A. Minimum Bandwidth: The cable television system plant shall have a minimum bandwidth of seven hundred fifty (750) MHz.
B. Two-Way Communications: Such system shall include the technical ability to be activated for "two-way" communications.
C. Specially Designated Channels: The grantee shall maintain the following:
1. At least one specially designated, noncommercial public access channel available on a first come, nondiscriminatory basis;
2. At least one specially designated channel for use by local educational authorities;
3. At least one specially designated channel for local governmental uses;
4. Provided, however, these uses may be combined on one or more channels until such time as additional channels become necessary in the opinion of the village. Studios and associated production equipment will be located in a mutually agreed upon site to meet the public's need for public access, educational and local government access programming as noted in subsections C1, C2, and C3 of this section.
5. Where the village uses the community television form of local programming, subsection C1 through C4 of this section may be revised in the franchise agreement, provided that technical and video production requirements remain intact.
D. Emergency Alert Override System: The grantee shall incorporate into its cable television system the capacity to permit the village, in times of emergency, to override by remote control the audio of all analog channels simultaneously, which the grantee may lawfully override. The grantee shall cooperate with the village in the use and operation of the emergency alert override system. The village agrees to indemnify and hold the grantee harmless from any damages or penalties arising out of the actions of the village, its employees or agents in using such service.
E. Separate Network For Use Of Franchising Authority: As more specifically delineated in a franchise agreement any grantee shall provide a separate network for the use of the franchising authority. Such network shall be referred to herein, as the institutional network (I-NET). The I-NET shall be capable of transmitting two-way audio, video and data information.
F. Cooperation Required: The grantee shall cooperate to a reasonable degree with any interconnection corporation, regional interconnection authority or village, county, state and federal regulatory agency which may be hereafter established for the purpose of regulating, financing, or otherwise providing for the interconnection of cable systems beyond the boundaries of the village. (Ord. 1021, 8-12-1998)