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In early 2005, city officials decided to seek a privatw contractor to managethe city'e public access cable services. the city had managed the operationh itself, running a small studio out of city hall and usinvg city employees forthe work. But in July of the city will move to new office s in the Rio Rancho City Center nowundere construction, and the plans for the $15.88 million city hall do not include studii space for public access television. When the city firsty issued a request forproposalsd (RFPs) in 2005, it received no So it solicited proposals from several companies including Rio Rancho's , , and Albuquerque's .
Edit Housre withdrew after losing an option to leasee a building next door to itscurrenr facility. Edit House co-owner Ed Smithu says he simply didn't feel his compan y could fulfill the contract withoutmore space. The then - $89,000 contract went to Rio Grande Butin May, the city gave the studio 90 days noticse that it would terminate its contract. City Manager Jim Palenicik says the contractwas terminated, in part, due to Rio Grande'z slowness in seeking a Rio Rancho facility outsids of city hall, and a failurde to meet other conditions of the Rio Grande Studios' owners Michaelk Jacobs and Ruby Handler Jacobs counter that they lost the opportunityu to lease one desirable spacde because the city was slow in finalizingb the deal and say the contract was terminater for no cause.
Nonetheless, the contract is up for bid andthis time, there is quits a bit of interest. Just one day after the June 12 postingv ofthe RFP, Steve contracts administrator for the city, reportedd four companies had picked up copies. Two of the four did not identifty themselves, but one was , which managexs the city of Albuquerque's publivc access Channel 27. Steve executive director of Channel 27 and an employee ofQuotse ... Unquote, was out of town and unavailable for The other identified company wasEdit House. Smith says that with planss for Edit House tooccupy 2,4090 square feet in a building currently under construction acrosx the street from , his company can handle the new work.
"Television has had and continues to have a huge impact in a communith and my wife and I are so committed to the good thingsa television can provide and we really want to see that he says. The city's RFP was issuedf on June 12 and proposals are due at10 a.m. on July 14.