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. , _1 OCTOBER 24, 1978 TUESDAY - "Section 8. Rates. The charge by the grantee to a residential or business subscriber for installing its service connection to a single television receiver within 150 feet of the grantee's trunk line shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20.00). For installing its service connection to a single television receiver beyond 150 feet to grantee's trunk line~ the charge by the grantee shall be for the actual cost thereof. The monthly service and maintenance charge to each subscriber~ for a single receiver~ shall not exceed seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50), and the monthly charge for each additional receiver shall not exceed one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25). In the event grantee, during the course of performance under this franchise~ wishes to establish a charge or charges higher than those above prescribed~ the grantee shall first make application to the City Council. The Council, after public hearing~ duly advertised twice a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the hearing~ shall make determination to revise the above prescribed charges or such charges as are then in effect." ",...-... "Section 24. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in force and effect on and after November 1~ 1978." BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that an emergency exists and that this amendment shall take effect on and after November 1, 1978. Council continued~ for further consideration~ the recent suggestion offered by Mr. Imam Qiblah Khan~ local Muslin minister, that City Park be renamed the "J. Frank Wilson Memorial Park" in honor of the late Mr. Wilson, pending research of the "City Park" deed by City Attorney Worthy as to any restrictive wording in said deed and~ also, pending other related matters Council desires to study. Council was apprised of the October 17th letter from Hr. John P. Fishvlick~ President ,- of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company~ in which (letter) Mr. Fishwick informed the Council that the railway company~ although its current requirements preclude the reconstruction of N&W's Martinsville Station (recently destroyed by fire, of unknown origin), the proximity of the property to the company's main line tracks would make the rebuilding or reconstructing of the station impractical and dangerous for public use. In addition~ Mr. Fishwick indicated a pressing need for the railway company to use the property for employee parking.