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I I I Council Meeting Minutes February 11, 1986 Schmidt reviewed meetings he has been attending; stated the Cable Commission had received correspondence notifying the Commission that Group W is selling all of their cable systems; there are five companies that are bidding and have, in fact, reached an agreement with Group W to buy their cable systems; last week Daniels cable company had reached an agreement with another company, Hauser, that operates a system here in the metro area, the Northwest System, so it's a spinoff. At this point the Commission feels it has the responSibility of digging into all the documentation to find out exactly what is the purchase price, who the parties are, and explore with Miller & Schroeder the possibility of municipal ownership, recognizing there are significant limitations and impracticalities to ten cities owning and operating this kind of system. Schmidt distributed a letter that addresses the fact that the attornies for the Cable Commission will not be representing the North Suburban Cable Commission as it relates to the first transaction where Westinghouse is selling those systems to the five companies, and then the spinoff to Hauser. The Commission is in the process of conducting a search for counsel to repre- sent the Commission so they are assured there will not be a con- flict-of-;nterest situation. Once a city has been notified, it has thirty days to request a public hearing; the letter suggests the Commission be delegated to hold that public hearing and it would only schedule the hearing once it received notice. Motion by Benke, seconded by Brandt, that CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON AUTHORIZE THE NORTH SUBURBAN CABLE COMMISSION TO HOLD THE RE- QUIRED PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR BEHALF. 5 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried Sinda stated that Thursday evening the Council is scheduled to meet with Miller & Schroeder at the Hilton. Brandt attended a meeting this morning, called my a ministerial group, to address the problem of suicide problems in this community, particularly with regard to younger people. The City was represented (Kelley and Sinda) to let them know that we are concerned and will do what we can to help. Page Nineteen Cable Update Miller & Schroder Meeting Suicide Meeting