(A) System configuration.
(1) The grantee shall establish a modular Cable Broadband Communications System with at least one distribution head located in the service area.
(2) The grantee shall institute its Basic Subscriber Service on what shall be known as cable A, and the grantee shall provide subscribers with a converter by which means those subscribers will be able to receive a minimum of 35 channels. That converter or other device will be designed to permit closed circuit and selective viewing through the deletion or addition of filters or tuning elements. Cable A must, as a minimum, have the technical capacity for 2-way communications.
(3) The grantee shall construct an institutional network on what shall be referred to as cable B. Cable B shall be capable of delivering 17 channels in the forward direction and transmitting, in the reverse direction, 18 channels for video or nonvideo uses on either an open or closed circuit basis. Appendix A lists the institutions to which cable B will initially be available. The grantee shall provide the appropriate connectors and extend cable to an access point within each institution, but the users of cable B will provide their own terminal equipment. Unlimited use of cable B and technical assistance to institution users shall be provided by the grantee without additional charge. The grantee may propose an alternate to provide similar service. A joint committee appointed by the Council and the Board of Monroe Township Trustees shall review such proposal and shall make a recommendation as to its acceptance to the respective legislative bodies who will take final action.
(B) Subscriber services. The grantee will, as a minimum, for the rates proposed in the request for proposal, furnish to its subscribers the services listed in divisions (1) through (4) below.
(1) All operating broadcast television signals for which the grantee shall have received certification, and as are specifically outlined in the official request for proposal as filed. The specific signals proposed is one basis on which the proposals are evaluated as to compatibility with the needs and desires of the area to be serviced.
(2) Twenty separately processed FM stations.
(3) Automated channels carrying information such as time, weather, news, stock market quotations, and community messages.
(4) An audio override capability for transmission of emergency messages and alerts.
(C) Cablecasting and access facilities.
(1) The grantee shall provide a community access facility which is centrally located in the franchise area. There shall be the ability to cablecast directly from this facility and it shall be equipped as provided in Appendix C, or with comparable substitute equipment as approved by a joint committee appointed by the Council and the Board of Monroe Township Trustees. This joint committee shall also establish an implementation schedule setting out the specific dates certain equipment must be made available by the grantee.
(2) Initially, 1 community channel shall be activated in the cable system for programming produced by the community and the grantee. If, in the opinion of the joint committee, this channel becomes saturated, a second channel will be made available for community programming.
(3) The community channel will be governed by a set of operating rules and procedures that will be established by a community access organization with input from the grantee.
(4) The access equipment will be made available to the community on a schedule agreed upon by the community access organization and the grantee. The grantee shall support the community in using the access facility with training and technical assistance and maintenance of the equipment.
(D) Interconnection. The grantee may be required to interconnect its system with any other broadband communications system operating in an adjacent territory. Such interconnection shall be made within 60 days of a request made by the city. For good cause shown the grantee may request and the Council may grant reasonable extensions of time to comply with the requirements. Council also reserves the right to waive this requirement.
(E) Standby power. The grantee shall maintain equipment capable of providing standby power for headend, transportation, and trunk amplifiers for a minimum of 2 hours. The equipment shall be constructed so as to automatically notify the cable office when it is in operation and to automatically revert to the standby mode when the AC power returns. All utility safety regulations must be followed to prevent a standby generator from powering the dead utility line, with possible injury to an unwitting lineman.
(F) Local business office. The grantee shall maintain an office within the limits of Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio, which office shall be open during normal business hours. This office shall have a publicly listed telephone which can be reached toll-free from the service area described in this chapter, and shall be so operated that complaints and requests for repairs or adjustments may be received and processed with a minimum delay. Provision shall also be made for telephonically receiving service interruption calls on a 24-hour basis.
(1974 Code, § 111.08) (Ord. 38-79, passed 7-16-1979)