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➢ Obligate AT &T Broadband to provide dark fiber -optic lines to certain municipal <br />locations denoted in the franchise documents, at no cost to the City. As with the hybrid- <br />fiber coaxial network, the dark fiber infrastructure would be capable of carrying video, <br />voice and data signals; <br />➢ Require AT &T Broadband to provide free cable drops and outlets and free basic cable <br />service to specified institutions; <br />➢ Require AT &T Broadband to pay to the City or its designee a quarterly franchise fee <br />equal to 5% of AT &T Broadband's gross revenues; <br />➢ Obligate AT &T Broadband to furnish a performance bond and letter of credit to the <br />Commission. Both the bond and the letter of credit would secure AT &T Broadband's <br />performance and obligations under the franchise documents; <br />➢ Establish a process by which the City and/or the Commission may make withdrawals <br />from the letter of credit and/or the performance bond in the event of a franchise violation <br />or in the event amounts are owed to the City and/or the Commission; <br />➢ Require AT &T Broadband to indemnify the City and the Commission for losses and <br />damages arising out of the construction, operation and repair of the cable system; <br />➢ Mandate that AT &T Broadband carry certain types and levels of insurance, and that the <br />City and the Commission be named additional insureds; <br />➢ Set forth the circumstances and procedures under which the City may revoke AT &T <br />Broadband's franchise; <br />➢ Place limitations on AT &T Broadband's ability to sell, transfer or assign its franchise to <br />another entity; <br />➢ Prohibit discrimination by AT &T Broadband on the basis of race, color, religion, national <br />origin, sex, age, affectional preference, disability or status as to public assistance; and <br />➢ Impose requirements designed to protect subscriber privacy. <br />