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d) REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACCESS CP~NNELS 1. The Company shall maintain at least three (3) desig- nated channels for use at no charge by regional educational and cultural authorities. Fnl] time inter- connection from a technical center designated by the City is to be provided by the Company at no cost to the City, and this interconnection shall meet the same technical standards as the remainder of the Company's system. 2. Until such time as there is demand for each cbanne] full time (7:00 A.M.-11:00 P.~{., loc~l time) for its designated use, public, local educational, government, regional educational, and regional cultural channel pro- gramming may be combined on one or more channels. To the extent time is available therefor, access channels may also be used for other broadcast and non-broadcast services except that at least o~e channel shall be main- tained exclusively for the presentation of access programming. e) TWO WAY CAPACITY Any sysuem constructed shall meet or exceed the FCC requirements for two-way cable casting. The Company shall agree to develop Class IV sig- natures, as defined by the FCC, as soon as a demand by a reasonable number of subscribers exist for two-way cablecasting; however, the Company shall not be required to provide such service unless projected revenues from such service shall equal or exceed the projected incremental costs of providing such f) NEW DEVELOPMENTS !. It shall be the policy of the Council to amend liberally the franchise, upon application of the Com- pany, when necessary to enable the Company to take advantage of any development in the field of trans- mission of television or radio signals which will afford it an opportunity more effectively, efficiently or economically to serve its customers. This section shall not be construed to require the Council to make any amendment changing its policy. 2. If the City determines, giving due regard to limita- tion in technologies and economic reasonableness, that any part or all of the cable system should be improved or upgraded, including without limitation the increasing of channel capacity, it may by ordinance order such rea- sonable improvements or upgrading of the cable system by the Compa~y, provided however, that said improvement or upgrading of the Company's cable system shall not require expenditures exceeding $900,000 in the aggregate over the life of this franchise, and provided further that said $900,000 shall consist of not ,~re that $300,000 during each of the following three 2-year periods from the effective date of this franchise: 1) From the sixth to the eighth anniversary $300,000 2) From the eighth to the tenth anniversary $300,000 3) From the tenth to the twelfth anniversary $300,000 32