§ 303. Interconnection with neighboring CATV systems.

303.(a). Company shall cooperate with any interconnection corporation, regional interconnection authority or city, county, state or federal regulatory agency which may be hereby established for the purpose of regulating, financing or otherwise providing for the interconnection of Cable systems beyond the boundaries of the City. City recognizes that, based on incompatible technologies such interconnections may not be technically feasible.

303.(b). Upon City request, the Company shall negotiate in good faith to interconnect the Cable System with contiguous Cable Systems. Within three (3) months of a City request, the Company shall report to the City the results of the negotiations. Where Company has negotiated in good faith with the Cable operator of a contiguous Cable System and where that operator refuses to interconnect, or such interconnection is not technically feasible, the City shall not penalize the Company for such failure to interconnect. The City shall not require the Company to interconnect where the Company would be required to pay more than its pro-rata share of the interconnection costs based upon the number of basic Subscribers served.

303.(c). Company shall comply with one of the following two options for interconnection.

303.(c).(1). Company shall make available to Subscribers on its Basic service channel lineup all PEG programming and PEG channels offered by other municipalities and governmental jurisdictions in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.

303.(c).(2). Notwithstanding the requirements of Sections 303.(a) and 303.(b) above, except in the case of an unaffiliated cable operator of a contiguous Cable system that refuses to interconnect, the Company shall interconnect with all contiguous Cable systems operated in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area no later than six (6) months after the effective date of this franchise, unless the City determines that a particular interconnection is not in the public interest. The interconnections shall permit the interconnected systems to exchange PEG programming intended to be carried on the Subscriber network, including, by way of example and not limitation, live coverage of public meetings.

(Ord 15-55, § 1, 11-12-15)