If requested by the city, applications for a franchise hereunder shall be filed with the Mayor or his or her appointee in accordance with the filing instructions promulgated by the city and shall contain the following information and provisions:
(A) The name and business address of the applicant, date of application, and signature of applicant or appropriate corporate officer;
(B) Payment of the filing fee as set forth in § 111.22;
(C) Bid bond in a form acceptable to the Solicitor or a certified bank check as set forth in § 111.23;
(D) A general description of the applicant's proposed operation which shall include a written statement of compliance to the initial service area as set forth in § 111.06;
(E) A statement of the television and radio services provided including both off-the-air and locally originated signals;
(F) A statement setting forth a description of the television channel's local programming and programming facilities to be made available for public, municipal, and educational usage over and above those channels and programming facilities required to be made available either by the FCC or the provisions of this chapter;
(G) A statement of the applicant's proposed schedule of charges as set forth by the provisions of § 111.11;
(H) A statement detailing the corporate organization of the applicant, if any, including the names and addresses of his or her officers and directors and the division of shares between shareholders;
(I) A statement describing all intracompany relationships of the applicant, including parent, subsidiary, or affiliated companies;
(J) A statement setting forth all agreements and understandings whether written or oral existing between the applicant and any other person, firm, group, or corporation with respect to any franchise awarded hereunder and the conduct of the operation thereof;
(K) If applicant is a corporation, a financial statement for the previous fiscal year together with a board resolution authorizing the obtainment and expenditure of the funds required to construct, install, and operate the broadband telecommunications network contemplated hereunder;
(L) Suitable written evidence, accompanied by a projected 10-year operations proforma data from a recognized lending or funding agency, or agencies, addressed both to the applicant and to the city, advising that the applicant's financial ability and planned operation have been analyzed by the agency or agencies and that this lending or funding agency or agencies is prepared to make the required funds available to the applicant if he or she is awarded a franchise;
(M) A brief technical description of the type of electronic equipment and coaxial cable proposed for use by the applicant;
(N) A statement from the applicant's senior technical staff member or consultant advising that he or she has reviewed the service standards, the network technical standards and measurements and construction standards set forth in §§ 111.13 through 111.16 respectively, and that the applicant's planned network and operations thereof will meet all the requirements set forth therein;
(O) A statement as to whether the applicant has applied for or been granted a franchise in any other city, together with the name and address of the legal officer of each of these cities;
(P) A statement as to whether the applicant or any of its officers, directors, or holders of 5% or more of its voting stock has in the past 10 years been charged with or convicted of any crime other than a routine traffic offense and the disposition of each case; and
(Q) All supplementary, additional, or other information that the city deems reasonably necessary for its determinations.
(1981 Code, § 111.21) (Ord. 5055-73, passed 5-14-1973)