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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1995 buildings; (5) compliance with current FCC Technical Requirements; (6) increased channel capacity; (7) providing more user-friendly converters; (8) expansion of the service area; (9) increased channels for governmental programming; and (10) increased two-way transmission capabilities. At this point, Chairman Zehr and Mayor Adams declared the public hearing open. The following individuals commented: (1) Doris Crouse, representing the Communication Workers of America, stated a majority of Adelphia's workers had voted to organize and encouraged Adelphia to bargain in good faith to develop a contract; (2) David Martin, Superintendent of the Henry County Public Schools, expressed a desire for the cable operator to provide an educational access channel for the Schools to use to inform parents and students of events and activities; (3) Carolyn Byrd, representing Patrick Henry Community College, asked that the College be assigned a channel on the lower tier to enable persons without "cable-ready" televisions to receive it; Ms. Byrd also asked that the College be notified of any change in its channel location and requested that all subscribers to basic cable receive the College's channel; (4) S. Harold Lamm, Superintendent of the Martinsville City Schools, asked for cable access to each .classroom, broadcast capability from the School Board Office, broadcast of School Board meetings, equipment to videotape School Board meetings, an electronic bulletin board system and provision of free subscription to "Cable in the Classroom" magazine; (5) Nick Lawyer asked two questions as follows, "Why does the County have a 15-year franchise?" and "Why is there not competitive bidding for the franchise?"; (6) Cynthia Barrera requested cable service in her local area, near Bassett; (7) Shirley Craven, representing Bill Adkins Construction Corporation, reviewed