HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000 06 07 Letter Re: Additional Cable Television Channels
The CITY OF ALTAMONTE SPRINGS
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
June 7, 2000
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Ms. Cindy Gennell
Council of Local Governments in Seminole County
clo City of Winter Springs
1126 East SR 434
Winter Springs, Florida 32708
Dear Ms. Gennell:
I am responding to your letter of May 26,2000 that included a resolution by the
Council of Local Governments in Seminole County relative to the provision of
additional cable television channels for use by the educational community and
local governments.
I am pleased to advise you that the City of Altamonte Springs recently concluded
franchise negotiations with Time Warner. The franchise requires Time Warner to
provide one operative television channel that is available to all subscribers within
the City that is designated as a Government/Educational access channel. Such
channel may be shared with local governments of other franchise areas served
by the system for carriage of governmental and public access programming.
Sincerely,
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Russel E. Hauck
Mayor
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225 Newburyport Avenue
· We Are People Who Care About People ·
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
407/830-3804
city-owned recreational buildings, the city hall and annexes, and all other buildings and
facilities owned by the city and used by the city for the delivery of city services to the public;
provided that:
a. Such facilities are within the franchise area of the Grantee;
b. Such facility is contiguous to any main lateral cable system of a Grantee; and
c. The connections are specifically requested by the city.
(4) Government channel.
a. The Grantee shall provide the city, without charge, one operative television channel
over the system. The channel shall be available to all subscribers within the City,
except as may otherwise occur due to normal cable system design and/or changes in
City boundaries. Such channel shall be designated as a government/educational
access channel and shall be shared, to the extent that such shared use continues to
meet ihe City's community needs and interests, with the local governments of other
franchise areas served by the system for the carriage of governmental and educational
access programmmg.
b. At the request of the City, the cable system shall be interconnected with other
franchised cable systems within the City so as to enable each system to carry and
cablecast the educational and governmental access programming of other systems,
provided that the operators of the other cable systems agree and are willing to share
the costs of such inter-connection on an equitable basis and that the costs to the
Grantee are reasonable in light of the benefits to the Grantee and its customers.
(5) Monitoring prohibited Except to the extent otherwise authorized by law, no monitoring of
a terminal connected to the cable system shall be permitted without the written authorization
of the person to be monitored; provided that this subsection does not prohibit maintenance
and testing procedures designed to ensure compliance with technical standards, or to detect
unauthorized reception of signal.
(6) The Grantee shall provide and maintain "general" standby power for each headend. "Battery"
standby power for its system shall also be available to provide for up to two (2) hours of
continuous operation of the system.
(7) The Grantee shall incorporate into its cable system the capability for the City in times of
emergency in coordination with County emergency services to override the audio portion of
all channels simultaneously to the extent consistent with Federal law. The Grantee shall
designate a channel (it may be the governmental programming and access channel) which will
be used for emergency broadcasts of both audio and video. The Grantee shall also be
responsible for ensuring that compliance with the federal requirements regarding emergency
alert systems is maintained throughout the term of the Franchise.
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