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. ail [] MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 8, 1982 PAGE !1 RESOLUTION 82-l~0 A RESOLUTION ON THE DEATH OF WAYZATA POLICE OFFICER JAMES ANDERSON Clerk Administrator Barnes explained that the Fire Department will no longer need the hose dryer due t o the fact that the new building has a hose tower, and requested authorization to transfer that dryer to the maintenance department and advertise for sale the maintenance department dryer. Councilmmember Chestovich moved, seconded by Councilmember Larson, that the request be granted. Motion carried unanimously. Council- member Larson requested that the Clerk Administrator check to see who paid for the dryer in the Fire Department as she felt the Fire Department should receive the money if they purchased it with their funds. RESOLUTION #82-40 SPARE HOSE DRYER TO BE ADVERTISED FOR SALE Councilmember Eggert commented on the proposed cable television franchise CABLE TV ordinance and requested that Council review it prior to considering UPDATE adoption of the ordinance. sophistocated public access system, it would not be reasonable to reject the five percent at this time. In reply to a question from Mayor Warkentien, Councilmember Eggert ex- plained that nine of the ten communities are in favor of the five percent fee which must be used entirely for cable purposes rather than the three percent fee which may be used for any purpose. Councilmember Eggert stated he preferred the five percent fee as accepting the three percent and using it for purposes other than cable would destroy the carefully set up public access fund. He felt that since the communities have opted for a He explained that when the cable company begins installing cable it will increase the workload for the staff and these cable related chores should be documented for reimbursement of administrative costs. The cable discussion was deferred until after the scheduled 9:00 P.M. public hearing. Mayor ~Y`arkentien opened the Public Hearing on the Storm Sewer Improvement PUBLIC HEARING Project at 9:00 P.M. He explained the hearing notice eras published prior ON STORM to knowing that the storm sewer would be approved following the petition by SEWER Hewlett Packard. In view of the fact that the storm sewer is being install- CANCELLED ed at the present time, Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember Larson, that the Public Hearing be cancelled. Motion carried unanimously. Council then continued the Cable TV discussion. CABLE T~I DISCUSSION Clerk Administrator Barnes inquired as to whether or not any of the other CONTINUED communities are considering cable connection fees. Councilmember Eggert replied he was not aware of any such discussion but would check on the matter. Councilmember Eggert moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien, that the City Attorney be authorized to prepare an appropriate ordinance for adoption of the Cable TV franchise. Motion carried unanimously.