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CIT Y 0 F MAR Y S V ILL E
Marysville,Washington
RESOLUTION NO.I~~~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE ADOPTING
PROCEDURES FOR USE OF THE CHARACTER GENERATOR
FOR THE MARYSVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION CHANNEL
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,
WASHINGTON AS FOLLOWS:
The attached Procedures for Use of the Character Generator for
the Marysville Community Television Channel are hereby adopted.
PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this ~~
day of HA pot-,1987.
THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
~CDO~CITY ATTEY
Resolution
ATTEST:
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MARYSVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
PROCEDURES FOR USE OF CHARACTER GENERATOR
The city of Marysville coordinates,through the city
Clerk's office,the gathering,formatting,and program-
ming of information from Government,Education,and Pub-
lic sources for display on the Marysville Community
Television channel.
The Marysville Community Television Channel (Channel 18
on the TCI Washington Cable System)is used to distrib-
ute information concerning community activities,ser-
vices,and information of general public interest.
Channel 18
Marysville
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enables communication directly to all City of
cable subscribers to keep them better in-
Alphanumeric (text)information on this channel is dis-
played throughout the day,seven (7)days a week,24
hours a day.The information is updated every working
day,Monday through Friday.
The following rules apply for use of the Character Gen-
erator:
1.The Character Generator (Channel 18)is avail-
able for use by the general public,governmental
agencies,the pUblic educational community,non-
profit organizations,and community service
groups.
2.The following categories of information shall
not be transmitted:
a.Information which is not of general public
interest.
b.Commercial advertising;provided,that this
shall not prohibit fund raising promotions
and the sale of products or services by non-
profit organizations and community service
groups.
c.Political advertising and campaigning for
issues and candidates.
d.Lottery information.
3.The City reserves the right to refuse to trans-
mit all or any portion of a message which
promotes any activity which is illegal under
City,State,or Federal law,or which is defama-
tory,misleading,fraudulent,obscene,or
indecent.
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Character Generator Rules
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4.All announcements shall have some relationship
to the city of Marysville as defined by the
District boundaries.Either the organiza-
tion or individual sponsoring the announcement
shall be located in Marysville or the event
itself shall take place in Marysville.Marys-
ville shall be defined as "property located
within the Marysville School District boun-
daries".
5.Announcements of events must indicate whether
they are free or there is an Admission charge.
An information number should be provided.
6.The City's purpose is to maximize the use of
the Character Generator by all parties.If
there is not adequate room in the Character
Generator for placement of all messages re-
quested,the City reserves the right to
determine what messages will be placed on the
character generator and what messages will be
moved to a different day or eliminated entirely.
7.Messages will be run for a maximum of 7 days and
minimum of 3 days.
8.Daily Use of the Character Generator shall be
allocated as follows:
40 pages/screens of information -Government
Education
Library
10 pages/screens -Church
10 pages/screens -Community Group
10 pages/screens -General use
Pages not used by the user group designated
will be allocated for use by any group in the
following manner:
(a)Priority will be given to users who live
within the Marysville School District
boundaries.
(b)First time users shall have priority over
regular users.
9.Emergency information shall be given priority
transmission rights at the direction of the
Access Coordinator,and may displace all other
information.
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Character Generator Rules
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10.Disputes regarding the Character Generator
shall be resolved by the Marysville Community
Television Advisory Committee,with the right
to appeal by any aggrieved party to the City
council.
The following procedures should be used in preparing al-
phanumeric information for display on the Marysville
Community Television Channel:
1.The request for use of the Character Generator
forms must be used when submitting messages for
display.All of the required information at the
top of the form must be filled in and the form
signed before the message can be displayed on
Channel 18.Forms are available from the City
Clerk's Office,City Hall,514 Delta Avenue,
Marysville,WA 98270;659-8477.
2.There is room for three separate messages on
each form.Each message on a single alphanumeric
form should be scheduled to begin and end dis-
play on the same dates.If events occur on
various dates,use a separate form for each
message.
3.When composing each message,it should be brief.
4.Each message should contain a headline.The
headline should briefly convey the main idea
of the message.It should attract attention
and encourage the viewer to read the message.
5.The following example may help in designing
your message:
FREE CONCERT:Monday,June 7,downtown -
city Park,Noon -1:30 p.,.-Questions?
#659-XXXX .
CPR CLASS:Held once a month call Msvl.
Fire Department for further information
#659-XXXX -$2.00 material fee requested.
6.The City Clerk's office will,when necessary,
conform your message to accommodate page
format and style.
7.The message Form must be received by the City
Clerk's office 3 working days before the dis-
play date.
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8.Messages Forms will be accepted on a quarterly
basis.However,all other rules and procedures
must be complied with.
9.Each Public entity and Community group desiring
to use the Character Generator must provide the
City Clerk's office with a list of those indivi-
duals authorized to submit messages (limit of
two authorized signatures per group).
10.If you need more information or have any ques-
tions,please contact MARY SWENSON,Access
Channel Coordinator,City of Marysville,514
Delta Avenue,Marysville,WA 98270,659-8477.
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