(A) In order to serve and maintain the city's continuing regulatory jurisdiction and supervision over the operation of outstanding CATV franchises, the City Manager shall have general supervisory authority over all outstanding CATV franchises, including, without limitation, authority:
(1) To make recommendations to the Council on standards and guidelines for the governing of CATV franchises and for amendments to this chapter;
(2) To make written recommendations to the Council concerning the disposition of specific applications for the granting or renewal of CATV franchises, each such recommendation to be accompanied by a summary of the documents and other evidence considered and of the reasons for the recommendation;
(3) To make written recommendations to the Council on applications for subscriber rate adjustments according to the procedures prescribed in this chapter;
(4) To make recommendations regarding subscriber complaints which have not been resolved by otherwise prescribed procedures;
(5) To monitor the use of access channels, promoting citizen participation in the local use of available access channels;
(6) To review and audit all reports and other material required to be submitted to the city by a CATV grantee and all records and other material required to be maintained and kept available by a CATV grantee and to review a CATV grantee's operating rules and subscriber service contracts;
(7) To conduct, or have conducted, performance evaluations of the CATV system pursuant to division (D) of § 5-5.23 of this chapter; and
(8) To make appropriate recommendations to a CATV grantee and to the Council as to the grantee's performance under the franchise.
(B) The Council hereby delegates to the City Manager all necessary and proper powers to carry out his prescribed duties and responsibilities under this chapter. The City Manager shall have no powers, duties, or responsibilities with respect to the censorship of program contents, whether as to off-air broadcast carriage or locally originated programming.
(C) During the fifth and tenth years of any franchise granted under this chapter, the Council may require the franchisee to submit a report describing the franchisee's compliance with §§ 5-5.22 and 5-5.23 of this chapter and reviewing the system design and technical performance of other CATV systems with a similar number of subscribers in the city or in adjacent communities.
('66 Code, § 5-5.25) (Ord. 590-C-S, passed 9-11-84)