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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of:               )
                                )
HERITAGE CABLEVISION OF         )  CUID CA0006
DELAWARE, INC. D/B/A TCI CABLEVISION)   File Nos. CSB-A-0453
OF CALIFORNIA                   )         
                                )         
Motion to Withdraw Appeals of Local Rate)
Orders Setting Basic Service and Equipment)
Rates Issued by the City of Berkeley, CA)


                             ORDER

   Adopted:  April 22, 1999             Released:  April 29, 1999

By the Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division, Cable Services Bureau:

     1.   On August 14, 1997, Heritage Cablevision of Delaware, Inc. d/b/a/ TCI Cablevision of
California ("TCI-C"), filed with the Commission an appeal of a local rate order adopted by the City of
Berkeley, California  (the "City") on July 16, 1997.  TCI-C also filed a Request for Emergency Stay of the
local rate order on September 19, 1997.  The rate order established new regulated rates for basic cable service
and associated equipment. 

     2.   In a Joint Motion to Withdraw Appeals of Local Rate Orders filed on March 31, 1999, TCI-C
and the City together ask that the appeal filed on August 14, 1997, and the Request for Emergency Stay and
all subsequent filings related to these proceeding be withdrawn and dismissed without benefit of substantive
Commission review.

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Withdraw Appeal of  Local Rate
Order filed by TCI Cablevision of California and the City of Berkeley, CA IS GRANTED and the Appeal and
Request for Emergency Stay filed by TCI-C ARE DISMISSED.

     4.   This action is taken by the Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division, Cable
Services Bureau, pursuant to authority delegated by Section 0.321 of the Commissions rules.  47 C.F.R. 
0.321.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                         Deborah E. Klein
                         Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division
                         Cable Services Bureau