Clearwater Township, Minnesota requests applications for Franchise rights to provide Cable Service and construct, reconstruct, operate and maintain a Cable Communications System in the Rights-of-Way in the Town. The closing date for submission of applications is March 1, 2021.

Applications shall be submitted in writing to the Town Clerk at the address listed below. There is no application fee. The Franchisee shall be required to provide, free of charge, a drop, outlet and monthly basic Cable Service to the Town Hall, provided the Town Hall is within 150 feet of the Franchisee’s cable system.

All Franchisees shall obtain the appropriate permit or other required authorization as provided in the Town Right-of-Way Ordinance prior to any construction or work in or on the Right-of-Way, including construction of poles, conduits, amplifier boxes, similar structures, or other wire-holding structures. All Cable System facilities to-be located in the Right-of-Way shall be subject to Town approval with regard to location, height, type and other considerations.

All applications shall be evaluated based upon the capacity of the applicant to construct, operate and maintain a cable system that complies with 47 U.S.C. Subchapter V-A and Minn. Stat. Chapter 238. All applications must contain, at minimum, the information required by Minn. Stat. 238.081 Subd. 4.

The hearing on all timely submitted applications shall occur on March 1, 2021 at 8:00 o’clock p.m. at the Clearwater Township Hall, 15015 State Highway 24, Clearwater, MN, 55320. For further information, contact: Jean Just, Town Clerk, 15015 State Highway 24, Clearwater, MN, 55320. (320)558-4011.

Published in the Patriot: (02/20/21; 02/27/21)