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

In the Matter of:               )
                                )
TCI OF SEATTLE, INC.            )  CUID WA0069
                                )  File Nos. CSB-A-0221     
Motion to Withdraw Appeals of Local Rate)           CSB-A-0317
Orders Setting Basic Service and Equipment)         CSB-A-0452
Rates Issued by the City of Seattle, Washington)


                             ORDER

   Adopted:  April 28, 1999             Released:  April 30, 1999

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

     1.   On March 23, 1999, TCI of Seattle, Inc. ("TCI-S") and the City of Seattle, Washington
("City") jointly moved to terminate Commission review of local rate orders in the above captioned proceedings
without benefit of substantive Commission review.  TCI had filed appeals of three City rate orders: Ordinance
CTV-95-003 (filed July 5, 1995); Ordinance CTV-96-002 (filed June 17, 1996); and Ordinance CTV-97-001
(filed August 11, 1997).  The Cable Services Bureau ("Bureau") released a Memorandum Opinion and Order,
DA 98-488 (March 12, 1998), denying TCI-S' appeal of Ordinance CTV-95-003, and TCI-S filed a Petition
for Reconsideration of the Bureau order on April 13, 1998.  TCI-S also filed requests for stay of Ordinances
CTV-96-002 and CTV-97-001.  TCI-S and the City withdraw with prejudice all such appeals, stay requests,
and the petition for reconsideration, as well as subsequent filings related to this proceeding.

     2.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Withdraw Appeals of  Local Rate
Orders filed by TCI of Seattle, Inc. and the City of Seattle, Washington IS GRANTED and the petition for
reconsideration, appeals and emergency stay requests filed by TCI-S 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