Title 13 - Streets and Sidewalks

13.50.130 Institutional Network, And Public Educational And Governmental Access Or "PEG Access".

1. A.
   Institutional Network, Access Channels.

   1. 1.
      Every Cable Franchisee shall, to the extent required in its Franchise and subject to applicable law, provide or fund an Institutional Network, or PEG Access Facilities or other public interest services, or some combination of the same, for use by Institutional users. Such obligations shall be comparable to support, when taken as a whole, provided by other existing Cable providers within the City. Such public interest requirements shall at a minimum satisfy the community need for such facilities and/or services as determined by the Governing Body for the period of the applicable Franchise.
   2. 2.
      Every Cable Franchisee shall also provide channel capacity and support for Public, Educational and Government Access Channels, as specified in their Franchise. All such PEG Access Channels shall be available to all Subscribers as part of their Basic Cable Service. Given the on-going changes in the state of technology as of the Effective Date of this Code, absent the express written consent of the City, Cable Franchisee shall transmit PEG Access Channels in the format or technology utilized to transmit all of the Channels on the Basic Cable Service tier. Oversight and administration of the PEG Access Channels shall be set forth in the Franchise.
2. B.
   Proof of Performance Testing. To ensure high quality service on the Access Channels, results of proof of performance testing as required by applicable federal law throughout the System and on all required Channels will be made available to the City upon request to the extent required in a Franchise. Every Cable Franchisee will monitor the Cable System to determine and ensure that the level of technical quality of the System's transmission of Access Channels is in conformance with FCC Rules and is the same as on other Channels transmitted on the Cable System.

(History: Ord. CaSC-2293 §1, 2001)

Effective on: 1/1/1901