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MINUTES City Council Apr•il 13, 1988 Recycling Contract (Cont.) Dlesener• also r•eported that the contr~act extension will have a slight incr•ease in cost, however•, this will be financed by the County. After~ that time the Solid Waste Committee would like to take new bids for• r•ecycling ser•vices to include expanded ser•vices such as composting. Mr•. Blesener• intr•oduced the following r•esolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 88-4-146 - APPROVING THE 6-MONTH EXTENSIO~! OF THE CITY'S CURBSIDE RECYCLING CONTRACT WITH SUPERCYCLE TO DECEMBER 31, 1988 Cable TV Committee Report Agenda Item No. 16c The for•egoing r•esolution was duly seconded by Mr•. LaValle. Ayes (5) Blesener•, LaValle, Scalze, Collova, Fahey. Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. This r~esolution appears in Resolution Book No. 19, Page 150. Blesener• r•epor•ted that the Cable TV Comnission is cur•r~ently dealing with a couple of issues. The fir~st deals with an institutional network which the Cable TV company was to have set up, but which the Commission indicates has not been done. Blesener• stated that in r•eviewing past meeting minutes he feels the Cable TV company has done what they said they would do. The other~ issue deals with public access and who will handle it. The Cable TV company wants the Cable Corranission to either handle public access or• dr•op it. Ther•e should be a decision on this issue within the next 30 to 60 days. Blesener• pointed out the copy of the letter~ fr•om the Commission's attor•ney dealing with por•nogr•aphy on Channel 34. The attorney felt that the chances of the Commission's for~cing the Cable TV Company to stop showing por•nogr•aphy on Channel 34 was very slim. The attor•ney indicated that due to the contr~ols available, since this is a pay-per-view channel and access can be limited or• locked out, that the Cable Commission was less likely to get a favor•able ruling. Blesener~ indicated that the attor•ney feels that the best the Commission can do is r•equest that adult movies ar•e not shown on this channel. Fahey asked how long the fr•anchise was in effect. alesener replied 8 years. Blesener pointed out that only the cities of Little Canada and Falcon Heights ar~e pushing this issue. LaValle r•epor•ted that Bob Matson is against pr•onogr•aphy on Cable TV. LaValle also commented that the new Cable TV company does not feel bound by the contr~act the Commission enter•ed into with the or~iginal company. Page -22-