 15, 1983 Bob Wellen Florida Power & Light Co. One Biscayne Tower PO Box 529900 Miami, Florida 33152 Dear Mr. Wellen: 1 ORIGINALS ALSO SENT TOs Peoples Gas, D. Nicholson ;Iiami. Cable Vision, J. Brannon w/ cc: to J. Kusky, Byers Comm. Southern Bell, Scott rlulcahy, District Mgr. of Miami District w/ cc: to G. Fortner Southern Bell, Scott Mulcahy, Dist.2•Sgr.AirportlCoral Gables w/ cc: to G. Fortner ALLAPATTAH INDUSTRIAL AREA I1IGh7, AY I:IPROVEZIENT - PHAsE I, B-4485 PRELIMINARY PUNS Attached is a set of preliminary plans for our Allapattah Industrial Area Highway Improvement - Phase I. These. plans show existing topography and most of our proposed curb, gutter and planter areas. We consider these plans as 25% complete. Our highway construction is estimated to start in February, 1984. If you have any questions concerning this project, contact Mr. William Mackey, Highway Engineer, at 579-6865. Sincerely, William E. Parkes, P"..`"�"� ZAss'stant Director Z. slf Enclosures: Set of Preliminary Plans cc: Bill Allison be : Highway'"l , Construction Contract B-4485 ,ui•�al\:'1f �.. �:'. .,.� .1 ;'i\a'. Jna`�rrrr �t�.trt•.••FlnriJ.� �r':� �'� � -c.,.. 84""20 6, 54PL 1) ORIGINALS ALSO SENT TO: Ed. Gainey, AT&T Garrett Sloan, Miami Dade Water & Sewer cc: T. Peck & R. Wenglowskyj Joe Brannon, Miami Cable Vision cc: J. Kusky, Byers Comm. Don Sterba, FL Gas Transmissions May 19, 1983 Don Nicholson Peoples Gas PO Bost 1.114421 Mia„ ci , FL 33101 Dear Mr. Nicholson: ALLAPATTAH INDUSTRIAL AREA HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - PHASE I-B-4485 The City is planning to start construction of Allapattah Industrial Area Highway Improvement - Phase I in February, 1984. This im- provement involves selected roadways within an area bounded by N.W. 20 Street, N.W. 21 Terrace, N.;v. 17 Avenue and N.W. 27 Avenue. (See attached location map.) Also attached is one sketch showing the proposed typical cross section for these streets. The Allapattah Industrial Area Highway Improvement - Phase I was ordered on April 6, 1983, and is scheduled to be confirmed on July 18, 1983 by the City Commission. This is an assessable highway improvement and the abutting property owners will be invited to the public hearing. There is a possibility that streets may be deleted or added to the proposed project. After the public hearing, we will notify you if there are any changes in the limits of the pro- ject and will set up a utility coordination meeting. However, we request that you start preliminary engineering as soon as possible. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact Mr. William Mackey, Highway Engineer, at 579-6865. Sincerely, - Donald W. Cather, P.E. Director *rHS : s lf Enclosure: Location Map Cross Section Sketch (1) .-7 b c : Highways ' •�. . Construction Contract Ni 4*-20G �' q0 6) i W N W W sT. N W 2• {T. coMlTocR � CLEM. f flJ M NW 23 j T��[ � lCNOOL {`lTION N w 2 3 STI- tT. �6 22 � !T 22 Z Nw. 11 TER. /1 1 u Igo all sill UMW 1 W 11 1 1 Tillllllll��lilll till. s s s s i s fT Nw LiKIN. Ile LT �'�. V w 2i _ �IlllfFItIIIf-1Tiff 1IIiII1111111111111111 111/o loss igloo Itl111II/1It1/111111tt/t111t1 -------------- -- IT - ALLAPATTAII INDUSTRIAL AREA HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT -PHASE I ii-4485 1* '� 25� Z5 5.5 ' 5.5 2 175 0.5 AJEVV O(Z /O Ec.oYIS,<TcIe,vEG NE NOP E1<1srivG PARK/A/C oa�v�rO�v� Dav�uG PARK7.l5Alq rE co,uceETE 51CL4VAL(f /'"ASP<IALT/C C0AJC2ETE ' 5 UeFACE STD•`1VCCETE T. C[J,CB Q�uc ) ur, STD. Coy CONC�2ETE 8L/M �2OC� gAS CU26 AVD GUTTE2 'TYPICAL CROSS-SECTION N G ALLAPATTAH INDUSTRIAL AREA HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT -PHASE I . H-4485 t �� � •�� � ��� � � � � III IIII■III rEAST ALLAPATTAII HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT, B-4481 PUBLIC WORKS CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. REGARDING CABLE T.V. INSTALLATIONS, RELOCATIONS, AND UTILITY CLEANUP REQUIREMENTS OF CITY OF MIAMI 12/30/82 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William E. Parkes regarding utility cleanup standards of the City. Map showing our East Allapattah Highway Improvement was attached. 1/11/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William E. Parkes alerting CATV of our schedule for the rebuilding of roadways within our East Allapattah Highway Improve- ment and stating that all utility work must be completed prior to August, 1983. City asked for schedule of CATV work not yet completed. 2/18/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William E. Parkes scheduling meeting for February 28, 1983 to review the utility companies progress to date. 3/8/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William E. Parkes detailing results of utility meeting held on February 28, 1983. 5/9/83 Note to the file by Jack Stark regarding his telephone conversation with Mr. Brannon concerning CATV's reloca- tion and utility cleanup work and reminding him of our schedule. 6/17/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William E. Parkes discussing our East Allapattah construction schedule and "we pointed out that we expect FP&L, SBT and Miami Cable Vision to keep their aerial crossings of rebuilt roadways to a minimum. In most cases this means building cables on both sides of the roadway." ' 6/28/83 Note to the file by Jack Stark regarding telephone call to Mr. Brannon requesting his schedule for completion of his work. 12/15/83 Letter (certified) to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from Donald Cather telling CATV they are causing unacceptable construction delays to our East Allapattah Highway Im- provement. .. AA• —..��� Page 1 of 1 PREPARED BY: Cr MIAMI DEPT. OF P WORKS DECEMBER 22, 198 V Us December 15, 1933 CERTIFIED MAIL - ft- URN-MC6 Pr RED STED Mr. Joe Brannon Miami Cablevision 1306 N.W. 7 Avenue Miami, FL 33136 Dear Hr. Brannon: I EAST AMAPATTAH HIGHWAY I14PROVEMENT CONSTRU4TION DELAYS CAUSED BY MIAMI CABLEVISION Your company is causing unacceptable construction delays on our East Allapattah Highway Improvement. Initial notification regarding this project was given to your company in December, 1982. At that time you were informed of the neceseity of relocating your facilities when FP&L and SBT installed nev poles at the right of way lines. Letters and telephone calls to you and other Miami Cablevision employees have reiterated tha problems and delays your company is causing. We are again requesting that you mobilise whatever manpower is necessary to relocate your facilities L mediately. Any extra"costs incurred by the-City's contractor may be passed on directly'to Miami Cablevision. ncerely, , Donald W. Cather, P.E. �tLAMA cat Clark Merrill Aset. City Manager - Sue smaller, b Iatergovarnmental Affairs Walter Pie a+ %ct P, A38istant City tianager bc: Highwa ; Construction Contract B-4481 1 • W •� r. •.; CD .+ E 4 ego •1 I IA June 17. 1983 Mr. Joseph Brannon • :,,•,—Miami Cable Vision..., 1306 PI.W. 7 Avenue Ff'n q+i• +1Rr fr.}r :..r:w.•,s'.. r • .%' .4 �•x +af. . r• Miami, Fla. 33136 Dear Mr. Brannont ; BAST ALLAPATTAll HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT B."81 • . UTILITY CLEAN-UP :•.; -.: In our previous correspondence and meetings with you were made aware that our East Allapattah Highway rovement io scheduled for construction to start in August, 1 83. As you know. we expect all utilityy relocations to be completed. prior to that date. PPQ and SIIT are presently relocating their poles and wires to the back of sidewalk. f ;r �. .`� :Zn our previous discussions with you, and specifically in 4• ;our letter of December 30. 1982 (copy attached), we pointed out that we expect FP&L, 'SBT and Miami Cable Vision to keep t "their aerial crossings of rebuilt roadways to a minimum. -In most cases this means building cables on both sides of the roadway. Please keep an eye on your crews to insure that „�..� tP�e • is accomplished. Sincerely, y' William E. Parkes, P.B. ' , ' "•` - tart Director �• •. • mO Copy of Dee. .� t CO 30, 1982 letter _.., cc :. Joht�Kuaky ..Communications VMS Gorr , 4 bc: "Highway roe c'O. Crontract B- A .. 1 s Dec -aber 30 , 1932 i:r. Joseph Brannon :liaoi Gels Visiaa 1306 N.W. 7 Avcnu= Hiami. Florida 33136 Dear Hr. Brannon, HIGHWAY I!%P?OV-1-M-%T PROGRAM - UTILITY CLEAN UP Per our Dacanbar 21, 1932 nesting, Attacbod is a list of our proposed Highway Inprnv_n*at Program for the next six fiscal years. 1 3= also attachla3 shaets showing highway projecte that Savo been completed during the past five years and those that are currantly undar construction. As discussed in our oeating, we expect :SL" Cablo Vision to abide by the utility cleanup standards tbat tho DsparVzont of Public Works astablishes for rsbuilt roadways. In most highway i3provcmeats we require FPLL a:id S.D.T. to r:aat their utility pole linss at tha back of'sidaaalk and at the same ciao achiuvt a ganaral cleanup of their facilities. Aurial crossings of out roadways aru kopt to a miniauz. Wa also take this opportuaity to raaind-you that the sidewalk. curb and nutter and pavement inprovemancs required by the, City, as part of tho ren3dallug of your headquarters buildin,; ou N.N. 7 Avenue have still not barn com letwd. A final certi:ieato of occupancy Will not be iasued until these ioprovemuuts are complutad to our Satisfaction. We look forward to wor;cia_r with you and it you bays any qquo>rtions ploas�e call Mr. William A. Mackay. Uetvaay Engineer, at 579-G36S. Si C!Wply, ' be ► Highways' ='• � Donald W. Cathat.%"P'.Ct': ,.- _ Construction I-D r atur Central KS63If Attactnaat3a C.Z.P. List Project :daps Get Mr. John Kusky. Byers Co=unicstions Corp. 0,10 % 6 � � _ / . | --------------------- . . | _-__- -_' _-____-'_-�_- ^ ------------------ Ell tS J--4 ORIGINALS ALSO SENT TO: Joe Brannon, Miami Cable Vision �=: Jntm Kuslcy, Byers Comm. March 8, 1983 Don Sterba, Florida;Cas Trans. Mr. Don. Nicholson Peoprea Gas P. 0. Box 014421 Miami. Florida 33101 Dear Mr. Nicholson: EAST ALLAPATTAII 11ICIWAY I3PROVr"1E? T B-4481 BX'SULTS OF UTILITY MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 28, 1903 On February 28, 1983. a utility coordination meeting was held in our office to coordinate any remaining utility problems and review the Progreso of utility relocations, cleanup and new installations necessitated by our East Allapattah Highway Improvement B-4431. Followina is a su—ary of the meeting with the three utility companies (Florida Power & Light Co., Southern Bell Telephone. and Miami Dada Water and Sever Authority), that ware in attendance and attachad is an attendance information sheet. Southern Bell S.B.T. has divided the project into three ,:I�p�ono jobs. As of now. they see no problems with Vbs. all of their field work eomplatcd by mid -July, 1983. it.W. 28 30 Streets (N.W. 10 - 12 Avenuo� T6ay ar' a ready to start aittiag po as thi3 week. Their cable transfer will d--pend on FP&L's progress in aliminating the electric drops crossing the roadways. N.W. 30 Street N.W. - 10 Avenues SBT's eng'iusering drawings hAve not boon started for this small portion of the project. N.W. 24 28 Streets N.W. 10-. 12 Avenues) TA s e ii erin& drew ngs are nearly com- plots and a City permit will probably be requested within 10 days. Florida Power 6 YP&L's construction will probably be accom- Li's�t— omompSa plished by outside contract. Thera will be a 3 weak bidding process after engineering is egmpleted. YP&L should be able to meet the August. 1933 construction deadline. c Page 1 of 2 c Mr. Don Nicholson !larch 8, 1933 Florida Power 6 N.W. 28 30 StreetsQ1t.14. 10 - 12 Avenues) 8� CZ-Y pj q. Cont. anc R.W. 30 Street ii. = r�`Avanuae FP&I. s iiami'nary pTa`ns-haveeen bapproved by the City. Tha plans for a purmit should be sent to us by !larch loth. N.W. 24 - 28 Streets N.V. 10 - 12 Avenues2. plans or a pperms t s o � sent tot e City by March loth. N.H. 10 Avenue-O.W. 23 Street - 29 Terrace) riel'Ir nary p Ian* were recently sent to to City. The plans for a permit should be delivered to the City by March loth. There is a possibility that they may have a problem with acquiring a few easements. Miami Dade tinter The water main on N.W. 10th Avenue is and Sewer uutLloritZ adequate. Water mains will be replaced on the othar roadways. We will check the water main layout plans as submitted to us in the mantirta to see if conflicts exist. Elevations for the new water mains should be based on proposed grades and not on existing grades. rinWiSA's work will not be completed by August 2, 1983. Tom Peck will Kandla tha installation of the 13.0001 fast pipo to be installed. The new installations will cost $260,000 (not ..Including restoration of roadways). At the meeting we distributed our final construction plans for this project. Miami Dsda dater and Sever Authority - 3 sets, Florida Power and Light - 2 seta. and Southern 8a11 Telephone - 1 set. Attached is one set of plans for your use. Any questions should be directed to Bill Mackey. Highway Engineer, at 579-6865. Sincerely, QQ��A��s[[s((istant Director Attacbsasnts Attendance shoat. 