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A~t:l PIi!'C fs S Ci_ty Counc~il. I'.ec. 14, 1~;8', Dent~J. OifCce ?~c. ['~hey sCated t:l~iat tlii_s shoul.d be cov~red -~.n Cne jo:i.nt ~o~vers ;e. t;ub I~oods a~~ r~;ement. ,~.r. Ssaeei~ey sC~Ai:ed t'naC he rint.ic.i.pat F-c~ i:?~~,is, Atso, (Cont.) Cub weints t:'ne ri_gilt to b~ r~eimbuzsed as othcr; hool< u~~ to the 1i.ne. 9'1~e ACl:orney stHt~ci t_hat:. th~Ls joirit nower> ~gre~ir~nt G~ill ~~ very cannl.ex. Cab1a "CV `4r, pon Tlrnowslci. :i.n,Eormed t.he Co~mci7. that: Croup :~7 Cai~lc 'f~i Company has requc5t~~d ,a~,~~~rovtil of 1 s-i_n~l.e cablc syst.em c•rhich A~:~n«a *•ri_7.1. cut t.he num>>er of avr~i:i.l.abl.e ('able 'i'7 ct~annel.s from l20 to ltem No, 7 50. Such channels eas in,t~ituttiontat banlcin~ rind shopp~i.n4; by "f~1 would be eli.mi.nat:ed. Tarno~•~s(c~i. reportec'1 that 1~e i_S not a.n~.~ious to ac<<-pt t~.hi_s as Croup TJ ~aent to thc C~i_ty of `,t. P2u~. and stal:Cd t':iat i.c they tiaoul.d ztcccpC i~i~-~ir pronosa]. they aroi.il_d ensure ch;~t only union peoplc wo,rked on the syste~m, ~;dhile Grou~~> ?I oixs ~v~.iit~in,n, io near C'rom SC. Paul, t:hey did not i~ii_re ar~yone until. Ji.i1y 1. Tacx~onsLu_ sY,~ted that: (;roup id i.s c]_aim:i.ng that t:hc Comm~.,s;on wi]1 not comnrom~ise. 'lowever, Tarno~aslci. ~indi.cated that tl~ua Gommi~ssi_on has al.ready con~q~~romi.sed a ~;reat <leal. Carnoca:>lci atlso reportc.rl C.hat Group 4d woul.d li.lce a si.x montl~i extensi.on. Tarnows;.ci ,t~ited tliat <ie is ~ail~l.iri~ to livc ai~h ei . , . tireF month e:eten>i.on, farnoc'vs1c~ staCed thaC a si_n~le c,able syscem ~oould dea~rade. the system. t-ic'S. Scalze suggested tliat per}iaps {:ne Commi_ssi.on shou7.d look at Cl~ie other compan~.ies a~;ai.n. 'Car;r~ocos(c[ reported Chat tlie system could be a duat cab1E, sy5tem arittl a sha~adow cable, ~:olii_ch :i.s a cable t_i1~t: ~i.s not act-i.vat:ed, :[t woul.d Se un to I:he Commz.ssion to tell Group Iai o~hen the c~able wotilcl bE~ act.i.val:~.ed. `1rs. Nard:ini_ commeni.:ed Tnat: she re~id th;at the reason Group [d caants to go ~a:i_Cn c~i shado~r cable ~i , that ~i.c ~.ri.ll resutt ~in a s zv~ n{;s t.o the!n of ~!F m~i_ll:i_on. Na~rdi.n.i. al.so poi.nted o~it th~C the Ci_ty s'~ou1d h~ve, bren receit~i_n,? ~ money bacic ~rom Groiip Ld h~ riow and _,, riot. Tarnoas'c,i. anresrl that if. the Cornmission has C.o comprom~i;;e, thc cities should ~;et tkie revenue theiC has bcaen nrojected re~;ar-clless. Tarno~~i,fc.i. stated thaC the concensus oP th~-~ Commi>sion :i.s that they urmt r~ohaC (;roiip ~-J or~i.~i.nall.y bid. I-to*acver, a coup7.c of itcros on the part oI th~ Conun~i.ss~i_on conCri.buCCd to i:he 1.atreness of~ GrouJ,i ';I. 'Chat i.s, the ~i~ilrli.nF; l.ocaP_~ion and delays f:rom the adv~i.sory „roup i.n ?~Iagh~ington D. C. P<i£;e _s~_.