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Session 1265, Minutes December 22, 1980 FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT Page 5 The Fire Department report for the week of December 7, 1980, through December 13, 1980, was received and ordered filed. BILLS FOR ADOPTION AS ORDINANCES BILL NO. 7379 (AS AMENDED) - AMENDING CHAPTER 34 MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ZONING, BY REPEALING ARTICLE IX, AND ENACTING THEREIN A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS "ARTICLE IX. HISTORICAL FEATURES AND DISTRICTS." Mrs. Metcalfe said a new bill on historical features and districts was to be intro- duced in early 1981, and suggested that Bill No. 7379 be defeated, noting that it has been on the docket for many months and should now be taken off. Mr. Adams moved approval, counseling fellow councilmembers to vote against the bill. Mrs. Metcalfe seconded the motion. Upon roll call, the following vote was recorded: AYES: None. NAYS: Councilmembers Lieberman, Adams, Metcalfe, Kelley, Sabol, Thompson, and Mayor Mooney. BILLS FOR SECOND READING BILL NO. 7468 - GRANTING A FRANCHISE. TO CONTINENTAL CABLEVISION OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, INC., ITS LAWFUL SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS, TO OWN AND OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM IN UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, SETTING FORTH CONDITIONS ACCOMPANY- ING THE GRANT OF FRANCHISE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION AND USE OF SAID SYSTEM. Bill No. 7468 was given its second reading. Bill No. 7468 was given its third reading. -Mr. Sabol commented on Section 18, page 16 (Public Notice). He said he wished to be certain that notice of public meetings relating to the franchise were published in general circulation newspapers in addition to a legal newspaper and on two chan- nels of the company's CATV system. Mr. Kay said public hearing notices are usually published in either a daily newspaper or in the Clayton Citizen, a local weekly. Mr. Sabol asked for confirmation that the company cannot request a rate increase for at least four years, and Mr. 011endorff said that was correct. Mr. Sabol asked for information about the type of movies to be shown, and was assured that no "X" rated movies will be shown. Mr. 011endorff said the ordinance incorporates the language used by the Supreme Court on this subject, and the City cannot prohibit "R" rated movies from being shown. Mr. Sabol said he would like for the City - company committee, mentioned on page 27, Section 8 h) to be increased from five to seven, so each councilmember will have an appointment. Mr. 011endorff said that this was to be a working committee, its main activity to be the formulation of a budget. He noted that he would have preferred a three-member committee, feeling a smaller number tended to be more efficient. He said he would not like to see a larger number than five. Mrs. Thompson asked about a training program for University City residents, and Mr. 011endorff said he had written a memo with information on that matter, which was to have gone to all councilmembers. Mrs. Thompson said she did not receive it, and