2/28183 meeting set.ffnalconstruction plans r bes Higbwaysr t Constructia�f­ Page 2 of 2 Contract B-4481 S4-20b rA EAST ALLAPATTAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT UTILITY MEETING - FEBRUARY 28, 1983 NAME ORGANIZATION ADDRESS TELEPHONE Dan Brenner City of Miami 275 N.W. 2 Street 579-6865 Dept. Public Works Miami, Florida Bill Mackey City of Miami 275 N.W. 2 Street 579-6865 Dept. Public Works Miami, Florida Jack Stark City of Miami 275 N.W. 2 Street 579-6865 Dept. Public Works Miami, Florida Rick Herrera Miami Dade Water 3575 S. LeJeune Rd. 665-7471 and Sewer Authority Miami, Florida J.C. Hazelton Southern Bell 214 Alhambra Circle 447-0097 Telephone Coral Gables, Florida (Rm. 105) F. Paez Florida Power and 4200 W. Flagler St. 442-5533 Light Company Miami, Florida L. Dandah Florida Power and 4200 W. Flagler St. 442-5542 Light Company Miami, Florida Bob Wellen Florida Power and P.O. Box 529900 374-5333 Light Company Miami, Florida 84-206 11 Iie ORIGINALS ALSO SE11T TO: Mr. F.C. Shay, Southern Bell CC: Mr. George Fortner Mr. Don Nicholson. Peoples Ga Mr. Garrett Sloan, MDASA / cc: Tom Peck, Dist. Dept. Roman Wenglowskyj Edward Gainey, AT&T • J*Mri Jo Brannon, Miami Cable sion cc: aohn Kusky, Bye February 18, 1983 Comm. Corp. FIr. Bob Wellan Florida Power 6 Light Company Ono 613cayne Tower P. 0. Box 529900 Miami, FL 3315' Daer Mr. Wellen: LAST ALLAPATTAH HIGHWAY VIPROV.:.ffiNT - B-4481 UTILITY MEETING SCREDULLD on March 10, 1983, the City Will receive bids for the construc- tion of East Allapattah highway Improvement - B-4481. Construction o: this project is acheduled to begiu August 1, 1983. All utility relocation work, improvements, ate*, :oust be completed prior to August. I am scheduling a meetin; for February 2S, 1983. to ravLow the utility com. anias progress to data and to coordinate any remain- ing utility problems. Thr meatin3 will be held at 10:00 a.m.. in our 4th floor conference room (04M. 275 N.W. 2 Stroat. Please hava your represoutativa attend this meeting. Sincerely. William E. Parkes. P.E. Assistant Director 6*.: VT A cc: Mr. Bill Allison be. Highways Construction Contracts B-4481 84-20 ' !J[J�e•a,...'�''."!f�,�rr•!?t!f •�-'1♦i 1l.e r. •: `a. .. .�►..raaln. n.♦,,•.+...-..:r.♦y.-•^�♦.... �'-•^vr^.• r,..�••�-•t 1-1 .'January 11, 1933 ` Mr. Edward Cainey A T & T Company 1350 N.W. 40 Avenue Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33313 Dear Mr. Gainey: ORIGINALS ALSO SENT TO: Garrett Sloan, MDVISA cc: Tom Peck Roman Wenplowskyj Mr. Don Sterba, Fla. Gas Transmission Joe Brannon, Miami Cable Vision - CC: John husky, Byers Comm. Don Nicholson, Peoples Gas EAST AiLAPA:TA!: HIG! :JAY I14 RMrE;Gh`T D-4481 UTILITY SC:IIIDUL: NEEDED FOR RELOCATION WORK A contract for our East Allapattah Hichwny Improvement 8-4481 is scheduled to be awarded in April, 1433 and construction is estimated to start in August, 1983. In previous correhpondence and mretings with emthe utility companies, we stressed that all utility rebuildW , re- location, or roval necessitated by highway project must be completed prior to August, I983.' Please let ve know where you presently stand on �rour utility work (and permite), and please supply me witd a complete schodule for any of your work that has not yet been completed. If you have any questions, please call William Mackay, Highway L•'ngineer. at 579-6865. ;w1liam el ✓ E. Parkes. #.E. � L A a start Director S elf bet highway Construction Contract B-4481 ' 84-206 _ . r] Dee--Iber 30 , 1982 i1r. Joseph Brannon :hens CADIO Vision 1306 N.W. 7 Avcaus Masi. Florida 33135 Dear Hr. Brannon, HIGIVAi VIPROMIMS'T PROGRAM - UTILITY CI.Y.AN UP Per our Dscanbar 21, 1933 nesting, ettacbod is a list of our proposed 1:11 ghisy Iaprov,=*c.t Program for tha next six fisccl years. 2 =a alao attaehln3 shoats shovin4'bighway projecta that bavo been cowoleted during the past five rears and those that are currancly undar construction. -- As discussed+in our meeting, we expectM:ila.si Cable Vision to abide by the utility cleanup aeandards Chat tho Uepartnont of Public Worry astablishes for rebuilt roadways. In host hiohaay improvements we require ML and S.D.T. to roan: their utility polo lines at the back of sidewalk and at tho same tiro achieve a general cicaimp of their facititiva. Aerial crossings of out roadways are kept to a aiaia=. Wa also take this opportunity to remind you that thi sidewalk. curb and butter and pavement inprovaaancs required by tho City as part of the re wdeling of your headquarters building on N.W. 7 Avenue have still not been conpincud. A final certificate of occupant) vilt not be issued until these ioproveacuts ara cospluted to our satisfaction. We look forward to workinv_ with you and if you have any qquo:rtions pleas* call Mr. William A. Mackay. Etigtrsay CngiNeer, at 572-6865. &i c!Mply. Donald N. C.i�hat„- p.L�s' ,.. - bet Vi Construction r ctor Caucral 3HS�s1P •. � - Att4ehsrut3: C.I.P. Llst Project :taps cca Mr. John Kuakyy. S7ara Co=uaications Corp. 84-206 .. - ('0 7ES?OVDE:ICE, ETC. :1� AT-ONS, RELOCATiT;S, AND R: ;1ULR:_.:ENTS OF =17i OF :r_',11 1 , li. 8 Litt r to C.ibIQ Vision (Brannon) from Donald Caz:;ur then to our upcoming project for rebuilding road•.aays within our Little River Highway Improvement. 1/1'./83 Letter to :•:iami' Cable Vision fro- Dcnaid Cather outlinin: our schedule for this pro°act and scheduling a utiLi: coo rdinaticn meetin. t-o'r F�bruary 1, 1983. 2/3,'83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from :viiliam Parks detailing results of the February 1, 1933 utili coordination meeting. 3/11/83 Letter -o Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William Parkes with a set of our preli:tinary highway construc- tion plans. Page 1 of 1 e1 PREPARED BY: CITY OF MIAMI DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS DECEMBER 22, 1983 84-206 C 6 n March 11, 1983 sir. Bob Wellen Florida Power & Light Co. One Biscayne Tower P.O. Box 529900 Miami, YI. 33152 Dear Mr. Wellen: ORIGINAL ALSO SENT TO: H.T. Jackson, Southern Bell T61ephor CC: Ralph P. Grieco, S.B.T. Don Nicholson, Peoples Gas -w Joe Brannon, Miami Cable Vision CC: John Kusky, Byers Comm. LITTLE-' RIVER HIGHWAY IMPROVEIKEG.iT - B-4482 PREI,IMPNARY HIGn. 'AY PLANS Enclosed are preliminary plans for our Little River Highway Improvement B-4482. Our highway construction is scheduled to start in October, 1983. If you have any questions concerning this project, please call Mr. Bill Mackey. Highway Engineer, at 579-6865. Sincerely, William E. Parkes, Y.E. Assistant Director Attachment: Prelin-inary Plans cc: Bill Allison (letter only) A��* s�tUS if be : Highways, .- ' F;= 1' Construction' Contract B-4482 84-206, " y! D,_cember 15, 1932 Mr. Don Nicholson Peoples Gas P.O. Box 014421 :Miami, Florida 33101 Dear Mr. Nicholson: �� 5 ORIGINALS ALSO SENT TO: Mr. Edward Gainey AT&T Mr. Garrett Sloan, MDW&S CC: Tom neck, Dist. Mgr. Roman Wenglowskyj _... Mr. Joe Brannon, Miami Cable Vision CC: John Kusky, Byers Communications Corp. LITTLE RIVER HIGMTAY I:IPROVZMENT - B-448 2 The City is planning to start construction of Little River Highway Liiprovement B-4482 in October, 1083. This improvement is bounded approximately by N.W. 73 Straet, N.W. 79 Street, N. Miami Avenue and N.W. 7 Avenue. (Sae attached location map.) Also attached are two sketches shoeing the proposed ty?ical cross sections for these streets. The Little River Hi_hway Improvement was ordered on December 9, 1982, and is scheduled to be con::iraed on January 13, 1983, by the City Commission. This is an assessable hi hway inprovement and the abutting property owners will be invited to the public hearing on January 13, 1983. There is a possibility that streets may be deleted or added to the proposed project. After the January public hearing, we will notify you if thare are any changes in the limits of the project. If you have any questions eoneerniag this matter, please contact Mr. Williar.► :'lackey, Highway Engineer, at 579-6865. Sincerely, r-,-*,,\,/-'* t) I Donald 'W. rCather, ASctors1 -4 Enclosures: Location Map Cross Saction Sketches (2) be : Highway Foy+ 1 Construction Contract B-4482 84-206 . 6- �_ _ _ _ 1. 'I• _T PAP. ; It .J ' 1 I r- I l� y w I d L :�/ / i ! TT 1111IItl�ai.� �Rfi`ill11%It111111l_11111111211111i1111111II11.iii11111t1ioi1111tiII111_tIt1111t1t111111iti11111-If1t L"• LE •� w 1 I ! I 1 ELr4 a �' i 1� 1 .. j • g i—_. �� Tc I �i I �• r � � ' _ 11111It111111t�11111/�IIIIt1111111/tl�tftt11111�f111i/11t11.1�1�11)IIIIIIII/11�• 11_1/1I/1111/11111111111t1111/tttfit/11 Tr crJ � � ' � r` I1111111/Itf1�' { •` ;,T T' I �T �.�---•-------I_—��� .. �.�� �i yw rER Irw �, i I '.�—�.__.� '� i 1_j ��O I I� i_ _ti.-� L_._t— _ �i�` II+ �. �'- I ^ —� I• . LITTLE RIVER HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT H-4482 8' 4-206 250 • 5' 5' 2' 0.5' � • rRAFFIC PARKING L.AAJE LauE COAX.51W • PLANAN TER T2AFFiG LAAIE- i/"ASPN COIL/C. SURAACE — 25' I 2' 6.5 5' D. 5' LANE 02 PLA.(1Tc.0 COMC. swK. 4p . ; % STD. COAdC. STD. lv' C c0AJc. cu26 STD. 2' CoNC. 8,� STD. 2' CO,vC. VALLEY (3UME12 BASE VALLEY CUTTER LITTLE RIVER HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT H-4482 N.W. 75 & 77 Streets N.W. 3,4 & 5 Avenues N.W. 45 & 6 Courts 0. 1 i lot 0.5' NEW O�P EX/STiuG COAICk'ETE SIGLWQLK O C: 5' 0--, 25' /7.5' 17.50 / MASPfIALr1c CwneETE SUeFACE BASE LITTLE RIVER HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT I1-4482 N.W. 74 Street N.W. Miami Place N.W. 1 Court 2�. 5.5' 0.5� AIEW 02 EXISTIAJG CONC2ETE SIDEWALK ``CU,e5 A,uD uTT Q )l t 1 ORIGINALS ALSO SENT TO: � fr. ii.T. Jacicsm, Dist. Southe. Ball. cc. Ralph P. Grieco, Southern Bell Janu.,sry 14, 1993 r n ,'ichols-om, Peoples Gas Hr. Garrett SIom, K7'ii;;S ec: Tat Pack, Dist. iu. F man Wmglcwskyj Koride Power & L 'ght Co. -�, ,fr. Joe Brannan, _tianti Cable Vision, 1 Biacayna Torun P.O. Ci?. 529900 Gr : ohn %13kp, Ey axs CoXmmicati onz ' 'U ►1, Flori•is 3315: Corp. Dactr ;tz. 1{jllara: 24r. Edward Gaiaay, ATaT LIn- "r P.I ZX HIGI AT I:-tP2J'Jn'L,:iT B-44S2 On January 13, 1933, the Miami. City Cc=i:3sion Lava thin Ddpart rant approval to proca%d with the dasi"a and coastracticm :a, Li::tle Riv4r iiigIT4ay Improv=cnt - 3-4482. Th4b.:4 proJc:ct was ouzIlai%dd to Tau in our prtavious currtapoadeaca elated Daces -:bar 13, 1 3.:. Thi ara have been na additioas or del---cioa3 to th4 vrajact Ii:21t3 ss sL'azed 4a our Docambar Iattar. Th,a Cit f' s con; ract:.%r will be ;in co.istma- ti:in in. October, 19S3. This highway project, ls'aca moat of our recent Ughwa7 P:ajacts, will Include'a 30 day delay in tha start of. can3truct3.on. This dalay starts on tb dal the City Co:a,aiaaio3 a arch a contract a .d i3 intended to give the utiiicy co4pania3 additional ti:3e to corapleta thtir i.p.ovemant work. Thi3 will give It uti:.ity co=Panras u.Iti,'. j October 1. 1933. in whLch to co=pt Q-a all their utiiit7 r%iccatian work and improvements I We have achaduled a utility coordination meeting for thi3 ?roj ct i for 10:00 a.m. Tucaaday, Fabrwiry 1, 1933, in our 4th floor conxarance room 441a, 275 N.W. 2 Strsst- PLeasa aaka arr&agamvnts far y7ur project aa-Laear to attend. At the aeeti:g, we will Save you prints of rbo topo-raphy for the roadways within this pra+ect. Zf you have an7 questi.m3 concerniag this project, pl,,aso call Bill IrLackay, Highv2y S:inireir, at 579-6365. ` inc racy, � Ca,/ V Donald W. Gather, .r:. Director n� l/ .. Ulf Zm Io sure t Hap CC: Bill Allison ffo � .� bc: highway Constnxtion --- Concract-B-4432 - - " 84-206 4 r—,T 10 PAP� z ev el Ty Ll r77 L h w. 3 1 ST tow NM it :SJ S-, ltivrR N'A. ELVA. SCOOOL 10, N.W. I too I I III Ito is 1p, r. Nil 111181tILITIlimiliflo I;- 75 Sr to j ZZL wk 14 r on Q w N w is sr I fE- T3 tow Y? FLR [L nil T rj LITTLE RIVER HIGHWAY -IMPROVEMENT 8.4206 H-4482 c Fjbruary 3, 1983 Florida ?ow.r i Light Co. P. 0. J>x 3?99+0J Oae LIL5cYyaa 'i:>�de� FL 33152 Daa.r Mr. Vellan. ORUCI3ALS ALSO SENT TO: Mr. II.T. Jackson, Dilat. Z-Igr. Southern Bell cc: Ralph P. Grieco, Southern Bell Mr. Don Nicholson, Peoples Gay Mr. Garrett Sloan, Wh&SA cc: Tam Peck, Dist. ,Hgr. Roman Wenglowskyj __�► ;ir. Joe Brannon, "Miami Cable Vision CC. John Kusky, Byars Com. ;4r. Edward Gainey, AT&T Mr. Don Stcrba, Fla. Gaa Trans. L:,TT"r* :.X'Td:t Ii1Gi-.:4AY I Ui _t7C..:.'-?" ii' b- i432 vn Fubruarj 1, 1933. a utility coordi:.ation :zcet :.z-,!- wa a hold in our c�fica nor Little 'Ri.tor :iigh:ray imaroveme::t. Sza attached r;a + For th.a b-)undariza of the nrojecc. The purpo3e of the meatin-, was co discujr, the utili, j c;lo.a'_1up rrie. mod.11.ication3-le—C331.Late by thu hA..;hva.7 rabu"Jin� an.i Lo assist i : tha corirdination of cha utility wares so that it will bs ac:c;.)mpl.lihad prior to the hi�;'hwav co=ractor scartin his ;pork. The City i3 to award a bid in J`Iy. 193.1, a.