FINAL ORDINANCE NO. 97-051 - Laserfiche WebLink

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upstream in the 5 - 40 MHz spectrum. d. The System will be designed and constructed in order to allow narrowcast of governmental access channels discretely by municipality and, to the extent that System Node architecture allows, educational access channels by school district boundaries. The Grantee will provide and maintain all equipment and facilities necessary to accomplish this narrowcasting. e. All power supplies for the System, including the Institutional Network, will be equipped with standby power capability in accordance with the Proposal. Additionally, the Grantee will use status monitoring at all Nodes and power supply locations in the System, including the Institutional Network, in accordance with the Proposal. Finally, noninterruptable power -passing compatible taps will be implemented in accordance with the Proposal. f. The System will provide an Emergency Alert System fully compliant with local, state and federal EAS requirements. g. The System will be capable of providing non -video Services via the System such as high-speed Internet service and other Services in accordance with the Proposal, which shall be activated as Marketplace Need dictates. Grantee may use 200 MHz of the total 750 MHz System capacity for the provision of such services and/or additional video channels. h. During the design, walkout and preliminary construction activities related to upgrade of the System, Grantee shall seek to identify the non -video interests of the business community within City and will seek to quantify business community demand for non -video services. Prior to making any final determination of such demand, Grantee will solicit input from the City regarding the location of business corridors that may desire services in addition to Cable Service. Grantee will include additional optical fibers, in addition to the four (4) fibers to each 500 home average Node as required above, to facilitate future expansion of needs in such business corridors. i. Grantee agrees to use its best efforts to comply with such open cable standards as may be developed with respect to set top converters/terminals. 2. Interconnection. a. The Cable System servicing the Ramsey/Washington System including the cities of Birchwood, Dellwood, Grant, Lake Elmo, Mahtomedi, Maplewood, North St. Paul, Oakdale Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, White Bear Lake Township, and Willernie shall continue to be completely interconnected. b. In addition, the System shall have the following capacity, upon completion 12