FINAL ORDINANCE NO. 97-050 - Laserfiche WebLink

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manage access (public, education, and government programming) (hereinafter "PEG access") programming on the Cable System. b. Grantee shall dedicate and make available for use by the City ten (10), six (6) MHz channels in the System. The Grantee agrees that the PEG access channels shall be received by all Subscribers in the system channel(s) for PEG access and community programming use in accordance with the Proposal. All residential Subscribers who receive all or any part of the total services offered on the System shall be eligible to receive such channels at no additional charge. The channel(s) shall be activated upon the effective date of this Franchise and thereafter maintained. City may rename, reprogram, or otherwise change the use of these channels in its sole discretion, provided such use is non-commercial, lawful, and retains the general purpose of the provision of community programming. Nothing herein shall diminish the City's rights to secure additional channels pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 238.084, which is expressly incorporated herein by reference. City shall provide ninety (90) days prior written notice to Grantee of City's intent to activate access channels. C. The PEG access channels are initially numbered and used as follows: Channel 10 Public Access Channel 15 Community Programming Channel 16 Government Access Channel 61 Educational Access Channe152 (loaned to Grantee) Channe135 Library Access Channel 60 Private Educational Access Channe157 Religious Access Channel 58 Higher Educational Access Channe162 (loaned to Grantee) These 6 MHz channels are characterized and numbered in their current use for illustrative purposes only. The PEG access channels may be renumbered and moved by the Grantee upon thirty (30) days notice to Subscribers, the City and the Commission; provided, that in such event Grantee shall pay all reasonable costs or expenses arising out of the renumbering and moving of any of the above -listed channels including, but not limited to, equipment necessary to effect the change at the programmer's production or receiving facility (school frequency routing equipment, etc.) except when such change is necessitated by changes made to the Grantee's channel lineup by programmer (i.e., educational institution or government) at its facility, signage, letterhead, business cards, and reasonable marketing or other constituency notification costs; further provided, that Channels 15 and 16 shall remain in their current channel locations; and provided, that it is 19