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RESOLUTION
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THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY Of' EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO
To Endorse the assignment of a new VHF television channel to Glenwood
Springs, Colorado, and to urge the Federal Communications Commission to adopt
a rule to that effect.
WHEREAS, the communities of Garfield, Pitkin, and Eagle Counties,
(Tri County Region) do not have access to local television service; and
WHEREAS, the three above -named counties of the Tri - County Region
are bound together by the Region's unique geography and common interests; and
WHEREAS, the Tri - County Region is experiencing rapid and stable
population growth and economic development; and
WHEREAS, local television service is necessary to provide the people
of the Tri- County Region with a local source of news, public affairs, informational
and entertainment programs; to provide the local governments and civic and
community organizations with a valuable outlet to the communities they serve; to
provide the commercial community with the most effective means for communication
available for purposes of advertising and public service; and, to provide the
substantial recreational population with a vital source of information
concerning regional and local activities; and
WHEREAS, Glenwood Springs, the County seat of Garfield County,
is an appropriate and convenient location for a television station serving the
Tri- County Region;
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners of the
County of Eagle, State of Colorado supports the assignment of a new VHF television
channel to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, and urges the United States Federal Commu-
nications Commission to adopt a rule to that effect, to provide a first local
television service to the Tri - County Region of Garfield, Pitkir. and Eagle Counties.
MOVED, READ AND UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED at a special meeting held on
3 May 1978.
ATTEST:
By:
Clerk of the Board of /�-
County Commissioners v
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO
By and through its
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS/J
By: �rii-c�
Dan Williams, Chairman