6386 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

grant of $6,000 together with the next annual grant due after such entry into such cooperative agreement, to be used under the terms of the cooperating agreement solely for government and educational access equipment, facilities, and operations (including but not limited to videotaping of programming). Franchisee's obligation to make such grants shall I~e contingent upon the City committing to match such grants with equal funds in a special account for such purposes and representing that all previous grants and matching funds shall have been expended for such purposes no later than 60 days after each annual due date. On request the City shall document such expenditures. Franchisee will work with the City and schools to explore alternatives to efficiently expand and better utilize PEG access. Possible enhancements might include cablecasting of City, School Board, and other key meetings and technical expertise to aid the City or School District in this regard, and development of new programming on local issues. (d) Access and Program Support: The Franchisee shall provide sufficient staff support to provide to interested members of the public and City personnel training in the use of Public access equipment ............... arid ~assistance-in ~.the~roduction. of .Public~Access~regramming;~o provide~community education and outreach, to maintain all Public access equipment, to provide for the check- in and check-out of Public access equipment, to schedule the use of the Franchisee's facilities by persons producing Public access programs, and to perform related matters, all to the extent required to fulfill the reasonable production requests of such interested persons within a reasonable time. (e) Management of Channels: The City may designate one (1) or more entities, including a non-profit access management corporation, to manage the use of the government access channel contemplated by Subsection 6(a)(2) hereof. With the consent of the Franchisee, which said consent shall not be unreasonably denied, the City may also designate one or more such entities to manage the use of all or part of the public, educational, and governmental access channels. Until such an entity has been designated, the Franchisee shall be responsible for all such functions. (f) Governmental Programming Services: (1) The Franchisee shall continue to provide financial support for Public, Educational, and Government (PEG) use, in the amount of $1.00 per subscriber per month, which City may use to support the University City Committee for Access and Local Origination Programming (C.A.L.O.P). Franchisee reserves its right to pass through franchise-related costs to Subscribers pursuant to applicable federal law. Support payments for C.A.L.O.P. will be paid at the same time as Franchise Fee payments. 11.