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URGING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO
ADOPT A PLAN PROVIDING FOR A GEOGRAPHIC SPLIT
WHEREBY AREA CODE 817 WILL BE RETAINED AS THE
EXCLUSIVE AREA CODE FOR THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
AND ALL OTHER AREAS IN THE FORT WORTH
METROPOLITAN CALLING AREA
WHEREAS, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company projects that Area
Code 817, serving forty-five Texas counties, will run out
of available telephone numbers in the next two years; and
WHEREAS, the Public Utilities Commission has ordered its staff to
prepare a plan providing for a geographic split of Area
Code 817 so that a portion of the present 817 service
area will retain Area Code 817 as its exclusive area
code, and another portion will be assigned a new area
code; and
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth Metropolitan Calling Area is the largest
calling area in the 817 service area, and, accordingly,
should retain Area Code 817 as its exclusive area code;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SECTION 1
That the City Council of the City of Fort Worth supports a
geographic split of the Area Code 817 service area, and urges that
the geographic split be such that Area Code 817 will be retained as
the exclusive area code for the City of Fort Worth and all other
areas in the Fort Worth Metropolitian Galling Area
SECTION 2
That the City staff is directed to deliver to the Public
Utilities Commission a copy of this Resolution, and to inform the
Public Utilities Commission and its staff that the City is willing
to assist the Public Utilities Commission in accomplishing the
above described geographic split
ADOPTED this 14th day of March, 1996
APPROVED
CITY CQUNCIt~
MAR 14 1986
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