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" ok TUESDAY DECEMBER 22, 1981 2. Two certified copies of this Resolution, the publisher's affidavit of publication of the notice of public hearing on the proposed amendments to Chapters 1, 6, and 13 of the City Charter and the proposed amendments to the City Charter, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, shall be trans- mitted to the City's representatives in the General Assembly; and 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately. Council unanimously placed on first reading certain proposed amendments to Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of the City Code. Pursuant to action taken by Council at its December 8th meeting, City Attorney Worthy presented proposed amendments (in the form of a re-writing) to the CATV (i.e., cablevision) franchise ordinance, which franchise is now held by Multi-Channel T. V. Cable Company of Mansfield (Ohio), trading as Martinsville Cablevision, by incorporating therein (by reference) the present franchisee's "Proposal for a Broadband Communication System for the City of Martinsville, Virginia", by incorporating therein a specified pole attachment rental fee (applicable to City- owned poles, which fee and attachment conditions heretofore have been set forth in a separate document), by incorporating therein certain new charges for expanded services, connections, and installations, and providing for the extending of the life of the present franchise by fifty-nine (59) months. Following a discussion by members of Council of the proposed amendments, including inquiries concerning whether the franchise ordinance should specify that the office location of Martinsville Cablevision be within the City's corporate limits, whether the density requirement for service availability should be changed, and what--if any--should be required of the franchisee for underground installations, Mr. Harry G. Copenhaver, Jr., as President of Henry County Telecom, Inc., (a former subsidiary of Southern Telecom, of Peachtree City, Georgia), appeared before Council and presented a written statement in which, among other things, he reviewed events leading to the recent awarding by the Henry County Board of Supervisors of a cablevision franchise to Southern Telecom to serve Henry County citizens and Southern Telecom's subsequent decision not to accept the awarded franchise, with Mr. Copenhaver requesting--as Southern Telecom requested of Council on October 13, 1981--that Council "do nothing at the moment, and give us a chance (-------------------_________________________________________________________)