�ci ot:Y�cc:�tractor is aciicdul d C•� Mart co :stri:ct_on in Ot.tobcr, 1933. Attachdd is s liar: of i:i:iitJid:s:a:s in attendanceat tha aa3cin3 and following is a a =7 o: t 6 i.tema di3ci.,-3e3 concerning each utility Company. F-PiL 5 SB'i - All utility polls will be frel,>caced t:> th,; back of sidawal?t (field :ac.a of p,>1_ at ::/:l line), exce c tha thr:u a•isting transmiasiin pol;:3 on N.:.'. S Court. Th3ao polar, ara at a 6' ollfsat and cha City will try to Lua.all planter islaads to protect the polza. F?bL wiil divide the project into four s.:enc o with th_ir applic3clon rcr a pzrmit bain� achedu:_d for F;bruxrv, i;arch, April and 6-:ay. MAW 3 cons:.ruction should start on; aarch a -fear. tha pdrait data and c. ^y should bo abla • to canplace all work by Sapta ab-:r, 19033. 53T stated that their ovurh3ad caolo installation usually has to b2 concingent upon FP&L first tamovin.; all :iati-13 alactric cr033ic7,3. 71-lib b adobe that when Fr.'&L has conplstad their ark, SM' can than start. SB': will try to ba com2l4csd by Jctobar, 1983, but ai:ic_ char : sr�s su many unknowns. thctr�� is a chance they miF;ht clot aake the data. Paga 1 or. 3 84`206 r L� Mr. Bob We 11.,•1 February 3, 1933 Ths dc3ir of atza2t 1ii,:ttin�t far th;s proj`ct should be aeeo,31 Iiaheel by FFSL az aart of their elvanup and ralocation o utility New I ,ht loc:ati--na sh,.)uld ba coordi-.atred with t-he Me,? utility poi placLn_:it and tha lights orould be staEzared as much as poasibla at auproxi;aataly a 150 fear spacineg. ::L1V-I1 DARE Roman Wan6.lcow3kyj (;.el. 665-7471) of L-he Xia:ai Dad, Water and S!iver Authority stated that shay will instal? 6,a0o' of 8" water maina. These new water maia:: w:.11 replace 3,640' of a:isting 2'* water wins and ad! on to exis ti-ig: s?s t"a-m- .. The installations will be coupleted bafore October, 1933, CABLE. T.V. - ?ir. Lawren.:t-_ 3.-Hayers (Lal. 3-75-1574) of :•iiax-ai Cablevisioa and Kr. Felix Tarantino (tal. 573-65-1) I Lyer3 CO,-.Ou lcatians do not plan to install any cable is t'tti3 are, until at I;:nerr December, 1983. Thay Will th era::ora have co relocation probl_ms. lh_y will work closely with SBT during SLT's re- location in 4.)rdor to work out Ideal Future placement of the T.V. cables. PEOPLES GAS __ _63, .�.':Yy - r. Sitrah Warner Company was nor in the gas facilit-1es proposad) 3o as to to Oc:tobcr, 1963. (tal. 573-3320) of Ptuplas Gas at tenda:•:ce but he is revlewin- in that area (bath existin-3 & com?laca aTiy nacessary Work prior r oamA cA$ '�` �A.�IS:i �Is)h::'►-Florida Cas 110t.ified the City by lats:ar that their _-- �- lines do not Corilicc with our project. A_ T_6T - AT&T notified the City by IQttar that they have " facilities on the east s1da of N. i:na: Avenue. Tha-y will re, A. r our plan3 and deterwiao to whit extent they are iavolve:d. Pa,:a 2 o- 3 84-206 Mr. Bob Wallan Fabru&r/ 3, 1983 Wc will for -.card a set of prelt-ainavy construe :i-m plmns in mid - February, 1953. I;. you Lave rtrq qua6tions covwe.ni~tg. c:ais pro i ec* , pleae,� call BI El .lackey, cILi? :way urtpneer, , at 57:-,'j8fi5. vv '..n5.aIff LnzIosureat Lint of Pev rta at 411083 naetin Roadways balair r_►built cc: �:11 Alli:ua be : Hi.ghways"::� ;--.�--.- Construction Contract B-4482 FaFe 3 of z 84-206 S T _ 4_ � 5 T ' N µ sr i c4 ST. I I > 1 I•; � , ICI'r vF 41AY1 i � S'3A+ PAP. a `j-- --- 11I �1 N 1 UZ W • Q 1� � fl .Y I 81 i -I �w 78 i ST A a AP- fv _c"� I: N N T 7 ' r n ' �; a a `' ! ; i I I tl (> _ I� . ' J . 2 w I •f � 1 � I C 1 11111111� 1� 11all .1IlisikillIIIi1t11t1i�111111�111,1���li�siiiltoil 1flE1��7_I'1I1n 111111s111tl771,11_11 NW r. Lt M N Rlv[R N of. 76ELr. low FM I ll " " ST Iri sCNooE r h. �•----- ==w ;- t� 1 .- --- -, t 1 IIIItI-I/1f11111t1Ii11�/t1/1t1it1i111I/IIIIIY/f1/it1f1/11�11111/11111ifITl Iil n/111/1 nli//r111n1jlllnll/n,lE .'11v N W 7�_ � ST ` , � ff � :,v •� •� i w � w - i I _ -- � rhw /A yl w iJ / �. • I I 1 Nw Nw 7? 15T C �--_-� •'f''iw Lih� 4A 71 1ST LITTLE RIVER HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT H-4482 �3' 4-206 L LITTLE RIVER HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT B-4482 PERSONNEL IN ATTENDANCE AT FEBRUARY.1, 1983 UTILITY COORDINATION MEETING NAME ORGANIZATION ADDRESS TEL. NO. Bill Mackey City of Miami-P.W. 275 NW 2 St. 579-6865 Jack Stark City of Miami-P.W. 275 NW 2 St. 579-6865 Dan Brenner City of Miami-P.W. 275 NW 2 St. 579-6865 Sharon Green Southern Bell 100 NE 80 Terr. 754-2511 Don Riedel Southern Bell 100 NE 80 Terr. 754-2511 Michael E. Littlejohn FP&L 4200 W. Flagler St. 442-5508 Lawrence J. Meyers Miami Cablevision 1307 NW 7 Ave. 326-1574 Felix Tarantino Byers Comm_ 2049 N. Miami Ave. 573-6581 *Roman Wenglowskyj WASA 3575 S. LeJeune Rd. 665-7471 Bob Richmond City of Miami-P.W. 275 NW 2 St. 579-6874 0 qt 84 206 :•1ANOR HIG1F.-!AY 1XPROVE:IENT - PHASE IIi. B-4484 PUBLIC WORKS CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. REGARDING CABLE T.V. INSTALLATIONS, RELOCATIONS, AND UTILITY CLEANUP REQUIREMENTS OF CITY OF MIAMI 2/16/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William Parkes alerting them to our upcoming project for rebuilding roadways within our Manor Highway Improve- ment - Phase III. 3/22/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from Donald Cather outlining our schedule for this project and scheduling a utility coordination meeting for April 5, 1983. 4/7/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William Parkes detailing the results of the April 5, 1983 Utility Coordination Meeting. 5/25/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from George Campbell with a set of our preliminary highway con- struction plans. 0 6/20/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William Parkes requesting that CATV relocate their cables to the alleys. 7/21/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William Parkes with attached set of City's final highway construction plans. 11/15/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from Luther Long notifying them of a City pre -construction meeting scheduled for November 29, 1983. Page 1 of 1 4P PREPARED BY: CITY OF MIAMI DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS DECEMBER 22, 1983 84-206' :-IANOR HIGIFAA'i i:•SPROVE:IENT - PHASE III, B-4494 06 PUBLIC 'WORKS CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. REGARDING CABLE T.V. INSTALLATIONS, RELOCATIONS, AND UTILITY CLEANUP REQUIREMENTS OF CITY OF MIAMI 2/16/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William Parkes alerting them to our upcoming project for rebuilding roadways within our Manor Highway Improve- ment - Phase III. 0 3/22/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from Donald Cather outlining our schedule for this project and scheduling a utility coordination meeting for April 5, 1983. 4/7/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William Parkes detailing the results of the April 5, 1983 Utility Coordination Meeting. 5/25/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from George Campbell with a set of our preliminary highway con- struction plans. 6/20/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William Parkes requesting that CATV relocate their cables to the alleys. 7/21/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from William Parkes with attached set of City's final highway construction plans. 11/15/83 Letter to Miami Cable Vision (Brannon) from Luther Long notifying them of a City pre -construction meeting scheduled for November 29, 1983. Page 1 of 1 PREPARED BY. CITY OF MIAMI DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS DECEMBER 22. 1983 84-206 q November. 15, 1983 Mr. Robert J. Wellen, Florida Power & Light Co. Mr. Don Nicholson, Peoples Gas System Mr. C. Kimbrell, Underground Utilities Notif.Ctr. Mr. R. Wenglowskyj, Miami -Dade Water & Sewer Authority Mr. Ed.Gainey, AT&T Long Lines Lt. Richard Stearns, Miami Police Dept. Lt. L.A. Kickasola, Fire Chief's Office Mr. Russ Butler, Dade County Public Works Dept. Mr. S. A. Mulcahy, Southern Bell Telephone Mr. Donald E. Sterba, Florida Gas Transmission Company ___:7P—T5c=Jde Brannon, Miami Cablevision Dear Sir: MANOR HIGHGTAY IMPROVEMENT PHASE III B-4484 Preconstruction Meeting - Nov. 29, 1983 The City of Miami has awarded a contract to Rob -El Construc- tion Corporation on the above project. Construction on this project. located in an area bounded by N. W. 46 Street, N. W. 49 Street, N. W. 7 Avenue and N. W. 12 Avenue, is expected to start shortly. Please check the.p-fans previously forwarded to you to see if any of your utilities conflict with this project and need to be relocated or removed in advance of our construction. ; A preconstruction meeting for this project has been scheduled for Tuesday, November 29, 1983 at 10:00 A.M. in Room 401 of the new Administration Building, 275 N. W. 2nd Street, Miami, Florida 33128. This notice is sent to you so that your repre- sentative may attend the meeting and advise us as to the status of your work, in order to prevent delay in the work of the City's contractor. • :.tea. Further information may be obtained by calling me at 579-6874. Sincerely, RAR:vh Encls. Survey Construction 'Design 'Design Contract Luther E. LongJ Construction Engineer =:'" • �: r j i.S: -. •"•�11'.�.•f � Jrl.�•�� •i •...ram., � /�,;. .. 84=-20*' : tic. :•'ir. Bob Wellen Florida Power & Light Company 1 One Biscayne Tower P. 0. Box 5`9900 Ix Miami, FL 33152 y. Dear Mr. Mellen: ORIGINALS ALSO SENT TO: Mr. H.T. Jackson, Southern Bell cc: Mr. Ralph P. Grieco Mr. Scott A. Mulcahy, Southern Bell cc: Mr. George Fortner Mr. Don Nicholson, Peoples Gas —>- Mr. Joe Brannon, Miami Cable Visior cc: Mr. John Kusky, Byers Comm. Mr. Clark Merrill, Asst. to the City Manager i+lA,'TOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - PHASE III - -B-4484 FINAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PLANS Attached is a set of final construction plans for our Manor ._ Highway Improvement-Phaso III - B-4484. A contract for this f� project is scheduled to be awarded on October 13, 1983. Our highway construction is scheduled to_start in January, 1984, and all utility work must be completed prior to that date. If you have any questions, please call Mr. William Mackey, Highway Engineer, at 579-6865. i Sinceroly,�--e/'-�, :4 William E. Parkes, P.S. tant Director 4$3 H5: r j Enclosure: 1 Set of Plans cc: Mr. Bill Allison cna Y ` T•a;, be : Highways~' ► Construction Contract B-4484 r Y' v 0 84--206 June 20, 1983 Mr. Joe Brannon Miami Cable Vision 1306 N. W: 7 Avenue Miami, FL 33136 Dear Mr. Brannon: MANOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT -PHASE III - B-4484 UTILITY CLEANUP. - RELOCATION OF CABLES TO ALLEYS As you'know from our previous correspondence, we will be rebuild- ing the roadways within the area bounded by N.W..46-49 Streets -and N.W. 7-12 Avenues. This project is entitled Manor Highway ,• Improvement -Phase III, and our construction is scheduled to start January, 1984. The utility companies will be rebuilding, relocating or otherwise improving their facilities prior to our start of construction. FP&L will be relocating most of their poles to the back of sidewalk. As you know; part of our utility cleanup requirements require that aerial crossings of the roadway be kept to a minimum: In most cases, this means building cables on both sides of the roadways. SBT has a pole line in the dedicated alleys throughout this area. We are, therefore, requesting that your cables be relocated to the alleys instead of remaining on the roadways. - If you have any questions, please call Mr. William Mackey, Highway Engineer, at 579-6865. r � Sincerely, -- William E. Parkes, P.E.. ssistan Director bc: Highways :rj Street Lighting Contract B-4484 . cc: Florida Power Light Co. Southern Bell -206 DC. %KT%1.rNT OF Pl'9l:C 1%OcZkS a5 W W. `nd Florida DQS-'00i' 57)4i55 r,^•. A# - �v iA tsir:� it .