156.27 INSTITUTIONAL NETWORK; INTERCONNECTION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT NETWORKS.
(a) Grantee shall, at its cost, make available at an identified location inside an exterior wall of the public facilities to be set forth in an Exhibit to the Franchise Agreement ("Sites") plus three additional facilities designated by Grantor (which must be nonprofit institutions); two (2) fibers, in each case with not less than fifty (50) feet of additional fiber extending inside the facility ("Institutional Network"). Use of the fibers provided by Grantee pursuant to this section will be limited to video and data transmissions between and among the facilities described in this Section and any other facility attached to the Institutional Network under the terms of a Franchise between Grantee and the political subdivision in which such facility is located. Any additional interior or exterior wiring or equipment necessary to utilize the Institutional Network shall be at the cost of the user. There shall be no cost to Grantor or the other designated sites for the use and maintenance of the Institutional Network. In addition to the City, Grantee may provide Telecommunications Services to residential and other non-residential subscribers on such terms and at such rates as Grantee may in its discretion determine.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if technically feasible, Grantee shall interconnect the Institutional Network with other dedicated fiber, limited access institutional networks provided by other cable operators for the sole purpose of providing educational access programming between school districts and emergency agencies consisting of video or data transmissions; provided that such interconnections shall be limited to dedicated fiber, limited access, institutional networks servicing the municipalities and school districts to be listed in an Exhibit to the Franchise Agreement and may consider other such interconnections requested by Grantor; and provided further that Grantee shall not be required to provide such interconnection to a network located in a Municipality in which it does not have a Franchise unless the user assumes the cost of the initial connection. All costs associated with the construction of the interconnections within the Franchise Area shall be the sole responsibility of the Grantee. There shall be no cost to Grantor or the other designated sites for the use and maintenance of the Institutional Network. All other costs shall be the sole responsibility of the requesting party or the other cable operator.
(c) If Grantor or any of the sites have presently existing networks, service on these networks will not be unreasonably interrupted during the build of the new System.
(Ord. 1997-25. Passed 12-9-97.)