HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-1995-147 Forums and 1995 Election® RESOLUTION NO R-95- 147
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A RESOLUTION reaffirming, ratifying, and recognizing the authority of the Cable
Communications Division to produce and hold on City facilities, and
air on YPAC, informational City Council Candidate Forums for the
the 1995 election and upcoming City Council elections in order to
inform the citizens of Yakima regarding City Council candidates.
WHEREAS, and pursuant to Yakima Municipal Code Section 1 18.060, the City of
Yakima (hereafter the "City") coordinates, and administers public cable TV
programming in the form of the Yakima Public Affairs Cable (hereafter "YPAC") and
Yakima Community Television (hereafter "YCTV"), and
WHEREAS, YPAC and YCTV are maintained, operated, and administered by the
Cable Communications Division of the City; and
WHEREAS, one of the primary purposes of YPAC and YCTV has been and is to
inform the public concerning various public affairs and to broadcast certain public
forums and events; and
WHEREAS, and more specifically, the prime purpose of YPAC is to inform, in an
unbiased, fair, and non-partisan manner, the public regarding various public
affairs, including, but not limited to, elections and election results; and
WHEREAS, and in furtherance of said public informational purpose, the Cable
Communications Division produced and aired on YPAC a City Council Candidate Forum
on October 26, 1993 regarding the 1993 election for City Council membership; and
WHEREAS, said City Council Candidate Forum was held, and the broadcast was
produced at a City facility — the City Council Chambers in Yakima City Hall; and
WHEREAS, the format for said City Council Candidate Forum was developed by
the Cable Communications Division and was unbiased, fair, and non-partisan to the
City Council candidates; and
WHEREAS, the City received no complaints from the public or the City Council
candidates concerning the fairness or appropriateness of said City Council Candidate
Forum, and
WHEREAS, the Cable Communications Division desires to produce and hold
additional City Council Candidate Forums for the 1995 election and future elections;
and
WHEREAS, the Cable Communications Division represents that such City
Council Candidate Forums will be informational in nature and will be formatted and
produced in an unbiased, fair, and non-partisan manner; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the
City that the Cable Communications Division continue to produce, hold, and air on
YPAC, in an unbiased, fair, and non-partisan manner, informational City Council
Candidate Forums for the 1995 election and future City Council elections in order to
fully and fairly inform the citizens of Yakima regarding election for City Council,
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
That the legal authority of the Cable Communications Division to produce and
hold at City facilities, and air on YPAC, informational City Council Candidate Forums
for the 1995 election and upcoming City Council elections in order to inform the
citizens of Yakima regarding City Council candidates is hereby reaffirmed, ratified,
and appropriate under Yakima Municipal Code Section 1 18 060 and all other
applicable municipal, state, and federal laws and regulations.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this /%day of , 1995
ATTEST Mayor
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City Clerk
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