• May 25, 1933 Mr. Bob Wellen Florida Power & Light Company One Biscayne Tower P. 0. Box 529900 Miami, FL 33152 Dear Mr. Wellent ORIGINALS ALSO SENT TO: F.C. Shay, Southern Bell cc: Uenroe'Fortner r' H.T. Jackson, Southern Bell CC: Ralph P. Grieco Don Nicholson, Peoples Gas -.Joe Brannon, Miami Cable Visio CC: John Kusky, Byers Comm. MANOR HIGHWAY IMPROVE-HEYT-PHASE III - B-4484 PRELIMINARY HIGHWAY PLANS Enclosed are preliminary plans for our Manor Highway Improvement - Phase III - B-4484. These plans are 75% complete. We will furnish you with final plans when they are completed in early July, 1983. Our highway construction is scheduled to start in January, 1984, and all utility work should be completed prior to that date. A XEP17 erning this project, eer, at 579-6865. George V. Campbell, Jr., P.E. w t Design Engineer Attachment: Preliminary plans ccs Mr. Bill Allison r THE ��� be : Highway Construction Contract B-4484 El please call I 84 206 i G7 0 April 7, 1983 etr. Bob Wellan Florida Power & Light Co. One Biscayne Tower PO Box 529900 Miami, FL 33152 Dear Mr. Wellent ORIGINALS ALSO SENT TO: F.C. Shay, Dist. Mgr. Southern Bell cc: George Fortner, Div. Mgr. Southern Bel: H.T. Jackson, Dist. Mgr. Southern Bell cc: Ralph P. Grieco, Southern Bell Edward Gainey, AT&T Don Nicholson, Peoples Gas Don Sterba, Florida Gas Transmissions Joe Brannon, Miami Cable Vision cc: John Kusky, Byers Comm. Garrett Sloan, Miami Dade Water & Sewer Auti cc: Tom Peck & Roman Wenglowskyj MANOR HIGIUAY IKPROVLHENT - PHASE III B-4484 On April 5, 1983, a utility coordination meeting wag held in our office for Manor Highway Improvement - Phase III. See the attached map for the boundaries of the project. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the utility cleanup and modifications necessitated by the highway rebuilding and to assist in the coordination of tha utility work so that it will be accomplished prior to the highway contractor starting his work. The City is planning to award a bid in October, 1983, and our contractor is scheduled to start construc- tion in January, 1984. FLORIDA POWER fi All utility poles that are needed on the LIGH'L C01HPANY roadway will have to be installed at the back of sidewalk (field face of pole at R/W line). All of FP&L's construction (including new street lighting facilities) is scheduled to start in Saptember, 1983 and all work completed by the and of October, 1983. The desi-n of tba street lighting for this project will be accomplished by the City and subaittad to FP&L. All existing post top street lights Will be ra ved and a new lighting system will be installed utilizing 35' SU concrete poles, 50,000 lumen 11PSV lights, and new underground cable in PVC conduit. SOUTHERN BELL Sharon Green (who basically hue the area TZLEPHONE east of N.W. 11 Avenue) stated that their work should be completed in August, 1983. Nearly all the work will be in alleys. Page 1 of 3 84-206 0 0 :ir. Bob Wellan April 7, 1983 The SBT representative from the Airport/ Coral Gablas district was not in attendanco. SBT should try to iststall their facilities in this existing rear alleys. If this is not possible, any utility palms needed on tha roadways will have to be installed at the back of sidewalk (field face of pole at R/W lima.) M1104I DADE WATER mr. Roman rleaglowsky,j stated that all Mob 30j'': At�TiIO�iITY of their existin; mains are adequate _ an3 Lhep will not. need to do any rc- buildin^. He informed us that the C-Ity's contractor should be cautioned that th" wa.ar mains on the folltroing roadways are highly susceptible to damage by vibration or L-apactio:al caused bq construction machinery. 1. N.W. 10 Avenue (ii.'al. 46-49 Streets) "3ondo joints exist (not lead ,joints) i wad they are bi-hly susceptible to leaks from vibration or i-aaetion. 2. Is.j:. 47 Terrace (:..°A'. 7-12 Avenues) The ca;aent asbestos water main is sub.'ect to failures or leaks from vibration or impaction. tu"M.ICki VELEPI'lorm AT&T notified the Citq by telephone that MD TELZOAP i they have facilities on N.if. 10 Avenue. We will send theta plans and they will review and determine if any problems or conflicts exist. aMA GAS Florida Gas notified the City by letter ZRANSMISSZo:1S that our project does not conflict With their transmission liners. CABLE T.Q., and FO?IM"S GAS Representatives from these companies Were not in attendance at the meeting. A complate check is needed by these: compaufas of their existing and proposed facilities and all their iaprovaments or relocations must be com2laced prior to January. 1983. Pago 2 of 3 84-20 6 Ankh, to IM- Bob Wallan In mid -April, 1933, wa will for4ar April 7, 1983 ci Ll:llia�x Parkes , P. Z toss stant Diractor �j(, t s if nc. List of Parsons at 4/5/83 meeting Rap of Roadways ==Z Rabuilt cc: Bill Allison, FPSL be . Highways �:� ' F-Z;., y Construction Contract B-4484 E-i Pages 3 of 3 84-206 • MANOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PHASE III, B-4484 UTILITY COORDINATION MEETING APRIL 5, 1983 NAME FIRM ADDRESS TELEPHONE William Mackey City of Miami 275 NW 2 St. 579-6865 " 50 Daniel Brenner City of Miami 275 NW 2 St. 579-6865 AT 51 Jack Stark City of Miami 275 NW 2 St. 579-6865 # 52 Bob Wellen Florida Power & Light One Bisc. Tower 374-5333 Michael Littlejohn Florida Power & Light 4200 W. Fiacler St. 442-5508 Sharon Green Southern Bell Telephone 100 NE 80 Terrace 754-2511 Roman Wenglowskyj Water & Sewer Authority 3575 S. LeJeune Rd. 665-7471 Ar 342 84-206 I* •• / �� NW U S� ' �J L- r. N 'N SS SY w s r M W S2 E:l i N 9 SI !L - N M. SO ST. l (� 4 l NW. •! L C C C C C JJ C CI ST. • � � l.� MM. N! < SL � � , ' NM. •� ST C MANOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - PHASE III H-4484 84r" 206 ff ORIGINALS ALSO SENT T0: Mr. F.C. Shay, Dist. Mgr. Southern Bell cc: George Fortner, Div. Mgr. Southern Bell Mr. H.T. Jackson, Dist. Mgr. March 22, 1983 Southern Bell CC: Ralph P. Grieco Southern Bell Mr. Bob Wellen Edward Gainey, AT&T Florida Power & Light Co. '"'�■Jo One Biscayne Tooter e Brannon, Miami Cable Vision P.O. Box 529900 cc: John Rusky, Byers Comm. Hiami, Florida 33152 Don Nicholson, Peoples Gas Dear Vir. Wallen: Garrett Sloan, MDT]&SA CC: Tom Peck h Roman Wenglowskyj MANOR HIGHWAY n4PR0VMiENT PHASE III - 8-4484 On March 18, 1983, the Miami City Commission gave this Department approval to proceed With the design and construction of Manor Highway Improvement Phase III - B-4484. This project was outlined to you in our previous correspondence dated February 16, 1983. There have been no additions or deletions to the project limits as stated in our February letter. The City's contractor will 16 begin construction in January, 1984. This highway project, like most of our recent highway projects, will include a 90 day delay in the start of construction. This delay starts on tha day tha City Commission awards a contract and is intended to give the utility companies additional time to complete their improvement work. This will give the utility eompanLes until January, 1984, in Which to complete all their utility relocation work and improvements. We have scheduled a utility coordination meeting for this project for 10:00 a.m., Tuasday, April 5, 1983, in our 4th floor conference room ! 416, 275 N.W. 2nd Street. Please make arrangements for your project engineer to attend. If you have any questions concerning this project, please call Bill /lackey, Highway Engineer, at 579-6865. nferely, � �� 4 � �(: � - z - - Donald W. Cather, P.E. �L actor U JHsAsl� Enclosure: Map bct cc$ Bill Allison Highutaye -► fcz Construction Contract B-4484 84-206 0 st h w S st w 54 yiDE:] h w 32 4 Tt N. Tcf. s ofw sT. St. h w Si st z ILN. s0 ST. C �Doo - �111111�/IIIIIt111t111I1t111/11111/It11t11t1/11�1111/IIIfIlIt11 - C W_ It/1111� TER.0 1/It1///IItI11111t11! 1L1 ilyn—IIllIIIIIIIIIIIt//tl _ - 11/1 t�= 111111/tM.M. t/tOl-_-tl�1 1111111 C: hw. _ Sf A---"' sC s C • low..•• tT •• C MANOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - PHASE III H-4484 84-206 - ORIGINALS ALSO SENT TO: Edward Gainey, AT&T Don Sterba, Fla. Gas ---,>- Joe Brannon, Miami Cable Vision, cc: Johi Kusky February 16, 1933 fir. Garrect Sloan Ntxmi Dade Water & Stwer Authority 3375 South LaJeuna Road hiami, FL 33134 Dear N.r. Sloan-. ''.•,AtiOR IIIGhf3AY I�IPROV I�MNi PHASE Ill - B-4404 The City is planniarg to atart construction of :$.&nor Iiiahovay Inpruve- manc Phase III B-4484, in January, 1934. Thia improvemant is bounded approximately by N.W. 46 Street, N.W. 49 Street, N.W. 7 Avenue and N.W. 12 Avenue. (Secs atrachod locut;.on map.) Also attached are four sk.,tche3 showin,the propoazd ty-pical cros sections for these streets. • Th,, tumor Highway Improsemant PhAaa IIZ was ordered on Fobruary 13, 1983, and is achadulad to be confirmed on March 10. 1983, by the City Co=ission. This is an assaasabla high,#ay improvwuont and tha abutting property owners will be iraviced to the ►larcti 13th public haariog. Tbare is a poisibilit7 that streets may be delotad or added to the proposed projzct.- Attar the Uarch public hearings we will notify you if there are any chaizgas in the limits of the project. If you have any que3tions concarning this macter, please contact fir. William i4ackay, Iiighvay Engineer, ac 579-6865. 4 Sinceraly, William a. Purists, P.E. Assistant Director ii be . Enclosurast Location Map Cross Section 5karches (4) CC: Tom Puck, Distribution Dept., HDWLSA Rom -an veuslawskyj . NDW&SA Contract B-4434 84-206 ORIGINALS ALSO SENT TO: Edward Gainey, AT&T Don Sterba, Fla. Gas --- r Joe Brannon, Miami Cabla vision, cc: John Kusky February 16, 1933 Mr. Garrett Sloan Mtxmi Dade Watar a Sewer Authority 3375 South LaJcuna Road Miami , FL 33134 Dear Ns. Sloan: :-WiOR HIGHIRAY IHPR0Va:-!E 1 & P11WI E III - B-4484 Thu City is plamiisig to start conacruction of .:atior H-4 Zhvay Improve- manc Phasa III B-4484, In January, 1.934. 'this improve-mant is bounded approxinately by N.W. 46 Streat, N.W. 43 Street, N.W. 7 Avenue and N.W. 12 Avanue. (See atrac:had l-�)cs tiaa map.) Alio attached are fors sk`tch43 showin the pr}opoa2d ty-pi..al, cross sections for thdaO streets. Thy: Manor Highway ImproJeanant Phase III Was orderad on Fabruarq 10, 1983, and is aehsdulsd to be confirmed on March 10, 1933, by the - City C=ai3sion. This is an assassabla highway f-aprovwvane and the abutting property cwaars will be invited is the illarch 13th public haaring. 'Chare is a po33ibili6.7 that streets may be delatod or added to the proposad project.. After the i arc:h public: haar:ng, we will notify you it there are any changes in the limits of the project. If you have any gwaationa couc:arning this matter, please contact Mr. William Mackay, highway Zngineer, at 579-6865. Sincerely, f: William E. Parkes, P.E. Assistant Director YA1,: rJ, be : tructioa Enclosures: Location Map Contract B-4434 Cross Sactio:t Sketcha v (4) ec: Tom Puck, Distribution Dept., HDWLSA Roo-n Nangl.owskyj . MWESA ... • . 84-206 EXHIBIT II-D 46 0 8 4 -ZQ6. . L11 I� L CITY OF MIAMI STREET IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED 1975 TO 1984 r e (75 Linear Miles) = s Y w � w � �r•r I z a i7! !t� � .r•w'•• 1 � �Yflb YT �` ( �•.~� f low It 1T • 1 no !• fTl 1 1 1 > r � i Mw •• i 1 ' _•• r 1 �� ����� Mw It it • —•;�.-- --- �I JULI. TtlTTLt .,'� �. CtYltw.r r r lw if ! r If w t w w ST '` cor•u � �� I I vt■ /. ew It !T CAW 1I / wN, r�r ; / I u._.....................I•._._• err !ff {eq I11009e rll fir fso t ►t*# T e rl 1 1II#IN" S . STREETS REBUILT BY CITY OF MIAMI TO A FULL WIDTH CROSS SECTION (Consisting of new pavement, curb, or curb and gutter, sidewalk, storm sewers and landscaping) 84-206 Prepared by: Dept. of Public Works January 25, 1984 0 First letter to Utilites: (with location mep, cross section sketches, and municipal atlas sheets) Second letter to Utilities: First Utility Coordination Meeting: Preliminary Higutay Plans sent: Second Utility Coordination Meeting: Final Highway Plans sent: Awmrd of Highway Contract: Pre Construction meeting: Start or Highway Construction - Average Time Period from first letter to start of Highway Construction: TYPICAL UTILITY 0000INATION SCMUE FOR CITY OF MIAMI HIf21WAY IWFX7VET' YM TIME SEWFIM After City Camdasion "orders" project. After City Commission "confim" project. 2 Weeks after date on 2nd notification letter. (Recent change has meetings set for 2 weeks after date on lst notification letter). When approximately 60% complete. 2 Weeks after preliminary highway plans sent. At least 90 days prior to estimated time of start of construction by City Contractor. After bids received and evaluated by City Approximately 4-6 weeks before start of Highway Construction. Approximately 3 mrnths after award of Highway Contract. 10 to 12 months i HYPiO'TI ETICAL SCHEDULE i January 15 February 15 ' March 1 E 1 'a March 15 April 1 July 15 September 15 October 15 December 15 11 months I e.@ r-z-- :] 6 CROSS SECTION OF TYPICAL ROADWAY "BEFORE" REBUILDING BY THE CITY OF MIAMI q. CROSS SECTION OF TYPICAL ROADWAY "AFTER" REBUILDING BY THE CITY OF MIAMI C r Bt I 84-206 y� :''�' • •yam �: i., U ;'*'ixyY��," r ! ti y: ;'. �, ter"/.'? l,�,f .. 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SECOND: CAROLLO UNANIMOUS r Honorable ,Mayor and ,Members of the City Commission Howard V. Gary City Manager February 13, 1984 Special City Commission Meeting February 16, 1984 Under Separate Cover Please find attached information relating to the Special City Commission Meeting, February 16, 1984, to discuss fines imposed upon Miami Cablevision. Encls. yr. . da ram' ?