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ilvlay 24, 1995
Communities Served b� Saramens Enterp.,-is es
R-Ef: Gaels Television F r a n c h*1 s e Tr ns,A.r
Dear C01PIMUE.-ty:
inis enanuement letter with thtn.- City of
I -.kl=th ffwnicipa�lty" or "vou') sets forth
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our mutual undelt"standing of the 1.egal sen7ice,s to be -,)rovideu ycu r municipalitu jointly with other
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municipalities in the Fort North area on the Proposed tr..ansfer of your cabl televisio n francbise
'n's letter also d,scrbes how thi's
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with Saniws l
Es nterprises or its affiiates Ito
representation relates to the group effort in which we will jointly be representing several
municipalities and the basis on Which we will be paid.
We will provide services for vour municipality as foil s: As Zi, part of the g!'OL-1t) Of
communitiC."S servt.d by eSammons involved in this %:,.).ffOT't, V?Cwill represent you or t the prop osed
tramsfeir/transfer of control of your cable television franchist from Sammons to Marcus Cable or
its affiliates ("Marcus"'). This includes examining your chaner, current cable franchise and Form
394 meeting wil-b you, obtaining information Evora Marcus (and Sammons) and a ,, in you about
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the responses. It also includes riegotiations, with Marcus (and Sanimons) to try to arrive at an
agreement on tflfie terms upon which the t-ninsfer "Fill be approved, and Such otbe-r Matters as are
appAropriatt.
'n--ze scope of these seiwices M,,--iv be changed 'Arrom tulle 'ZO ti me bv mutual agreemcm, Our
engage-xient Velth you may be terminated by you or us at any i subject to the provision below
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about being billed through the .,.I nd of th.,e czilendar nionth in termination occurs for ease of
billing purposes.
You understand that we ivi'll -also be representing othff rru ni cipali ties in, the Fort Worth
PrIoposed transfer of their cable frand", e froyll S4a--m-n-ons- to Marctis. These
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inunici Pali"ties have similaTinterests,believe theNy can achie-ve, e ff- ectivenesss,fctast red uctil[Or,
and mutual beneflLs through 'oinl.. re-presentation ari.d for nee are referred to collectively
a '�, e Sammons Commi.mitles oy "the Grcup". ,:.
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John P estle and Peter Axnistrong%,fll overse,c this maitter on behalf of the law firm and will
use the services of other atterneys in the firm or non-attorney legal assistance as the firm seers
`11 N-11 for %Aiork for the
-vr nionthly as follows: Wt,,
appropy a`le. We will bill your inunicipali
Group as a while using our s..andard rates for such woir1k:,.1. Tbose fav2ts currently range. from $55
to $2055- per hour. Mr. Pestle's rate js ,$920 Per hour and Mr. I't-rrnstrona's is $225 per hour. This
bill will also include any out of pocket expenses incurred oa the Group's behalf plus Internal
charges at our standard rates "OT same for such items as copying, long distance tails, woT<A
messenger services, faxes, and the like. You will be billed for vour
processing, staff OV!%ovni ME e13
percentage share o-i" the bill based on the riumber of Samrnons subscribers III YOUR Commun-it 7y
compared to the j vmbveper of subscribers for all the communities in the group during
Mar 1995
prow'.dam hovever, that your liability, under this agreexxien:t sball D ,- exceed $45,o66
without prior appeoval of t1e Ford Worth if Comcile
Altheugh you iruay torminate our sear-ices a-Z my time, due tco the difficulty in segregating
costs Partway thr ough ",- month,yu-u agree to pay for of�-. share of the costs through the end of the
inomh 'in which you torminateb
The terms of our bills are net 30 days. If you have, any questions on them, please contact
us immediately.
We will start our representat-i'l3n of you Upon your signing this letter and n,-!Aurning 'it. A fully
signed cop Nvi-I
y I be returned to you
We appreciate the opporrtunity to assirit yotj and hook forward to working wilith you.
Date of Forit; Worth
(Munio,pality)
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Date: ARNUNI, RiDDERING, SCHMIDT & HOWLETT
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Its: Partner
ATTESTED BY U-7
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1 UBJECT MCFESSUDNAL SE.R.WC.P..S WITH VARNUNI. tJD EKINF9,.+nw H t i DT &
HOWEI L FOR SEA VIC�.:""' REGARDN'S TRANSF R OFF: SAAf"tKAONS COMIAIJNIC,
C7A_BLr'T"ri/ FRANCHISE TO MARCUS
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RE.C.OMMENDATION:
It is reo-ornmended thac 0 , .1ty Cauncil..
t Adopt the attiached appropriations ordiniv).ce, increasing estirnated dreceipts and
appropriations by $45,000 in the especial Trust Futid; and
2. Authorize t"!�e CoitV Manager to sign an engagernent letter with Varnum, Riddering, Schmiet
& Howetl for professionai services in connection with the transfey� of the Sammons
Comrnunic�tions Cable Tx.11 Franchise to Marcus Cable, in an amount riot to exceed
$45,000, and
3, Authorize -the City Manger -,Ln participate in a con.-sorttium of cities that are served by
Sammons Communications which w1il share the cost of the. sef-vices to beprovided by the
Varnum, Riddering fi rryi.
DISCUSSION.-.,
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Oft May 5, 19,19 0', theC.0ity of Foa Wo I from Same ninoilnrz; Communications an FCC Form',
394 which requests,- the Cijty".s, approval for Sammons Comn-lunications,
Inc.. to assign its cable
TV franchise 'to Marir.-.,us Cale, LLP. Samr-1-ions has seznt similar requests to all other cities i-n the
metroplex that amrnons serves. Under federal iaw each city 'I-ias 120 &3ys to approve or deny
the transfer request.
Representr-Atives of several cities that are served by Sammons have met and believe that I.hey
should form au cornsartium ar d employ a cons ultant to advise theM during the transfer process.
The consultam s fees would be. prorated among the cMies in the consortium based on the num,ber
of Sammons SUbscribers inr each city. At this tirne, it ;s e stun ated that the GO of Fort Wo,rth"s
share should not exceed $45,,000.
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Representatives of the cities that met have agreed to recommend that the firms of arn=,
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Kidd ring, Schmidt & Howell of Grand RapidG, Micl-iigan, be selected as-the con-suftant. The fi!,-rrt.
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has handled numerous cable TV and te 1,e c om rn u n teat ion s f rv!nc h i se rn a"te r s for cures tf'srouqhout
the nation. Mr. John. Pestle and Mr. Peter Armstrong �rvill oversee the Matter and other attorneys
in the firm wil! also provide services.
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06/016/191,.5 1 2VAR 1�M U M 2 of 2
PROFESSIONAL SERVII C.,AES AGREE-AIIE.NT 'Afl'TH VARN'TA
RIDDERING, El H�A I D T &
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HOWELL FOR SERVICE-7 REGARDING TR ANUER OF At S. ONIONS COMMUNICATiONS
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TV FRAWFUSE TO NiAR"""Us CA
FISCAL 4"RFORMATiON&I'B"'!IR CA T iO ':
The Dir-e-k..'Per of Fiscal Certifies Thal upor� 3- drxptiorl (3f
attached appr Jpri.atiur-S
ordmam.,le tf te.fiUnds required f or th&;._kS AI:I.XpoenkrAtur P., vvill be awFWable. in c,%I�trent opera.ting budget
of the Spada! Trust Fund,
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Wadie Adkins 7W;
Pat Svacim
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