Awarding Austin's Cable TV Future
- The primary purpose of the meeting was to award a contract for a "television signal distribution system."
- This item indicates the city was likely making an early move to implement or expand what we now know as cable television (CATV) services for residents.
- The decision represented a significant public policy and infrastructure step, shaping how Austin residents would access TV programming.
Full Transcript
) CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS February 06, 1963 15. :! NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Austin will be held on the 6th day of February, 1963, at the Municipal Building, Eighth and Colorado, in Austin, Texas, at 10:00 A.M. o'clock for the purpose of awarding contract for television signal distribution system to qualified applicants and considering problems relating thereto and connected there- with. s/ Elsie Woosley City Clerk ATTEST: s/ Elsie Woosley City Clerk s/ Lester E. Palmer Mayor City of Austin, Texas " CONSENT TO MEETING We, the undersigned members of the City Council, hereby accept service of the foregoing notice, waiving any and all irregularities in such service and such notice, and consent and agree that said City Council shall meet at the time and place therein named, and for the purpose therein stated. s/ Edgar Perry s/ Louis F. Shanks s/ Ben White s/ R. C. Armstrong