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1 Councilmember Enrooth pointed out that even if the City won all the 2 way to the Supreme Court on one program, determination of what's 3 obscene would have to be made again and again for each individual item 4 of the programming. 5 The matter was deferred to a future meeting with Councilmember 6 Makowske being asked to discuss the issues with other commission 7 cities like Little Canada at the next meeting of the Ramsey County 8 League of Local Governments. 9 St. Anthony is Only North Suburban Cable Commission City Who Doesn't 10 Broadcast Council Meetings 11 When Mr. Murphy made the above comment, Councilmember Enrooth told him 12 that had certainly not been a big issue with the residents who had 13 responded to the recent community survey. Councilmember Ranallo 14 indicated the lack of quality in equipment as well as programming when 15 combined with the absence of cable company cooperation had caused the 16 Council to wonder if they even wanted to be associated with such a 17 poorly run operation. 18 The Cable Commissioner acknowledged that the entire Commission 19 recognized that North Central had done such an unsatisfactory job when 20 it came to providing either equipment or staff for public access 21 programs and he expected that would be an issue which had to be 22 resolved when it came to updating the cable equipment. 23 Judith Petrie, 3505 - 31st Avenue N.E. , who said she was present to 24 discuss the Parkview transfer issue further, was asked if she would 25 ever watch a televised Council meeting. She said her family already 26 watched too much television and she wouldn't allow cable to come into 27 her home. However, she said there were probably residents who would 28 watch the meeting's telecasts and she knew a lot of the younger 29 generation of parents considered cable to be very beneficial. 30 Councilmember Ranallo told her he thought it was a lot better for 31 residents to have immediate interchange with Councilmembers during an 32 actual meeting than to watch a delayed broadcast where the Council 33 might have already taken actions they didn't agree with. 34 Mayor Sundland observed what happened related to the Parkview issue 35 during a recent Council meeting where residents had given the Council 36 the benefit of just how they felt about that particular matter. He 37 recalled Council meetings in the past where a large attendance of 38 interested persons had even changed some minds on the Council about 39 the issue being discussed at that meeting. 40 David Pricket, 3424 Croft Drive, who was also present for another 41 reason, indicated he would only watch a live Council meeting, but 42 agreed with the suggestion that agendas of future City meetings be 43 broadcast on Channel #16 so residents could attend the meetings where 44 matters on which they had a particular interest were to be acted on. 13