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Council Meeting Minutes July 23. 1985 I Schmidt stated that. in terms of cost for the equipment, the city will submit a grant for equipment; in terms of staff time, the city has already received advances from the franchise fee to reim- burse the personnel costs. Schmidt stated that the city has no more franchise fees coming until it has enough subscribers, then it receives five percent. Schmidt believes the Commission will require that a given number of Group W employees will have to work with government access, a given number for religious access, etc. Benke stated that once Group t.} has everythi ng under control, we should already knO\! \'ihat kinds of facilities \'Je vlill need in the no' Chambers to ['lake sure that ""e CJn telecast effectively, and the audio- visual equipment is appropriate for those in attendance. Benke asked if the city is going to ask the Citizen Study Committee to be its on-going City Cable Commission, or form a new advisory Committee to follow up and promote productions. Benke feels we need to talk to the potential users in the city and get them in- volved in the process. Harcus feels that, with the uncertainty of cable's future, he would not want to form another committee and would rather use the Citizen Study Committee to lead a task force. I Motion by Harcus, seconded by Blomquist, to DIRECT THE CITIZEN STUDY COMMITTEE TO ASSIST IN THE ANALYSIS OF EQUIPMENT NEEDS AND THE DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM FOR CABLECASTING OF MEETINGS IN THE NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS BY SELECTING A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER WITH TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO ASSIST IN THE PROCESS. 5 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried Nienaber stated he has been in contact with the owner and has set a meeting for tomorrow morning, July 24th, at 8:00 a.m., and had nothing further to add to the report concerning the hazardous building at 784 Fourth Avenue N.W. The owner of the building, Richard Ernst, was not present to speak to the issue. As he had received numerous complaints about the building, Harcus moved, seconded by Janecek, to WAIVE THE READING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION ORDERING SECURING OF STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 784 FOURTH AVENUE N.W.; and WAIVE THE READING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION ORDERING REMOVAL OR REPAIR OF HAZARDOUS STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 784 FOURTH AVENUE N.W. I Marlin Jensen, potential buyer of the named property, asked who he would contact concerning the required repairs; Harcus directed him to Nienaber. 5 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried Proper had nothing further to add to the staff report concerning a petition requesting a street light on the end of the Foxwood Court cul-de-sac. Page Eleven Hazardous Building Report 85-216 Resolution 85-73. Resolution 85-74 Street Light - . Foxwood Court i Report 85-2l6A \ Resol uti on 85-751