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If funds are available to any person using the public way for the purpose of defraying the cost of any of the foregoing, the City shall reimburse the Grantee in the same manner in which other persons affected by the requirement are reimbursed. If the funds are controlled by another governmental entity, the City shall make application for such funds on behalf of the Grantee.
Grantee shall continue to provide the City with one (1) access channel on the cable system designated for education or government access purposes. Such channel shall continue to be originated from Carroll Broadcasting, Inc. and operated by 10 TV.
The Grantee shall provide a second access channel upon written request form the City. The Grantee shall complete the necessary construction to activate the channel no later than 6 months from the date of the request if no cable plant extension construction if required or no later than April 30 of the subsequent calendar year following the request by the City if a cable plant extension is required. The channel shall be originated from a location in the service area as requested by the City. The Grantee shall be responsible for all construction costs to originate programming for the second access channel up to a maximum amount of $10,000. The Grantee shall provide the City a one-time capital grant of $15,000 for capital equipment and facilities for access no later than January 31 of the calendar year following written request for the second channel from the City. The access channels are made available to the City by the Grantee for the purpose of cablecasting non-commercial programming by City residents, City administration and educational institutions. The City agrees not to use the access channel to provide commercial or revenue-generating services or services that may compete, directly or indirectly, with services provided by the Company, provided, however, that the City may cablecast acknowledgments of funding sources and the underwriting of programming costs.
The Grantee shall provide the City with as-built maps of the Grantee’s cable system in the rights-of-way of the service area upon written request of the City. The maps shall demonstrate the location of the Grantee’s cable plant to assist the City in managing the public rights-of-way. The maps shall not provide proprietary design information or other confidential information.
1. The Grantee shall pay to the City a franchise fee of three percent (3%) of annual gross revenues (as defined in Section 112.01 of this chapter). In accordance with the Cable Act, the 12-month period applicable under the franchise for the computation of the franchise fee shall be a calendar year. The franchise fee payment shall be due semi-annually and payable within 90 days after the close of the preceding period. Each payment shall be accompanied by a brief report prepared by a representative of the Grantee showing the basis for the computation.
2. Limitation on Franchise Fee Actions. The period of limitation for recovery by the City of any franchise fee payable hereunder shall be three (3) years from the date on which payment by the Grantee is due to the City.
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