To provide for technological, economic and regulatory changes in cable communications, to facilitate renewal procedures, to promote the maximum degree of flexibility in the cable system and to achieve a continuing, advanced, modern system, a grantee shall comply with the following review provisions:
(a) The Council shall hold a regular review hearing within thirty days of the third anniversary date of the execution of the franchise. Subsequent review hearings shall be scheduled every third year. All such review hearings shall be open to the public and notice shall be given by advertisement twice in a newspaper of general circulation at least one week before each session.
In addition, the grantee shall announce the date and time of each such session on each of at least five days immediately preceding each session at a minimum of six regularly scheduled intervals daily on the cable system.
(b) Topics for discussion and review at both the regular and special review hearings shall include, but shall not be limited to, services, rate structure, free or discounted services, application of new technologies, system performance, services provided, programming, subscriber complaints, user complaints, rights of privacy, amendments to the franchise, underground processes and developments in the law. Either the City or the grantee may select additional topics for discussion at any regular or special review hearing.
(Ord. 1996-17. Passed 5-21-96.)