• -j TO: FROM 0 Howard V. Gary City Manager City of Miami Paul S. Ryerson eyt` Arnold & Porter or DATE: April 13, 1982 SUBJECT: Miami Cablevision Financial, Design and Construction Plar This is to confirm that it is the recommendation of Arnold and Porter, and that of our technical consultant, Atlantic Research Corp., that your approval, subject to certain conditions to which Miami Cablevision has agreed today orally, of the amended plans submitted by Miami Cablevision pursuant to Sections 210, 301 and 601 of Ordinance No. 9332 would be consistent with the responsi- bilities placed upon the City Manager by the Ordinance. We there- ' -'fore recommend approval of the plans. I will presently provide you with a letter which will describe in detail t:.e conditions for approval to which Miami Cablevision has agreed. ai APPROVni G,RA tt " U J . L;IM M r D AS PER MEMOP.A:"IDUM: oez cj1 14 nager DATE V11 3 /�.Z- : ,,� A 8 'r -206 . A SURVEY OF AVAILABLE INTERACTIVE SERVICES Conducted For MIAMI CABLEVISION by The ELRA Group P. O. Box 15610 San Francisco, CA 94115 February, 1984 84-206 P SURVEY OF AVAILABLE NTERACTIVF. SERVICES Conducted For NIIANII CABLEVISION by The ELRA Group P. O. Box 15610 San Francisco, CA 94115 February, 1984 84-206 A SURVEY OF INTERACTIVE SUBSCRIBER SERVICES I. Non -Experimental Subscriber Services a) Home Security - Primarily offered through one company (Tocom, Inc.) . (24 systems use Tocom hardware and software out of 32 systems offering a home security option, excluding the QUBE systems) . Penetration in systems where cable security is offered remains quite small, ranging from 5 0 (American Cablevision, Pasadena, California) to .070 (United Cable T V , Englewood, Colorado) . b) Information Retrieval - Primarily offered by Dow Jones News/Retrieval in a handful of systems, . Subscribers pay $20 - 75/month (depending on services and time of day accessed) and utilize either their own home computer with appropriate software or by renting an RCA Keypad from Dow Jones for $5 - 10/mo. extra. Dow Jones is phasing out the RCA Keypad rental option, leaving the cable system or the subscriber to supply the appropriate hardware. c) Other services are primarily for local origination - remote feeds from various locations for subscriber viewing. In -home banking remains an experiment. In -home polling, outside the QUBE systems, is done by only two systems: Coaxial Communications in Temple Terrace, Florida; and Cablesystems Pacific in Portland, Oregon. II. Lack of Tested Hardware a) Oak 56-channel addressable converter was trouble -plagued. The new Sigma converter is currently being tested in Seattle by Viacom. Early reports indicate good field performance so far, but only a dozen or so of the units are in the field. 84-206 b) Jerrold interactive Terminals for a joint Cox/Chase Manhattan home -banking venture won't be available in a prototype stage until late 1984. This would indicate that the service itself would not be ready for marketing until sometime in 1985. c) NYT Cable has just started testing Matsushita's two-way addressable converters in the field. d) World Video Library pay -per -view system is highly complex in design and requires at least 10 channels free, thus rendering it unfeasible for all but the largest systems. e) Time, Incorporated's teletext project was terminated due to it being a far costlier technology compared to the Keyfax method of transmission through the Vertical Blanking Interval. The feeling of officials at Time, Inc. was that the present economy does not warrant the launching of a commercial teletext service at the present time. Current plans still include examining hybrid systems for teletext and videotex utilizing phone lines and/or personal computers. f) NABU (Canadian) is currently field testing a $700. microprocessor controlled converter. This converter is downloaded from the headend. Jones Future: will begin tests this spring of a pc network which will download software via CATV systems to have computers. g) Even. with tested hardware, financial considerations and consumer acceptance can be a major stumbling block. Warner-Amex's decision to terminate the QUBE Network (a satellite feed of interactive programming to six QUBE systems) was based on several factors: the financial difficulties besetting the parent company; the lack of advertiser interest in a pool of only 300,000 subscribers; and the slow acceptance of interactive technology by consumers. 84--206, III. Lack of Software a) Software development is hampered by the lack of field-tested hardware currently operating. b) Most software development is done by companies for use with their own hardware. This is particularly evident in home security services where only Hewlett-Packard has designed software for Jerrold/Sylvania hardware. All other manufacturers write their own software. For information retrieval, the only true non -experimental system is the Dow Jones News/Retrieval service for which different personal computer manufacturers (Apple, Atari, Radio Shack, etc.) have written software to allow access. IV. Resistance To New Technology a) Companies which have the resources to experiment with interactive technologies are financially strained (ex. Warner -Amex) and cannot continue to invest in experimental systems with no definite timetable for returns. b) Dan Radcliff, Viacom's Senior VP of operations, is quoted in 12-5-83 CableVision as feeling; that banks will be instrumental in bringing interactive services to marketplace receptivity. This opinion is that curbside tellers/automated banking machines are conditioning people to those types of transactions. 0 Related to the above is the concern of getting the viewer to regard the television set as something to interact with, not just something to watch passively. Home computer/videogame units are getting the average viewer to alter his/her perceptions of television but the installed base is still extremely small. Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari, regarded videogame systems as a "Trojan Horse" to get computers into the home. 84-206 d) A larger installed base of home computers would tend to make interactive cable more financially attractive since the cable operator would not have to engage in being a hardware supplier. At the present time, vendors of interactive services (Dow Jones, Games Network) are also supplying the necessary hardware, an expense which provides an obstacle for other companies who might want to enter the field. 84-206 SUI-ViAll t cc O Hardware/snft- information in-Netne ware Suppliers _-Nome `ecurity---_--Petrieval—8ankinn Other Apple, Mari. ipM All provide soft - Commodore. Padio wire for their Shack cmPprttPrs to all"W ar re;s to V,iw .Innel dews Petrieval Nnmesery Clnvidmq �nft- war- for rox Cable in -home hanking cr1•erht•ent': in ;an !Neon 1. fgrlaha ac—OM ' -- ----- ------ rkP• w-r own ---------------------�- ---- -----•- -- --- - - - - -- -- ha rdwR-e fa1,TP�irg - - - - - - - - - - - - i- i11/ dW�1 r'e fak r-.P 1 w'',wn hdr'd:Y.lr C (fraxial G.iontifir forp.(niv of rna+ial I snl wrotvrt rtmranniratinns------------ bar dKar'P ,cientifir -- - -n;od w,'nwn- ----- --------------------------------------------- Atlanta hardware -- •qup/Di'litil lrtuip- il:e'I w!own ment rorp. hardware flames tiPt Knrk Internatinnal fable- „r .it•Ir•- casting fnmj,anies h ;i; •1 i - Ilewlett-eaclard �uppnr-tinq :oft_--------'A------------- w re for iPrr"1.1' - — ---' i:lv.rntd equl'mntt Sy —des, lnr, '—"'p Sort w.lre Vi 1'`' to '::nr i for r. i-vqi- 4 ne ^,o•:*I. r tal cahle viden- ;'noon 1 inr tPY systellis P--H i"h f lo"; till ----------------------------------------- Pioneer rupi'ortina �nft- w.tre for :Jirner- Arrrer 01TU (1,ufw- 1 ied OMPT hardware Yeycom Flnctronir ,^---------;ri'I"rater. service Fvfwir'nntaI Publishing in 'level"I pot for h wrlware v rhiragn-service to software hr, irtitiilly czrrie•1 --_---- ------------------ rrrer phone 1 ineti ___.�------- --^ --- Gill Minagement par (@•ita_ Benco-Casca'fe) Citicorp Cool- — ---------------- for roan i c a t inn; P•per irrwn to 1 — - - - - - -__-_ sy;tem5 lablePat downloaded ` 1ftwarfi for _ P • pr'r i'••Pn to i `nftw,irP for per -view- ties into bi i i in't 'oft4arp for hotel pdy- per'- vipw '1iPs mtn their• hi I I in'l system I i iuo=lAMMt1 i Wall Street Journal, 2/151WJ84 IBAI, CBS and Sears Plan a Joint Venture In At-jHonte Marketing Through Videotex By K%e..t,r. And L%%rtko Sra`!Rrpnrtrrto(Tnr tS�t_l.Sntrr rJot n%,kt. ,NL%V YORK— Intematinnal Basinrss .\ia- chinos Corp.. CBS inr., and Sears. Roebuck & Co. announced .i joint venture in the vi- deotex business. The venture won't be;in for several years, and details ;ro btill sketchy or unde- rido-i. But the move pits computer giant II?`.f ,iv iinst its chief rival. American Tele- rhone & Trlet raph Co., which h,Ls a two- ve.ir head start in the two-way electronic svi— ices field. Although the market potential of videotex is still uncertain. IBSt and AT&T view �!- deotex as an important technology for buy- ing services and merchandise at home throiiryh electronics. The venture also marks a switch in aile- ance by CBS. which in the past two years had tested a videotex service, dubbed Ven- ture One, with AT&T in Ridgewood, N.J. CBS apparently decided to go with IB;ti be- cause it plans to offer the videotex service to households with personal computers. By contrast, the AT&T system currently re- quires the purchase of a 36W terminai that can't be used for anything else. For Sears, the videotex venture would provide a way to market its vast merchan- dise catalog and financial-services products electronically. The group's business plan calls for Sears eventually to offer the prod- ucts of its Allstate Insurance Co., Dean Wit- ter financial services, and Coldweil Banker real estate services. Initial plans also call for IBINI to market home computers, and possibly office equipment and business forms through the service. which enables at- home customers to make orders. Videotex -the sending and receiving of words and pictures to at-home video screens by which people can order merchandise, do their banking and perform other functions - is stilt a fledgling business. Only one com- mercial venture, Knight-Ridder Newspapers Inc.'s and AT&T's Viewtron service in south- ern Florida, currently exists; a second. in Orange County, Calif., by Times Mirror Co., will start in July. But the IBM -Sears -CBS venture could have a major effect on the nascent videotex business because of the "fit" of the different strengths of each partner and their credibil- ity and size, those in the industry say. CBS spent $10 million on videotex last year in a rust with AT&T that covered 200 New Jersey homes. In .iflditinn. CBS's experience with advertisers, its news operation, and its text- book publishing and educational software operations are expected to contribute to the combined service. Sears's extensive catalog operations would make at-home shopping a strong fea- ture of the videotex service. The retailer tested videotex last year with Times Mir- ror's experiment. and competitor J.C. Pen- ney Ca. last year purchased the banking ;i- deoter- operation of Minneapolis based First Bank System lnr. A major innovation in the joint venture's plan is to send the data to home computers instead of to "dumb" video -screen terminals that don't perform any jobs but videotex. AT&T's videotex terminal, the Scepter, costs more than $600 in the Knight-Ridder venture, and the Times Mirror operation will charge even more. said John Warwick, Times Mirror Videotex Co.'s director of business development. viewtron, the tonight-Ridder and AT&T marketing service, has had "very encourag- ing results," since its introduction last No- vember, according to Viewtron President Albert Gillen. Mr. Gillen said the entry of IBM. Sears, and CBS proves "others think videotex is going to be a successful busi- ness." He said that AT&T and Knight-Rid- der "haven't ruled out the possibility" of of- fering their services, as IBbt plans to, through home computers as well as through the special terminals. That home -computer approach, however, also initially limits the total market; ana- lysts estimate there were only seven million computers in U.S. homes by the end of 1983. Yet growth is anticipated. "By the 1990s a great majority of the country's population will put their hands on a videotex device several times a day, both at home and at work," says William W. Seelinger, IBM's manager of videotex market development. The biggest near -term obstacles, he said, are high costs and the need to change con- sumers' shopping habits. 1 84-406 a .