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t ,• Memorandum March 30, 1988 Page 7 VI . OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE CABLE COMMISSION AND MEMBER MUNICIPALITIES Even though a court would likely reject the city's attempt to regulate or prohibit the programming of channel 34, the city or the Cable Commissions could still take ac- tion to express their displeasure with the Company. Below please find a hierarchy of actions which the city could. take from the less extreme (above the line) through actions which would in all probability be held impermissible by a court .of law ( listed below the line) . The Cable Commission or the member cities could: 1. Take no action. 2 . Pass a resolution expressing the Commission' s or city' s objection to such programming on channel 34 . X3. 1 Pass a resolution expressing the Commission' s or cit�p4 objection to such programming on channel 34, and specifically request that the Company remove the adult pro- gramming from cable channel 34 . 4 . Pass a resolution expressing the Commission' s or city' s objection to such programming on channel 34, and order the Company to remove the adult programming from cable channel 34 ( if the Company chose not to comply with this order , any attempt to sanction the Company would in all probability be held impermissible by a court of law) . 5. Pass a resolution expressing the Commission's or city' s objection to such programming on channel 34, and order the Company to remove the programming from channel 34 within 15 days of written notification- or face the fines and penalties provided for in the franchise. . 6. Pass a resolution expressing the Commission's or city's objection to such programming on channel 34, and order the Company to remove the programming or face termina- tion procedures of the franchise for failure to comply with • the franchise sections prohibiting x-rated or otherwise pornographic material . (This step would not be available to the Quad Cities Commission. )