(a) Applicants for a franchise shall be authorized, but not required, to include within their applications proposals for services, resources, or benefits to the County, including, but not limited to, free or discounted rates for subscriptions to services on the subscriber network or institutional network, channels or time thereon on the subscriber network or institutional network, electronic or other equipment, the use of the institutional network, staffing resources or other services, and resources or benefits for improvement in the delivery of governmental services or efficiency of governmental operations. A grantee who has proposed such commitments in its application shall comply during the entire term of the franchise with all such commitments contained in its application and the ordinance offering the franchise pursuant to the terms and conditions stated therein, and the failure to provide such services, resources, or benefits pursuant to the terms and conditions stated shall be deemed to constitute a material violation and breach of the franchise documents.
(b) An applicant who chooses not to make such a proposal shall not be disqualified from bidding or consideration in selection of the grantee. It is expressly declared that the factors upon which selection will be based are so numerous and subjective as to make it impossible to know in advance the relative importance of a determination by an applicant to either make or not to make such a proposal in relation to other factors upon which an award of a franchise will be based. (§ 1, Ord. 961, eff. October 27, 1983)