- _V Howard V. Gary February 16, 1984 Citv Manaaer Letters from Miami Cablevision Pe: (1) Interactive Services (2) Cross -connections Merry Sue Smoller Assistant to the Cit•. Manager for Cable Communications In regard to Miami Cablevision's letter of February 13, 1984 to Mayor Maurice Ferre regarding "interactive two-way polling", the City's response is as follows: 1. Section 301(a) of the Cable Television License ordinance No. 9332 requires the licensee to install, complete, operate and maintain a fully two-way interactive system. 2. opinion polling is but one function of two-way inter- active services. Miami Cablevision agreed on April 13, 1982 not to provide opinion polling. 3. There was never an agreement entered into between the City and the cable licensee which abrogated its obligation under the license ordinance to provide two-way interactive services. 4. Contrary to Miami Cablevision's contention that "there is no working viable system on the market," the Pioneer "VIP" system is being successfully operated and used to provide inter- active services in such cities as Pittsburgh, Dallas, Cincinnati, and Houston, and is proposed for use in Milwaukee and New York, cities comparable to Miami. Further, there is a two-way inter- active system using similar interactive technology as the Pioneer VIP BT-1300 currently providing interactive services to the citi- zens of Hialeah and Coral Gables. 5. The newspaper articles attached to the letter of February 13, 1984 do not refer to the elimination of interactive services, but only the reduction of programming on interactive systems. 6. As the attached pages from Miami Cablevision's technical plan submitted in accordance with Section 301(a) of the license ordinance indicate, Miami Cablevision stated that the "BT-1300 two-way interactive" converter would be "initially provided" to all Tier IV subscribers. 0 0 Howard V. Gary Page 2 February 16, 1984 In regard to Miami Cablevision's letter of February 14, 1984 to Mayor Maurice Ferre regarding cross -connections, the City's re- sponse is as follows: 1. The licensee asserts that the RFP did not contain anv specification regarding construction on both sides of the street. As an initial matter, it should be understood that the Department of Public Works (DPW)has never required the licensee to build on both sides of the street. DPW's only contention has been and still is that the licensee should follow the utility lines that have been rebuilt to minimize unsightly cross -connections over recently re- built streets. Further, the RFP included a copy of the enabling ordinance which required the licensee to construct the system parallel to utility wires whenever possible. That ordinance also provided that the City could reasonably designate where a licensee's facilities are to be placed within the public rights -of -way. The ordinance further provided that the licensee, at its own expense, shall relocate any property on streets, rights -of -way, and/or easements of the City when required by the City because of public improvements. 2. The licensee states that there was no notification during the cable hearings regarding cross -connections. As set forth above, the RFP notified all applicants that construction of the cable sys- tem must be parallel to utility lines and that cable facilities must be moved at licensee expense to accommodate public improvements. The license ordinance which was accepted by the licensee contained the same provisions. 3. The licensee accepted the requirements of the ordinance as described above. 4. The licensee states that the five -mile maps submitted to Atlantic Research (the City's engineering consultants) showed con- struction on one side of the street. There was no indication on these maps that the licensee would not follow the utility lines in improved areas. 5. The licensee argues that the City Manager gave notice to proceed with construction on only one side of the street. Notice to proceed with construction was not contingent upon construction on only one side of the street, nor did such notice authorize in any way noncompliance with the City's street improvement policy. 6. The licensee states that the Department of Public Works did not notify it regarding construction on "both sides of the street" until one and one-half (1-�) years after the license was 2 Howard V. Gary Paue 3 February 16, 1984 awarded. First, DPW has never required the licensee to build a double system, as discussed in paragraph 1 above. Second, construc- tion of the CATV system did not begin until May 1982. Through the fall of 1982, the licensee constructed trunk and feeder network, not service connections. Thus, the first opportunity of DPW to observe the licensee's practice of cross -connections to subscribers' homes did not occur until the late fall of 1982. In December 1982, DPW notified the licensee regarding the City's highway improvement policy and met with the licensee to discuss this policy. Notwith- standing these discussions, the licensee has continued for over a year to construct the system in disregard of the City's highway improvement policy. 7. It is standard practice throughout the cable industry that prior to any CATV system construction, a cable company will request a meeting with the municipal department of public works to discuss the necessary permits and municipal policies regarding construction in the public rights -of -way. In many cases, a company will hold such a meeting even prior to the signing or award of the license or franchise. Consistent with this practice, it to meet with Department of Public policies and permits of the City. was incumbent upon the licensee Works to find out the applicable 8. The City Manager determined to impose penalties on the licensee only after there existed clear grounds for doing so and after concluding that it would be inconsistent with the responsi- bilities of the City Manager to do otherwise. 9 - 11. The licensee makes assertions regarding its relation- ship with its bankers, investors, and joint venture partner. The licensee has not provided any documentation of these assertions. 12. As noted in paragraph 7 above, the licensee continued to construct the system for over a year after DPW notified the licensee of its cross -connections in violation of the City's street improvement policy. When DPW met with the licensee in December 1982, less than ten percent (10%) of the cable plant was built. 13. The City of Miami has not mandated that the licensee con- struct on both sides of the street. In fact, the City has re- quired the licensee to comply with its street cleanup program in less than ten percent (10%) of the cable system. This program requires the licensee to keep crossings at a minimum, such as the telephone and electric utilities have done. All cities have road projects of some kind. Some cities require the use of all rear easements (e.g., Coral Gables). Some cities require all new con- struction to be buried (e.g., Miami Beach). The City of Miami chose a less expensive procedure for improving its streets. AMERICABLE OF GREATER MIA4I, LTD. & MIAMI TELE-COP-U4U-NICATIC-NS, INC. 20800 S.W. 167th Avenue P.C. Box 859 Miami, Florida 33197 December 19, 1931 The Honorable Howard V. Gary City Manager of the City of `Miami Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, Florida 33133 Dear Mr. Gary: Pursuant to Section 301-a and 601-a,c of Ordinance No. 9332, enclosed please find our plans for the installation,operation and maintenance of the Miami cable T.V. system together with the design and construction plans for said system. The synopsis of said plans consist of four distinct tiers of service, namely: 1. Tier I - Consists of 24 channels of which 21 channels are free of monthly charge to the sub- scriber plus an additional 3 channels which are optional premium pay T.V. movie channels at a monthly charge. Installation is free within 45 days, after which an installation charge of $27.00 will be in effect. 2. Tier II - Consists of 58 channels, encompassing all of Tier I, plus many satellite and local channels. The monthly charge for this service is $8.95, installed free of charge, if requested within 45 days of initial activation, after which an installation charge of $19.50 will be in effect. 3. Tier III - Consists of 78 channels which consist of Tiers I and II together with additional satel- lite and information channels. The monthly charge is $9.95 and will be installed free of charge,if requested within 45 days of initial activation, after which an installation charge of $19.50 will be in effect. s 0 The Honorable December 18, Paue T:;o Howard V . Gar•, 1981 4. Tier IV - Consists of 104 channels which consist of Tiers I, II and III together with additional satellite channels, optional pa_, T.V. channels and pay per view channels. The monthly charge for this service is $10.95 and will be installed free of charge, if re ues-eC within 45 days of in- itial activation, after which an i.nstallatic-n charge of S19.50 will be in effect. We will also construct a seoerate institutional network yin'{- inc, up not only the institutions called for in the RFP but also mangy; additional facilities. Not only will the system be fully interactive and bi-direc- tional, it will also encompass the Pioneer addressable burglar, fire alarm and medical alert system at an additional monthly charge. We fully expect to complete said system within three years and our proformas indicate that our costs will exceed 45 million dollars for the installation, operation and mainte- nance of the system during this three year period. If you have any q,�estions or require kindl c .tact t e undersigned. 1 Si cer ly' y Charles C. •Hermanowski General Partner Americable of Greater Miami, Ltd. Miami Tele-Communications, Inc. CCH/cb encl. additional information, C:.:..1•ru... 'C.-2 A C 11i LrD S'.`S__.`. 1_'J.1 3. wiyl conversers be i.^.I_ia; y iOr ate_ tiers OI bdsiz ser'.:.ca' j Yes :.' r ., 1S "no," expla-4n under «Pat ccnd4-. _,Oi C--nr.erters will nct tsar _ bas`_ calol•- se -vice. Tie T Jf (1-) c--nn :els ern+ calble II Y11 a1.4 tNe�r%e ( \ C.. �...~��� i _.i V... .�_. :1 1/ Jr� ��.... �. t..�r �_�ra wiii. not-. r� cuire a ccn-:erte_ t_ _ _c-�_ve t_ __ sue_ , ___ . .. wi1be rrova�ec Al 0=:!?r s ^scrZ.�?rs -.,IfI _ as cws. m;er 1 i1C c0^,:ert:r Tier 1 SC-Z')U'. Tier I7I 313']3 cne-:aa_ ad.dre_Sab_J Tier IV BT-1300 two -was inter -nc : ive a 0 Ho:•:,ir,.3 V. Gar•_.• ,'ebruar; 16, 1984 %1ana(qer Letters from Miami Cablevision P"2 : (1) Interactive Services (2) Cross -connections Merry Sue Smoll.er Assistant to the Cit*.* ;Tana<;or for Cable Communications In reaard to Miami Cablevision's letter of February 13, 1984 to Mayor Maurice Ferre regardina "interactive two-way polling", the Cit•:'s resnonse is as follows: 1. Section 301(a) of the Cable Television License Ordinance No. 9332 requires the licensee to install, complete, operate and maintain a fully two-way interactive system. 2. Opinion polling is but one function of two-way inter- active services. Miami Cablevision agreed on April 13, 1982 not to provide opinion polling. 3. There was never an agreement entered into between the City and the cable licensee which abrogated its obligation under the license ordinance to provide two-way interactive services. 4. Contrary to Miami Cablevision's contention that "there is no working viable system on the market," the Pioneer "VIP" system is being successfully operated and used to provide inter- active services in such cities as Pittsburgh, Dallas, Cincinnati, and Houston, and is proposed for use in Milwaukee and New York, cities comparable to Miami. Further, there is a two-way inter- active system using similar interactive technology as the Pioneer VIP BT-1300 currently providing interactive services to the citi- zens of Hialeah and Coral Gables. 5. The newspaper articles attached to the letter of February 13, 1984 do not refer to the elimination of interactive services, but only the reduction of programming on interactive systems. 6. As the attached pages from Miami Cablevision's technical plan submitted in accordance with Section 301(a) of the license ordinance indicate, Miami Cablevision stated that the "BT-1300 two-way interactive" converter would be "initially provided" to all Tier IV subscribers. 0 4 Howard V. Gary Page 2 February 16, 1984 In regard to Miami Cablevision's letter of February 14, 1984 to Mayor Maurice Ferre regarding cross -connections, the City's re- sponse is as follows: 1. The licensee asserts that the RFP did not contain any specification regarding construction on both sides of the street. As an initial matter, it should be understood that the Department of Public Works (DPW)has never required the licensee to build on both sides of the street. DPW's only contention has been and still is that the licensee should follow the utility lines that have been rebuilt to minimize unsightly cross -connections over recently re- built streets. Further, the RFP included a copy of the enabling ordinance which required the licensee to construct the system parallel to utility, wires whenever possible. That ordinance also provided that the City could reasonably designate where a licensee's facilities are to be placed within the public rights -of -way. The ordinance further provided that the licensee, at its own expense, shall relocate any property on streets, rights -of -way, and/or easements of the City when required by the City because of public improvements. . 