R95-25 04-10-95 RESOLUTION NO. R95 -25
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS ENDORSING THE PASSAGE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LEGISLATION IN TEXAS THAT ESTABLISHED PRICE REGULATION,
CONTINUES PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OVERSIGHT, AND
PROVIDES INCENTIVE FOR $1.5 BILLION INFRASTRUCTURE
PROPOSAL.
WHEREAS, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and the Texas
Telephone Association "SWBT /TTA have proposed a $1.5 billion
telecommunications infrastructure plan which would provide for
extensive jobs creation and economic development opportunities,
especially in rural Texas; and
WHEREAS, the $1.5 billion SWBT /TTA infrastructure proposal
would provide fiber optic telecommunication facilities to schools,
hospitals and libraries in Texas, thus paving the way for dramatic
improvements in education and healthcare, particularly in rural
areas, while at the same time capping basic local telephone rates
for an additional four years; and
WHEREAS, the infrastructure commitment would also include an
educational grants pool totalling $80 million from which all Texas
educational institutions could apply for funds necessary to
establish distance learning; and
WHEREAS, the infrastructure proposal is only possible if
legislation is passed which recognizes the need for a change in
telecommunications industry regulation from rate -of- return
regulation to price -of- service regulation; and
WHEREAS, $1.1 billion of the infrastructure proposal would
come from Southwestern Bell Telephone, a Texas -based company with
an existing net investment in the state totalling over $6.9
billion; and
WHEREAS, Southwestern Bell Telephone with its 26,650 employees
continues to be an active participant in all the Texas communities
it serves, providing some $10.5 million in charitable contributions
annually; and
WHEREAS, Southwestern Bell Telephone has established a proven
track record of fulfilling its obligations to rural Texas by its
completion ahead of schedule of all commitments made in PUC
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RESOLUTION NO. R95 -25
Docket 8585, or Texas First; Specifically, the elimination of
2 party /4 party lines, mileage fees and cost of modern digital
switches in 200 rural cities costing in excess of $1 billion.
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the City Council endorses passage of tele-
communications legislation in Texas that established price rather
than rate -of- return regulation, continues Public Utility Commission
oversight of the price regulation of basic local telephone service
as well as service quality, and provides Texas telephone companies
the incentive to go forward with their $1.5 billion infrastructure
proposal.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this the /o day of (2
A. D., 1995.
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DAVID MITH
MAYOR PRO TEM
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INTERIM CITY SECRETARY
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