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GEnERAL TELEPHOnE COmPAny OF FLORIDA
MAR 9 1979
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March 8, 1979
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Mrs. Lucille Williams
City Clerk of the City of Clearwater
Post Office Box 4748
Clearwater, Florida 33518
Re: City of Clearwater - General Telephone
Company of Florida Franchise
(Ordinance No. 1873)
Dear Mrs. Williams:
I would appreciate your forwarding to me the following documents in
connection with Ordinance No. 1873 adopted by the City on February 1,
1979, granting a franchise to General Telephone Company of Florida:
1. Duplicate copies of the Ordinance as finally adopted, conformed
to show execution thereof, and certified to be true and correct
by the City Clerk.
2. Duplicate copies of the minutes (or excerpts therefrom) of all
meetings of the City Commission at which action was taken upon
the Ordinance, showing that a quorum of Commissioners was
present at each meeting and giving all entries at each meeting
dealing with the pas sage of the Ordinance, certified to be true
copies by the City Clerk.
3. A certificate of the City Clerk, in duplicate, relating to publica-
tion of notice of the proposed enactment of this Ordinance in
accordance with Section 166.041 (3) (a), Florida Statutes, and
the receipt of the acceptance thereof.
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Mrs. Lucille Williams
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March 8, 1979
In order to assist you in complying with our request, we are enclosing
duplicate copies of a proposed certificate (item 3 on the preceding page).
You may be assured that we will promptly pay any expense incurred in
preparing the documents requested, and would appreciate your submitting
your statement therefor, if any, at the same time the requested papers
are forwarded.
Thank you for your courtesy and cooperation.
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GEnERAL TELEPHOnE compAnY OF FLORIDA
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February 16, 1979
Mrs. Lucille Williams
City Clerk of the City of Clearwater
Post Office Box 4748
Clearwater, Florida 33518
Re: City of Clearwater-General Telephone Company
of Florida Franchise (Ordinance No. 1873)
Dear Mrs. Williams:
Enclosed is the Acceptance of Franchise by General Telephone Company of
Florida, and it is requested that this Acceptance be filed with the records
of your office.
On the copy of this letter, please acknowledge that the Acceptance was re-
ceived by the City of Clearwater within the time specified therefor in Section
10 of said Franchise.
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City Attorney
Receipt is hereby acknowledged of the Acceptance of~ranchise by
General Telephone Company of Florida, this the 'Y. day of Feb-
ruary, 1979; said date being within the time specified therefor in
Section 10 of said Franchise.
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ACCEPTANCE OF FRANCHISE
BY GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF FLORIDA
General Telephone Company of Florida, the corporation
named in and to which a franchise was granted by Ordinance No. 1873,
adopted by the City Commission of the City of Clearwater, Florida,
on the 1 st day of February, 1979, hereby accepts the franchise
thereby granted.
This the 16th day of February, 1979.
GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY
OF FLORIDA
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Excerpt from City of Clearwater Commission Meeting Minutes
of January 18, 1979
ITEM' 35
General ielep
The City Attorney pr.esented Ordinance #1873 forpfirst
reading and requested an amendr.lent. Commissioner J-lartin
r.loved to amend Section 3~ the last sentence, to read as follo~s:
"Local service revenues are all items nm, or hereafter included
in the uniform system of accounts in the FCC accounts." COmJ'lis-
sioner.DeBlaker ;econded ~he motion which carried unanimously.
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Commissioner Hartin moved to delete from Local Service
Revenues FCC Accounts 500; Subscriber Station Revenues and
504, Local Private Line Service,and to add 506, (Other) Local
Service Revenues, Commissioner Tenney seconded the motion
which carried unanimously.
The City Attorney presented Ordinance '1873 for first
reading. Commissioner DeBlaker moved that Ordinance #1873, as
amended, be read and considered by title only on first reading
by the unanimous consent of the Commission. Motion was seconded
by Commissioner Tenney. Upon roll call the vote was:
"Ayes":
"Nays":
Absent:
DeBlaker, Martin, Tenney and LeCher.