2. The licensee states that there was no notification during the cable hearings regarding cross -connections. As set forth above, the RFP notified all applicants that construction of the cable sys- tem must be parallel to utility lines and that cable facilities must be moved at licensee expense to accommodate public improvements. The license ordinance which was accepted by the licensee contained the same provisions. 3. The licensee accepted the requirements of the ordinance as described above. 4. The licensee states that the five -mile maps submitted to Atlantic Research (the City's engineering consultants) showed con- struction on one side of the street. There was no indication on these maps that the licensee would not follow the utility lines in improved areas. 5. The licensee argues that the City Manager gave notice to proceed with construction on only one side of the street. Notice to proceed with construction was not contingent upon construction on only one side of the street, nor did such notice authorize in any way noncompliance with the City's street improvement policy. 6. The licensee states that the Department of Public Works did not notify it regarding construction on "both sides of the street" until one and one-half (1-�) years after the license was Howard V. Gary Page 3 February 16, 1984 awarded. First, DPW has never required the .licensee to build a double system, as discussed in paragraph 1 above. Second, construc- tion of the CATV system did not begin until May 1982. Through the fall of 1982, the licensee constructed trunk and feeder network, not service connections. Thus, the first opportunity of DPW to observe the licensee's practice of cross -connections to subscribers' homes did not occur until the late fall of 1982. In December 1982, DPW notified the licensee regarding the City's highway improvement policy and met with the licensee to discuss this policy. Notwith- standing these discussions, the licensee has continued for over a year to construct the system in disregard of the City's highway improvement policy. 7. It is standard practice throughout the cable industry that prior to any CATV system construction, a cable company will request a meeting with the municipal department of public works to discuss the necessary permits and municipal policies regarding construction in the public rights -of -way. In many cases, a company will hold such a meeting even prior to the signing or award of the license or franchise. Consistent with this practice, it to meet with Department of Public policies and permits of the City. was incumbent upon the licensee Works to find out the applicable 8. The City Manager determined to impose penalties on the licensee only after there existed clear grounds for doing so and after concluding that it would be inconsistent with the responsi- bilities of the City Manager to do otherwise. 9 - 11. The licensee makes assertions regarding its relation- ship with its bankers, investors, and joint venture partner. The licensee has not provided any documentation of these assertions. 12. As noted in paragraph 7 above, the licensee continued to construct the system for over a year after DPW notified the licensee of its cross -connections in violation of the City's street improvement policy. When DPW met with the licensee in December 1982, less than ten percent (10%) of the cable plant was built. 13. The City of Miami has not mandated that the licensee con- struct on both sides of the street. In fact, the City has re- quired the licensee to comply with its street cleanup program in less than ten percent (10%) of the cable system. This program requires the licensee to keep crossings at a minimum, such as the telephone and electric utilities have done. All cities have road projects of some kind. Some cities require the use of all rear easements (e.g., Coral Gables). Some cities require all new con- struction to be buried (e.g., Miami Beach). The City of Miami chose a less expensive procedure for improving its streets. V AMERICABLE OF GREATER MIA.tiII, LTD. & MIAMI TELE-COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 20800 S.W. 167th Avenue P.O. Box 859 Miami, Florida 33197 December 18, 1981 The Honorable Howard V. Gary City Manager of the City of Miami Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, Florida 33133 Dear Pair. Gary: Pursuant to Section 301-a and 601-a,c of Ordinance No. 9332, enclosed please find our plans for the installation,operation and maintenance of the Miami cable T.V. system together with the design and construction plans for said system. The synopsis of said plans consist of four distinct tiers of service, namely: 1. Tier I - Consists of 24 channels of which 21 channels are free of monthly charge to the sub- scriber plus an additional 3 channels which are optional premium pay T.V. movie channels at a monthly charge. Installation is free within 45 days, after which an installation charge of $27.00 will be in effect. 2. Tier II - Consists of 58 channels, encompassing all of Tier I, plus many satellite and local channels. The monthly charge for this service is $8.95, installed free of charge, if requested within 45 days of initial activation, after which an installation charge of $19.50 will be in effect. 3. Tier III - Consists of 78 channels which consist of Tiers I and II together with additional satel- lite and information channels. The monthly charge is $9.95 and will be installed free of charge,if requested within 45 days of initial activation, after which an installation charge of $19.50 will be in effect. The Honorable Howard V. Gary December 18, 1981 Page Two 4. Tier IV - Consists of 104 channels which consist of Tiers I, II and III together with additional satellite channels, optional pay T.V. channels and pay per view channels. The monthly charge for this service is $10.95 and will be installed free of charge,if requested within 45 days of in- itial activation, after which an installation charge of $19.50 will be in effect. We will also construct a seperate institutional network link- ing up not only the institutions called for in the RFP but also many additional facilities. Not only will the system be fully interactive and bi-direc- tional, it will also encompass the Pioneer addressable burglar, fire alarm and medical alert system at an additional monthly charge. We fully expect to complete said system within three years and our proformas indicate that our costs will exceed 45 million dollars for the installation, operation and mainte- nance of the system during this three year period. If you have any estions or require kindl c )tact t e and 'signed. Si cer/lye y Charles C. Vermanowski General Partner Americable of Greater Miami, Ltd. Miami Tele-Communications, Inc. CCH/cb encl. additional information, f O ro I Page 3 of 3 CIHA14 3EL CAPACITY AND SYSTEM DESIGN (continued) 3. Will converters be initially provided to all subscribers, for all tiers of basic service? [ ] Yes [Xj No If "no," explain under what condition converters will be made available. Converters will not be provided to subscribers of tier I basic' cable service. Tier I will consist of twelve (12) channels on cable "A" and twelve (12) channels on cable "B" and therefore will not re- quire a converter to receive tier I service. An A-B cable switch will be provided at cost. All other subscribers will be provided with a converter as follows: Tier I No converter Tier II BC-2000 Tier III BT-1300 one-way addressable Tier IV BT-1300 two-way interactive Gerhard J Hanneman. PhD EiR4 xnI "Fr...ialLL'YI Gerhorci J Hannernarn Ph n ■ CJ y r W r no L RA GROUP P.O. Box 15610 San Francisco, California 94115 (415) 921-8880 P.O. Box 70 East Lansing, Michigan 48823 (517) 337-2090 1501 Broadway, Suits Z 101 New York, New York 10036 (Z 1 Z) 354-2200 84-206 4 M The ELRA Group is an international telecom- munications planning and research firm. The varied backgrounds of ELRA's professionals in planning, development, engineering, mar- keting, in-depth telecommunications system design and implementation provide for ex- pert analyses, strategies and designs essen- tial to high -quality decision -making, systems engineering and marketing. The ELRA Group, with its Warner Whitney Division, is one of the few consulting and research firms with an op- erating background in voice, data and video communications. The ELRA Group operates three offices, in San Francisco, East Lansing and New York. ELRA is organized into two divisions; a Consulting Di- vision and a Market Research Division. ELRA employs over 30 personnel at the three loca- tions, has access to over 20 specialized sub- contractors and has an on -call pool of 200 in- terviewers at the Michigan field research facility. The ELRA Group is a privately held company and is the successor to East Lansing Research Associates, formed In 1973. The Warner Whit- ney Group was acquired from CP National Corporation in 1983. MANAGEMENT CONSULTING ELRA Consultants are authorities In the de- sign, development and implementation of advanced applications of telecommunica- tions technology. ELRA Group consultants de- veloped the first pilot projects for two-way CATV communications; directed the re- search for Xerox's XTEN project, the forerun- ner to the Digital Electronic Message Service; developed a quantitative method to mea- sure the demand for business loop services; and designed and engineered one of the largest teleports in the country. ELRA's engi- neering staff has been Involved in designing complicated systems, including teleports, CATV plant, multi -tenant installations, LAN's and large capacity PBX's. Since the early 70's the ELRA Group has worked with dozens of telecommunication companies in North America. Activities in- clude long-term financial planning, system design; tiering and rate structures; business loop design; telephone system analysis, de- sign and implementation; long distance net- work optimization; data communications fa- cility reviews; international telecommunica- tions studies; and consumer and organiza- tional research. ELRA management was instrumental in the early stages of deregulation of the communi- cations industry. Management has also de- veloped cost control and cost allocation pro- grams in telecommunications that are widely used by many major corporations, ELRA Group consultants have assisted many major corporations in the design and development of their approach to the "Telecommunica- tions Office of the Future." As telecommuni- cations technology has advanced, so has the ELRA Group's involvement in bringing new ideas and developments into the future. ELRA has been retained to conceptualize, design and implement teleports and multi -tenant communications facilities and is in the fore- front of integrated telecommunications de- sign. Some of ELRA's confidential analyses include evaluating systems for owner -transfer; evalu- ating consumer bases for the potential de- mand for future services; analyzing data communication spectrum needs in the cable Industry: and the potential impact of rate deregulation. The ELRA Group has extensive experience in consulting for the end -users of communica- tions systems (telephone, centralized and distributed data processing, office automa- tion —word processing and electronic mail, TWX/TELEX) which includes evaluation of ex- isting systems, integrated design of applica- tions, network analysis (voice/data), feasibil- ity studies, cabling plans and implementation of new communications systems. 