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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - August 15, 1994 Page - 12 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Fred Friedman, 348 Estabrook Street, repeated his request to schedule the Public Hearings for sometime other than August, such as June or September. He said he understood TCI had a 20-year contract with the City. The City Attorney explained this contract was not exclusive and said it has approximately 12 years to go. Mr. Friedman said the fact that the City collects $17,000 per month on the Cable TV tax should be noted in the City's newsletter. He said the cable company is unfairly burdened by collecting those taxes for the City. He said 10 years ago there were problems with cable's phones, and there are still problems, which should have been overcome by now. Tom Grigsby, 811 Chico Drive, said the City should be more active regarding cable customer service and should have a more active -role in communicating to the users of the system what the City's role is. He said the users feel their only recourse is to go with the cable company, and they do not know the City is here to help. He said the only information in the annual review is the information that comes from TCI, and there should be a flyer put in with the bills that asks about service and that comes back to the City. He said there is national concern over skyrocketing cable rates, and many people use TV as a primary source of entertainment. He also said the offerings on HBO are not quality movies. There being no further comments from the public, on motion of Council Member Myers, seconded by Council Member Kerr, and carried by a majority vote (7) , the Public Hearing was closed. The following Resolution was then introduced: Resolution No. 94-165, Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Leandro Adding Title 31 to the San Leandro Administrative Code Related to Basic Cable Television Service Tier-Rate Regulations. (1375/2318) Introduced by Council Member Perry, who moved its adoption, seconded by Council Member Kerr, and carried by a majority vote (7) . 9. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS A. Council Member Galvan commended the efforts of Economic Development Coordinator Susan McCue. He said the fruits of her efforts are paying off, and the work she did with Westcoast Video is exactly what is needed. B. Council Member Galvan noted an article in the newspaper discussing campaign reform. He said he would like the Council to discuss campaign reform and will be coming back to them with a program to discuss at a future Work Session.