§ 5. Minimum facilities and services.  


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  • (a)

    (1)

    TWEAN agrees to provide one free installation for cable service without charge to all K-12 public schools and all buildings owned and/or occupied by the city for municipal purposes in the franchise area, and to all K-12 public schools and all buildings owned and/or occupied by the city for municipal purposes that may be constructed or opened within the city during the term of this franchise agreement in the franchise area provided that any such existing or future building can be served by a standard installation as defined in FCC regulations. City shall provide TWEAN a list from time to time of the locations to which cable service must be provided under this provision. Cable service provided shall consist of basic service and the most popular other cable programming tier ("CPST").

    (2)

    Any connected public school or municipal office may elect to install its own internal wiring (provided such wiring meets required technical specifications) and to bear the cost thereof. Free basic tier service and the CPST service tier shall be provided by TWEAN to one outlet in all connected public schools.

    (3)

    The franchisee shall provide at no cost and so long as same is available to and provided to other schools on the system by franchisee "Cable in the Classroom" program listings or similar materials to each connected public school.

    (4)

    Nothing herein shall preclude the franchisee from providing services or benefits to the city or to schools which exceed those provided or required herein.

    (5)

    Upon execution of this franchise, TWEAN shall carry on its system one channel for governmental access programming which shall be programmed by West Orange TV. Also, upon execution of this franchise, TWEAN shall pay to the city $15,000.00 for the purchase of equipment to be used in the production of governmental access programming. At any time after the third anniversary of the franchise and upon preparation of a realistic plan for governmental access channel programming and six months notice to TWEAN by the city, TWEAN shall provide an additional $15,000.00 to the city for the purchase of equipment to be used in the production of governmental access programming. The governmental access channel will be available to the great majority of TWEAN customers in the city (i.e. no less than 90 percent of such customers), but due to the technical configuration of the system some customers within the city may not receive the programming.