None,
Nunamaker.
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The ordinance was read by title only. Commissioner
Martin moved that Ordinance '1873, as amended, be passed on
its first reading. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Tenney.
Upon roll call the vote was:
"Ayes":
"Nays":
Absent:
DeBlaker, Martin and LeCher.
Tenney.
Nunamaker, Motion carried.
I, Lucille Williams, duly appointed City Clerk of the
City of Clearwater, Florida, certify the foregoing to be a
true and correct excerpt from the minutes of the City Com-
mission meeting of January 18, 1979.
Witness my hand and the corporate seal of the City of
Clearwater this ninth day of March, 1979,
City Clerk
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Excerpt from City of Clearwater Commission Meeting Minutes
of February 1, 1979
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Commissioner ~(artin moved to amend Section 4, Subsection
(g) of Ordinance #1873 on Page 6, to add the following sentence
at the end of the subsection: "If the COl!lpany fails to pay
for such removal, the City, at its option, may cancel this
franchise." Commissioner Nunamaker seconded the motion which
carried unanimously,
The City Attorne;' presented Ordi.nance ~1373, as a;;J.pnded,
for second reading and stated he would read by title only unless
there was a request to read in its entirety. The ordinance was
read by title only. COi:lmissioner ~Iartin moved to pass and aciopt
Ordinance '1373, as amended, on second and final reading and to
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same, Commis-
sioner Nunamaker seconded the motion. Upon roll call the vote
was: '
"Ayes":
"Nays":
Absent:
DeBlaker, Martin, Nunamaker and Tenney,
None,
LeCher.
I, Lucille Williams, duly appointed City Clerk of the
City of Clearwater, Florida, certify the foregoing to be a
true and correct excerpt from the minutes of the City Com-
mission meeting of'February 1, 1979,
Witness my hand and the corporate seal of the City of
Clearwater this twelfth day of March, 1979,
Clty Clerk
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March 13, 1979
Mr. James V. Carideo
Vice President-General Counsel
General Telephone Company of Florida
Post Office Box 110
Tampa, Florida 33601
Dear Mr. Carideo:
As requested in your March 8, 1979, letter, the
fOllowing are enclosed in duplicate:
Certified copy of excerpt from the January 18,
1979, Commission meeting - Item 35, First
Reading, Ordinance No. 1873.
Certified copy of excerpt from the February 1,
1979, Commission meeting - Item 35, Second
Reading, Ordinance No. 1873.
Certified copy of Ordinance No. 1873.
Certificate of Notice of Proposed Enactment of
Ordinance 1873 and Receipt of Acceptance of
Franchise by General Telephone Company of
Florida.
Your invoice is also enclosed.
If you need further information, please let us know.
Sincerely,
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Mrs. Lucille Williams
City Clerk
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CER TIFICA TE
I, Lucille Williams, City Clerk of the City of Clearwater, Florida,
do hereby certify:
1. That I am the duly qualified and acting City Clerk of said City.
January 16, 1979 ,said date being at least
2. That on
seven days prior to the adoption of Ordinance No. 1873 by the City Com-
mission of the City of Clearwater, Florida, notice of the proposed enactment
of said Ordinance was published in
Clearwater Sun
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newspaper of general circulation in the City of Clearwater, Florida, in
accordance with the requirements of Section 166,041 (3) (a), Florida
Statutes.
3. That an Acceptance of General Telephone Company of Florida,
dated February 16, 1979, of the franchise granted by Ordinance No. 1873,
was received by the City of Clearwater on February 20, 1979 , and placed
in the official records of said City.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of
the City of Clearwater, Florida, this twe 1 fth day of
March
, 1979.
Lucille Williams, City Clerk
City of Clearwater, Florida
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