8 206 M M M M Extensive and diversified experience pro- vides us with both the unique understanding and the in-depth perspective necessary to deal effectively with all aspects of the com- plex issues involved in telecommunications studies. From first-hand experience with regu- lated telephone companies, rates and tariffs, Public Utility and Service Commissions, and FCC regulations, the ELRA Group is able to provide clients with up-to-date information on regulatory, economic and new product changes and to evaluate the potential im- pact of these changes on operations. Addi- tionally, ELRA is able to assist clients in making technical decisions as well as In formulating viable alternatives for achieving sound orga- nizational structures, policies and proce- dures. The ELRA Group has also provided consulting services to city, state and federal agencies. Staff has been called upon by governmental agencies to provide expert testimony on telecommunications policy and data com- munications. City officials have relied upon the ELRA Group to provide assistance during the process of developing and building inte- grated telecommunications systems. ELRA's range of consulting services include; • Design of teleport and multi -tenant communication services; • Telephone system design and Implementation; • Voice and data network design and implementation; • Establishment of telecommunications departments; • System evaluation; • Financial analysis and Investment review; • Telecommunications technology analysis; • Software development and analysis; 0 • Expert testimony; • Business network design and application; and, • Assistance with executive recruitment of management and staff in voice/ data telecommunications. RIKARCH ELRA Research is a high quality, full -service, custom market research supplier exclusively serving the telephone, cable and computer Industries. ELRA Research is a separate divi- sion of the ELRA Group and maintains its own staff of trained professional interviewers, suprvisors and analysts in Michigan. ELRA Re- search has successfully completed compli- cated end -user research projects in the last two years with over 50,000 consumers and 5,000 telecommunications managers. The specialized telecommunications experience and training of the field staff results in expert execution of research projects. ELRA Research has also conducted studies for clients on the potential impact of new adver- tising media; the market for new business communications services; the consumer re- sponse to addressable cable technology; area demand for teleport services; and liter- ally dozens of custom, proprietary studies commissioned by corporations, entrepre- neurs and government agencies. ELRA Research maintains interviewing posi- tions, computers, software and phone banks at the field facility In East Lansing. Sampling, questionnaire design and processing (via a CDC Cyber system) are also executed in Michigan. Analysis and report preparation is conducted in San Francisco. All offices have data communication links so that ELRA's IBM Displaywriters and computer system is on-line for all personnel. 84-206 J 0 KEY MANAMMENT Oerhard J. Hanneman op'resident and Chairman 10 Dr. Hanneman was formerly the Director of Research for Xerox's XTEN Project, the forerunner to the Digital Electronic Message Service. He was a professor and Director of the Center for Com- munications Policy Research at the University of Southern California. Prior to joining ELRA. Dr. Hanneman was consultant to major Fortune Top 25 companies, the F.C.C. and the U.S. House of Representatives on various aspects of communications technology and policy. He Is the author or co-author of 4 books and 30 articles on various aspects of communications, including the book The Telecommunlcations-Transportation Tradeoff. His M.A. and Ph.D. are in communica- tions from Michigan State University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. 1P Martin P. Block toDr. Block is a specialist in telecommunications marketing research. He is a pioneer in develop- ment of Interactive two-way telecommunications and new applications of communication for business and industry. He was formerly a senior analyst In corporate planning with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and was chairperson of the Department of Advertising at Michigan State University. He has written widely on marketing and business applications of telecommuni- cations., His M.A. is in advertising and Ph.D. is in Mass Media through Michigan State University, and he is a member of the Media Communication Council of the Advertising Research Founda- tion. 0 Thomas A. Muth Dr. Muth is a specialist In telecommunication policy, having pioneered in the research and de- velopment of cable television service and system interconnection; institutional networks; two- QWway interactive cable; and videotex transmission. He has authored articles and books on a wide variety of telecommunication topics. He has directed a number of government relations programs for the cable Industry, including refronchising, rate deregulation and service redefini- tion. He holds a M.A. and Ph.D. in communications from the Ohio State University and a J.D. from Chase College, University of Kentucky. 10 Mlilliarn F.1 bmw William Warner Is a veteran of 15 years In the communications consulting industry, 3 years in the Interconnect Industry, and approximately 10 years with the New York Telephone Company. He has been involved in extensive voice, data and word processing system design projects for ma- jor Fortune 500 corporations, municipalities, states and many international clients. Mr. Warner has served as Vice President for Fisk Telephone Systems In Houston. He served as Director and was founder and chairman of the Warner Whitney Group and Is a former President, Unregulated Operations, for CP National Corporation. A graduate of the State University of New York, Mr. Warner has supplemented his education with extensive telephone company training programs. C1 KEY MANAGEMENT Mary Lou Wright Mary Lou Wright directed the franchise activities for United Tribune of Sacramento as Senior Vice President. She has also served as Sales Manager for a division of Litton Industries; President and General Manager of an electronics manufacturing firm; contract administration officer for the Department of Defense; and consultant to national and international firms in corporate de- velopment and venture capital acquisitions. Mrs. Wright pursued undergraduate studies at Michigan State University and Beaver College with advanced studies in accounting and finan- cial management. She serves on the Governmental Relations Committee of the CCTA and is a member of CTAM, NCTA and Women in Cable, Robert LaRose IPSince joining the ELRA Group, Dr. LaRose has directed over 50 surveys of consumer and organi- 1P zational response to cable television and other new electronic media. He is responsible for the CableMark Probe, ELRA's quarterly survey of cable viewership and subscribership. He has auth- ored several articles for industry trade publications and three volumes which define the future market for basic, pay and institutional cable services. Dr. LaRose holds a Ph.D. in Communica- tions from the University of Southern California and a B.S. in Engineering from Trinity College in IP Hartford, Connecticut, He was formerly on the staff of Arthur D. Little, Inc Michael S. Ftlntoff Michael S. Fiintoff, who is both an attorney and a certified public accountant, graduated from Michigan State University in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in general business. He did postgra- duate work for a Master's of Business Administration degree at Michigan State University prior to attending law school in 1973. He graduated in 1976 with his juris doctorate degree from the University of Detroit School of Law. Upon graduation from law school, he joined the tax depart- ment of Ernst & Whinney. As a tax manager at Ernst & Whinney, Mr. Flintoff's responsibilities in- cluded tax planning for numerous corporations, corporate reorganizations, and business coun- seling. Oeorge F. Flood Mr. Flood has over 30 years in the telecommunications industry. Experience gained in 20 years with the Bell System in assignments spanning from technician to sales manager provides a broad background in data transmission, voice, data and market development. Following the Bell assignment, Mr. Flood served as Vice President/Senior Project director at Communications Management, Inc. He has served as Project Manager on a variety of projects which included kV design and implementation of privately -owned voice communications systems for clients which ranged from one office, to multi -floor, multi -location offices. Mr. Flood attended State University of New York and City College of New York. 84 -206 IF �► KEY MANAGEMENT James t O'Gorman Mr. O'Gorman', over 10 years in the telecommunications industry gives him a background in both common carrier and private consulting. He was employed for eight years by New Jersey Bell with management assignments in both the marketing and engineering departments. Mr. O'Gorman has designed incoming call management systems and outward calling networks. He has also been responsible for system construction; local distribution design; long-range facilities forecasting; and evaluation and implementation of large voice transmission systems. Mr. O'Gor- man received his B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and his M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickenson University. Ronald E. Wallace Mr. Wallace has designed cable television systems for franchise applications in many of the largest U.S. cities, as well as regional CATV interconnects for some of these metropolitan areas. He is also responsible for the design of regional teleports and integrated communications sys- tems for teleparks. He has worked with terrestrial and satellite microwave systems and coaxial and fiber optic cable communication systems. Mr. Wallace is a member of the IEEE and the So- ciety of Cable Television Engineers. He holds a B.S. in Economics and an M.A. in Communications from Michigan State University. Mary Nehl:-iFrumkln Ms. Nehls-Frumkin earned a B.A. in advertising and an M.A. in communications from Michigan State University. She has an extensive background in broadcast advertising and marketing. Ms. Nehls-Frumkin has received numberous Addy awards for her writing and marketing campaigns, and has also taught broadcast communications at both Michigan State University and North- western University. Ms. Nehls-Frumkin is a member of CTAM. Elizabeth E. McHugh Elizabeth (Beth) McHugh joined ELRA after spending two years as Coordinator of Institutional Network Services for Viacom Cable of San Francisco. As such, she has an extensive background 10 In marketing and structuring institutional network data communication services. In addition, Ms. McHugh has background in cable programming, production and speech instruction. She holds IF a B.A. (cum laude) from Northeastern University, Boston, and an M.S. from Western Michigan University. 10 James E. Reeve Mr. Reeve holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Engineering Physics from the University of to Wisconsin. During his 21 year career he has held engineering and management positions such as Manager, Telecommunications and Senior Engineer at the Atlantic Research Corporation and Chief Engineer at Multichannel Cable Company. Mr. Reeve has had direct responsibility for telecommunication engineering design and construction; system evaluation and orations; and engineering planning and implementation.-20Ei 4 0 REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT ROSTER Actor's Equity Association Albany Medical Center American Foundation for the Blind American Television & Communications AT&T Bank of the Southwest Barden Communications Browning -Ferris Industries, Inc. Cable Health Network Cablevision Systems Corporation Chemical Bank City of Austin, Texas City of Detroit, Michigan City of Romulus, Michigan City of Sacramento, California Continental Cablevision Corporation for Public Broadcasting Coastal Corporation Depository Trust Company Detroit Edison Display Data Corporation Dome Petroleum, Limited Edison Electric Institute ESPN Fairchild Publications Federal Communications Commission Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Financial News Network General Electric Corporation Gowling & Henderson Group W Cable Group W Satellite Communications HBI Associates Home Petroleum Houston —Intercontinental Airport Integrated Resources, Inc. Kass, Goodkind, Wechsler & Labaton Katz Communications, Inc. KCET Television MacMillan Bloedel Limited May Company McKenna, Conner & Cuneo Michigan Bell Telephone Mobile Land Development Co. Multichannel News Mutual of New York National Assoc. of Security Dealers New York Times Northwest Energy Corporation Robert Muir Company St. Martin's Press Scholastic Magazines, Inc. Sewanhaka Central High School District Seymour Reich & Company Southern Pacific Communications, Inc. Southern States Cooperative, Inc. State of South Carolina State of Utah State of West Virginia Storer Communications Tampa Cable Television Tele-Communications, Inc. Times Fiber Communications Tribune Cable Communications Tribune -United of Montgomery County U.S. Department of Education U.S. Treasury Department USLIFE Companies United Cable Television Corporation United Tribune of Sacramento United Video Van Waters & Rogers The Upjohn Company Warner Amex Cable Communications Warner Communications References available upon request. 84-zos