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Mayor Young expressed the Council's willingness to work with the neighborhood in mitigating commuter traffic through the neighborhood and urged the Association to build consensus concerning the proposed implementation plan. Councilmember Acosta indicated he would be meeting the following Tuesday with another group of neighbors regarding traffic in the Northwest Santa Ana Neighborhood and encouraged interested individuals to attend. Alfredo Amezcua, 106 W. Fourth Street, requested the Council consider the issuance of a special permit to hold a Christmas Bazaar under Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 41-195.5 regarding Temporary Outdoor Activities. JoAnn Hernandez, 7852 Second Street, #4, Stanton, Department of Social Services Staff worker, cited an increase in the welfare rolls due to the closure of the swap meet at Rancho Santiago College. Alex Vega, 1807 W. Fifth Street, and Andres Balderas, 9330 Larkspur Drive, Westminster, also expressed concerns regarding the closure of the Rancho Santiago swap meet. David Barford, Vice President and General Manager of Comcast Cablevision, explained the firm was considering scrambling its basic service to reduce cable service theft, improve signal quality and aeronautic safety, and permit new packaging of programs. Mr. Barford responded to questions on the proposed changes from Councilmembers. Councilmember Richardson requested Barford provide the Council with information regarding interference with aircraft signals caused by unscrambled cable signals. James McGuigan, 5642 Keelson, cited several concerns regarding Comcast Cablevision broadcasts and expressed the opinion that Comcast's signal scrambling proposal would lead to price increases in cable service. He also stated that Comcast does not have an exclusive cable franchise and suggested that other cable service providers be invited to compete in Santa Ana. In response to Councilmember Norton, the City Attorney indicated that for the most part the City was preempted by the Cable Act with regard to legislating and controlling cable broadcasting. _ Mayor Young requested Barford review the error level with respect to City programming and thanked Mr. Barford for being present to hear directly the Council's opinions concerning cable service. In response to Florence Leach, 2025 W. Tenth Street, the City Manager indicated that the loan the City was requesting for widening Bristol Street was a direct loan from the federal government, not one the City would apply for through a financial institution. He also CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 329 NOVEMBER 4, 1991