(A) The grantee shall maintain its cable system with a minimum of 300 MHz of band width available for immediate and future use, and the system shall have the technical capability for two-way return communications.
(B) The proposal submitted to the city to provide cable services by the grantee shall be incorporated into the franchise and made a part thereof. All aspects of the proposal pertaining to system design and services accepted and approved by the city shall be provided. The following additional services shall be provided:
(1) (a) To the extent of the system’s available channel capacity, the grantee shall provide to each of its subscribers who receive all or any part of the total services offered, reception on at least one specially designated public access channel. The public access channel shall be available for use by the general public, local educational authorities, and the city on a first come, non-discriminatory basis. No charge shall be made for channel time or playback of prerecorded programming on the public access channel. Charges for production costs and any fees shall be consistent with the goal of providing the city, the public, and local educational authorities a low cost means of television access. Any fee to be charged shall be as set forth in the grantee’s rate schedule as established in the franchise agreement.
(b) Whenever the specially designated access channel is in use 80% of the weekdays or 80% of the time during any three-hour period for six weeks running, the grantee shall provide an additional channel designated for access use. The grantee shall have six months to provide the additional channel provided the new channel or channels shall not require the grantee to change converters.
(2) The grantee shall make readily available for public use at least the minimum equipment necessary for the production and playback of programming and the playback of prerecorded programming for the specially designated access channel. The equipment provided by the grantee shall also make it possible to record programs at remote locations.
(3) The grantee shall provide an emergency access audio override system for the use of the city, civil defense authorities, and local educational authorities. In the case of any declared emergency or disaster the grantee shall make its facilities available to the city for reasonable emergency use.
(4) The grantee shall provide a return line for the access channel from an accessible point within the franchise area, preferably the high school, City Hall, or both.
(Ord. 51, passed 4-12-83)