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~ic~ 1651~ ~ ~ 11~ 1~95 Page 3 The City Manager said in preparation for franchise renewal discussions, a public hearing was scheduled for this time and place to give citizens an ep- portunity to c~m,ent on Cc~t~ C~_blevision's ratms, performance, and servioes. He noted a survey on this t~pic was recently completed, and askS_ Mayor Majerus opened the public hearing at 7:35 p.m. Ma. l~oealyn Borg, 7820 COrnell, said she was dissatisfied with Continental's service, its p~x3raam~/~ (should be more substantive, i.e., history channel, C-Span 2 should be offered), and its rates. She felt the quality ban not in- creased at the same rate as the cost, and she does not want to pay for chan- nels she does not watch. She also does not want to pay in advance. Mr. Virc~_es Ryland, 7461 Stanford, said b~ had many of the same concerns as the previous s~, and wants to know why Continental does not offer as many channels as other companies. Ms. Lynda Ew~ll-Taylor, 7022 Canton, also felt that rates bm~ ~ fast- er than services. As a subscriber to the complete cable package, including p~-~¥.~um channels, she said at times there seemed to be little to watch. She particularly felt more good movies should be shown. Dr. Gerald S. Feit, 8232 Gannon, thought that rates should have been reduced several years ago wb~_n Congress dere~a~ cable talevision; instead, h~ premium channels, as well as trashy horror movies. In addition, he felt the Ms. Vanessa Van Ornam, 502 Kingsland, #2S, proposed that a local weather cb~nnel be added to the basic service package. Currently, only subscribers paying for the standard service package have access to basic local weather information. She said other area companies offer this service and felt this information was important to all subscribers in planning their daily lives. Ms. Alice Senturia, 7458 Gannon, regional counsel for International Ladies Garment Workers Union and board member of Pro-Vote, said her group was sup- porting Iaborvision, an educational program about working people that other cable companies carry, but not Continental, which said it was too political. Since Continental offers other political programs, she asked that they be Mr. Sam Hack, 1060 Wilsh{re, also noted that a number of channels offeredby other area companies are not offeredby Oontinental. H~ mentioned C-Span2, History Channel, Bravo, Stars, Pay-per-viewmovies, etc. He felt Continental was not a consumer-fri~y organization. Ms. Elyane Jones, 7441 Stratford, French teacher at Washington University, said students in University City are deprived of a service offered to other French students by area cable companies. She said Continental did not even