(a) Program Services. All cable television franchisees in the City shall have a minimum of thirty nontext operating channels. The Company shall not reduce the number of video program services offered on the system without thirty days prior written notification to the City. If the Company does determine to reduce the number of such services, or rearranges the tiers in which such services are offered, the City may during said thirty-day period hold an informational public hearing to apprise the public of such reduction or rearrangement and the reasons therefor, and the Company shall participate in such a hearing by having a Company representative in attendance.
(b) Leased Channel Service. The Company shall offer leased channel service for commercial use by persons unaffiliated with the Company on reasonable terms and conditions in accordance with applicable federal and state law, including Section 612 of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 (47 U.S.C. Sec. 532).
(c) Community Support. Continuation of the cable "Community Bulletin Board" service for the benefit and education of City residents.
(d) Availability of Public Educational and Governmental Access. Upon the following terms and conditions, public, educational and governmental access shall be made available in addition to such access presently available.
(1) At any such time as the City provides one new hour of programming five out of every seven days for a period of six months, with no more than single duplication of any one program during such one hour, than additional access of one hour per day shall be made available to the City.
(2) Additional access shall be made available to the City, under the same terms and conditions stated in subsection (d)(l) hereof, for each one hour increment of new programming provided by the City for five out of seven days for a six month period.
(3) In the event fewer than five hours per week are provided by the City, standard access procedures shall apply.
(e) A reasonable number of free video training workshops will be provided annually by the Company in order to provide training to students residing in the City and to community access users in cable casting techniques and operation of access equipment. These workshops will take place at a site designated by the Company.
(Ord. 91-102. Passed 10-21-91.)