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HARFORD COUNTY

(3) THE GRANTING AUTHORITY WILL RENDER A
FINAL DECISION ON THE SAID CATV APPLICATIONS, DENYING ALL
APPLICATIONS OR GRANTING ONE OR MORE APPLICATION(S) AND
DENYING THE OTHERS ON OR BEFORE SIXTY (60) DAYS FROM THE
DATE OF THE FINAL HEARING ON THE APPLICATIONS.

[[(4) THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL WITHIN TEN (10)
DAYS OF THEIR DECISION SEND A COPY OF THEIR DECISION AND
THE APPLICATIONS TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR HIS FINAL
APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL. THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SHALL ACT
UPON THE APPLICATIONS WITHIN SIXTY (60) DAYS OF RECEIPT
OF THE COUNCIL'S DECISION. NO APPLICATION SHALL BE
CONSIDERED FINAL UNTIL THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE RENDERS HIS
DECISION.]]

(4) WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS OF THEIR FINAL
DECISION, THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL INTRODUCE A BILL,
PURSUANT TO SECTION 218 OF THE CHARTER OF HARFORD COUNTY,
MARYLAND, SETTING FORTH THEREIN THE NAME OF THE APPLICANT
GRANTED A NON-EXCLUSIVE CATV FRANCHISE IN HARFORD COUNTY,
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS BILL AS HEREINAFTER SET
FORTH, APPENDING THERETO AND INCORPORATING THEREIN A COPY

OF THE APPLICATION OF THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT. IN THE

EVENT THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL, AT THAT TIME, GRANTS MORE
THAN ONE APPLICATION, THEN THE NAME AND THE APPLICATION
OF EACH SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT SHALL APPEAR IN SEPARATE
BILLS. NO APPLICATION SHALL BE CONSIDERED FINAL UNTIL
THE BILL BECOMES LAW PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER OF HARFORD
COUNTY, MARYLAND.

SECTION 6.7. CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF APPLICATIONS.

(A) IN GENERAL: THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE OF HARFORD COUNTY DESIRE TO HAVE IN THE COUNTY
QUALITY SERVICE-ORIENTED CATV SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS.
PROVISION IS HEREBY MADE FOR THE GRANTING AUTHORITY TO
EVALUATE ALL APPLICATIONS AND TO ACCEPT THE HOST
QUALIFIED APPLICANT(S) AND/OR TO REJECT ALL OTHER
APPLICATIONS FOR THE FRANCHISE. ALL APPLICANTS SHALL BE
ADVISED THAT HARFORD COUNTY EXPECTS THE HIGHEST QUALITY
PROPOSALS. THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE SHALL PERMIT THE
APPLICANTS FREEDOM AND FLEXIBILITY TO PROPOSE A SYSTEM OF
OUTSTANDING QUALITY. APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE USE
OF THE APPLICATION FORM SUPPLIED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL
AND MUST RESPOND TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS APPEARING
THEREON. HOWEVER, APPLICANTS SHALL BE PERMITTED AND
URGED TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL MATERIALS, NOT
SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED IN THE APPLICATION FORM, THAT THE
APPLICANTS DEEM PERTINENT TO THE GRANTING AUTHORITY'S
CONSIDERATION. THE CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING, GRADING AND
ACTING UPON THE CATV APPLICATIONS IS DIVIDED INTO TWO
AREAS: BASIC QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPARATIVE
QUALIFICATIONS.