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February 26, 2007 Charter had specifically mentioned it in their agreement. The term may be modified by mutual agreement as stated in paragraph one, Ms. Ricci wanted to know if this meant a written agreement. She also asked about the net gross revenue with discounts, refunds and price adjustments, stated in paragraph three. Mr. Martin did not know what would be included in price adjustments but said the language used in AT&T’s agreement was the same as that in Charter’s agreement. Lastly, Ms. Ricci asked about paragraph seven stating that AT&T shall make every available effort to contact a resident and felt it should state, “every reasonable effort”. Mr. Martin agreed to have this changed. Mr. Price asked what would happen if University City did nothing. Mr. Martin could not answer that with certainty. He said that Senate Bill 284 is moving along quickly. Mr. Michael Peterson, representing AT&T Government Relation Manager He is a resident of University City. Mr. Peterson stated that University City has the opportunity to be one of the first municipalities in the state of Missouri to receive television over the internet, Internet Protocol Television, (IPT). AT&T is investing four billion dollars to bring competition to video by cable. AT&T will bring a more favorable service, better quality and a fairer price. Telephone rates have decreased by 1½ percent Consumer Price Index (CPI) rates have increased by 29 percent and cable rates have increased by 93 percent, from 1995 to 2005. Mr. Peterson said the cable rates have decreased in areas with land-based video competition. He gave examples of many different services that AT&T video would bring. Mr. Peterson shared pictures of how the video boxes look when installed, which would depend on agreement with University City. He listed what AT&T would provide, in agreement with what Mr. Martin had previously stated. He repeated that AT&T would not be able to red-line areas and the agreement also called for landscaping around the boxes at the determination of the City. Why is this different? AT&T is a two-way interactive service and Charter is a one-way interactive service. AT&T will supply more High Definition (HD) programs. Mayor Adams asked about the cost factor of connecting our system with AT&T’s system. Mr. Peterson said that he believed the cost would be around $5,000. He felt this cost could be off-set with the migration of satellite customers to AT&T giving the city more revenue. Ms. Ricci asked if AT&T considered their video service not to be a cable franchise and Mr. Peterson agreed. Mr. Price asked about the hardware required. Mr. Peterson said that the technology works over the DSL connection so in order to access the video portion a customer would need a DSL connection. Ms. Brot asked why AT&T is anxious to enter agreements with municipalities when the state bill seems to be moving through the legislature pretty fast. Mr. Peterson 4