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7 <br />NSCC harmless in the event this cable television franchise agreement is legally <br />challenged. See Staff Report, § 11(c). <br />29. The cable television franchise ordinance is substantially similar to the Comcast <br />cable television franchise, but also addresses a reasonable build-out of the City, <br />and economic redlining. <br />30. The reasonable build-out provisions in the cable television franchise satisfy the <br />state franchise requirement of requiring the cable system to be substantially <br />complete within five (5) years and the federal franchise requirement of allowing a <br />new cable service provider a reasonable period of time to become capable of <br />providing cable service to all households in the franchise area. See Minn. Stat. § <br />238.084, Subd. 1(m); 47 U.S.C. § 541(a)(4)(A); and Staff Report, §§ 7(A), 7(D)- <br />7(E), 8(B), and 11(c). <br />31. The 5-year cable television franchise requires CenturyLink to initially construct <br />its system to serve fifteen percent (15%) of the City over 2 years. CenturyLink is <br />required to make its best efforts to complete its initial deployment in less than 2 <br />years and is required to equitably serve households throughout the City, including <br />a significant number of households below the minimum income of the City. <br />Quarterly meetings will allow the City and the NSCC to monitor CenturyLink’s <br />progress and compliance with the cable franchise and, if CenturyLink has market <br />success, the cable television franchise has provisions to accelerate the <br />construction of the cable communications system with the goal being complete <br />coverage of the City by the end of the franchise term. <br />47