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-4- Mayor Sundland reported he . had -protested the . change in figures to the City ' s State representatives and Senator 'Rose had. sent him copies • of the letter the Senator had .sent to the Governor and DOT relaying these objections . The .Mayor said he intends to continue his efforts to negotiate a better grant from the State , but agreed with Mr. Childs that' it would not be to the City ' s benefit to delay the project during -the negotiations . Councilman Ranallo told Mr. Short that-, although he. agreed it would not be the engineering firm' s responsibility to inform the State that they might have miscalculated their share:.of�the- project_costs , he does believe Short-Elliott-Hendrickson should have alerted the City to the fact that the figures might be changed. The resolution which would approve the amended City costs for the bridge reconstruction will be considered at the next Council meeting. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve payment of $28, 339 . 50 to the Matheny Construction Company as per statement from Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve payment of $2 , 775 . 94 to the Dorsey firm for legal services during May , 1982 . • Motion carried unanimously . Alan Kaeding, Chairman of the City ' s Cable T.V. Committee, gave a report on how Cable T.V. is progessing for the- City. He said follow- ing the ordinance review by the North Suburban Cable T.V. Committee , July 26th, that document -will be forwarded to the City for adoption after the required readings , one of which the City may be requested to waive. Mr. Kaeding told the Council he anticipates the cable system construction would be. started. early in the fall and that all ten communities would be on the system within eighteen months . His greatest concern at this point, Mr. Kaeding said., is the legisla- tion originating in Congress which he perceives might limit local authority and reduce access lines from five to one. He read the draft of the letter he recommends be sent out to Minnesota congress- men informing them of these concerns which expresses the belief that the proposed legislation would- appear to increase federal involve- Ment in community affairs which would seem to run contrary to the present trend of diminishing such controls . Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to direct- the letter presented by the Chairman of the St. Anthony Cable T.V. Committee be sent over the Mayor' s signature to the City ' s representatives in Washington, D.C. indicating the City is opposed to the legislation contained in Senate File 2172 . Motion carried unanimously. • The Mayor distributed to the other Councilmen and staff Senator Rose' s Report on Minnesota Issues .