Area-wide interconnection

(a)

Upon request of the city, a licensee shall interconnect with any or all other cable systems located within the city or serving subscribers within the city. Interconnection of systems shall be for the sole purpose of permitting interactive transmission and reception of public, government and education program material, and may be done by direct cable connection, microwave link, satellite, or other appropriate method, as mutually agreed by the affected cable operators and approved by the city manager.

(b)

Licensee shall, where it does not own the affected system or systems, immediately initiate good faith negotiations with the operators of the other affected system or systems in order to facilitate the construction and operation of the interconnection link and the equitable sharing of costs among the participants. Licensee shall report to the city the results of such negotiation no later than 30 calendar days after the date of receipt of request from the city. Where licensee owns the affected system, licensee shall report to the city on the timing and, method of interconnection within 15 calendar days of receipt of the city's request.

(c)

The licensee may be granted reasonable extensions of time to interconnect if the city finds that:

(1)

The licensee has negotiated in good faith and has failed to obtain an approval from the system or systems of the proposed interconnection; or

(2)

The cost of the interconnection would be unreasonably high.

(Ord. No. 11936, § 3, 6-8-00)