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-3- Mr. Kaeding was .the only person .present to provide input to the discussion .by staff and the. Council. . He . said the consultant hired • for that purpose will make his recommendations as. to which of the three cable.. systems companies he believes .will best serve the North Suburban Cable Communications territory at the .general meeting of all communities involved to_ be held in Ros..evi-lle-, March 25th. . The- Chair- man. added the consultant has . indicated the choice. will be a hard one to make since the proposals. were so' similar .and noted "there can be no comparison. between these three proposals and. what was offered Minneapolis" . Mr.. Kaeding- then brought up his concerns regarding the joint powers agreement for whichhe presented the final draft. He stated that the City could possibly be shortchanged when it comes to .sharing .the revenues because of the proportional. voting system proposed in the agreement. In this. system, the control will be in the hands of the .two largest communities . who.. will have the most sub- scribers . .. Mr. Berg will . sound, out. the other smaller communities on these, concerns , however, it was agreed. the City always has the prerogative of withdrawing- from the association and administering its own system should these .concerns become realities . When Councilman Ranallo. expressed disappointment that .the residents who had asked for assurances that X-rated materials. would not be . included in the cable programming were not present for the hearing, Mr. Berg told him they probably believed their concerns had been relayed to the cable. companies and there have been. no proposals for showing such materials by any companies to date. Notices of the general meeting of the Commission in the Parkview Building in Roseville, March 25th, will be published and posted throughout the City. Betty Mackey , • a representative- of Storer Communications , one of the cable companies to be considered for the franchise, signed in .as an observer but did not speak. Mayor. Sundland closed the hearing. at 8: 17: P.M. , at which time he opened the. public ,hearing on the. prop.osed amendment to the City Zon- ing Ordinancewhich will add auctions 'as conditionally permitted uses in the-:.appropriate-districts in the -City. The Mayor said he had no, problem with proceeding. with the amendment since controls over such an operation .can be easilyset when ' such a- permit is sought. No one appeared to speak for or against the- proposal and the hearing was closed at 8:20 P.M. Motion.-by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to approve the first reading of Ordinance 1982-002 . ORDINANCE 1982-002 AN ORDINANCE RELATING. TO LAND_`USE, PROVIDING FOR AUCTIONS AS A .CONDITIONALLY: PERMITTED USE Motion carried unanimously. Phil Saari of the North Suburban Developmental Achievement Center , 934 Woodhill Drive, Roseville., discussed. his organization-' s request for sustaining monies to keep .the. services operational., as detailed • in his letter of February 17th. He reiterated that. a reduction in funding from Ramsey County has forced the. Center to make budget