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Timestamp: 2018-05-23 09:13:14
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PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO HOLDERS OF STATE VIDEO FRANCHISES
5.72.010 Fee for support of local cable usage.
5.72.020 Franchise fee.
5.72.030 Authority to examine records.
5.72.040 Customer service penalties under state video franchises.
5.72.050 City response to state video franchise applications.
5.72.060 Public, educational or governmental (PEG) channel capacity.
5.72.070 Interconnection.
5.72.080 Emergency alert system and emergency overrides.
A. A fee paid to the city is hereby established for the support of public, educational, and governmental access facilities and activities within the city. Unless a higher percentage is authorized by applicable state or federal law, this fee shall be one percent of a state video holder’s gross revenues, as defined in California Public Utilities Code Section 5860. This fee shall be remitted quarterly to the city treasurer and must be received not later than forty-five days after the end of the preceding quarter. The fee payment shall be accompanied by a summary that explains the basis for the calculation of the support fee for local cable usage.
B. The city’s interpretation of Section 5870(n) of the Public Utilities Code is that the one percent fee to support PEG channel facilities authorized by that code section does not expire upon the expiration of any particular state franchise holder but shall expire and may be reauthorized upon the expiration of the legislative authorization of the state franchise. However, to the extent any court or reviewing authority finds otherwise, the city hereby reauthorizes the fee set forth in this section on state-franchised video service providers operating within the city, to support public, educational, and governmental access channel facilities, which fee shall remain unchanged and in full effect as to all state-franchised video service providers operating within the city. The city hereby reauthorizes the fee on any additional state franchised video service providers that are or will be operating in the city of San Luis Obispo to support public, educational, and governmental access channel facilities, upon the expiration of that state franchise, which fee shall remain unchanged and in full effect. Notwithstanding Public Utilities Code Section 5870(n), upon the expiration of any state video franchise, without any further action of the city council, this section shall be deemed to have been automatically reauthorized, unless the state franchise holder has given the city manager and the city council written notice ninety days prior to the expiration of its state franchise that the state franchise holder believes the section will expire concurrently with the expiration of its state franchise pursuant to the terms of Public Utilities Code Section 5870(n). (Ord. 1645 § 1, 2018: Ord. 1542 § 1 (part), 2010)
A state video franchise holder operating in the city shall pay to the city a franchise fee that is equal to five percent of the gross revenues of that state video franchise holder. The term “gross revenues” shall be defined as set forth in Public Utilities Code Section 5860. This fee shall be remitted quarterly to the city treasurer and must be received not later than forty-five days after the end of the preceding calendar quarter. The fee payment shall be accompanied by a summary that explains the basis for the calculation of the franchise fee. Unless construed otherwise by applicable law, the phrase “summary that explains the basis for the calculations,” as used herein and in Section 5.72.010, means the identification of the sources of revenue upon which the fee is based. (Ord. 1542 § 1 (part), 2010)
Not more than once annually, the appropriate city department may examine the business records of a holder of a state video franchise to ensure compliance with all applicable statutes and regulations related to the computation and payment of franchise fees. (Ord. 1542 § 1 (part), 2010)
A. The holder of a state video franchise shall comply with all applicable state and federal customer service and protection standards pertaining to the provision of video service.
B. The city manager or his or her designee shall monitor a state video franchise holder’s compliance with state and federal customer service and protection standards. The city will provide to the state video franchise holder written notice of any material breaches of applicable customer service and protection standards, and will allow the state video franchise holder thirty days from receipt of the notice to remedy the specified material breach. Material breaches not remedied within the thirty-day time period will be subject to the following monetary penalties to be imposed by the city in accordance with state law:
1. For the first occurrence of a violation, a monetary penalty of five hundred dollars shall be imposed for each day the violation remains in effect, not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars for each violation.
2. For a second violation of the same nature within twelve months, a monetary penalty of one thousand dollars shall be imposed for each day the violation remains in effect, not to exceed three thousand dollars for each violation.
3. For a third or further violation of the same nature within twelve months, a monetary penalty of two thousand five hundred dollars shall be imposed for each day the violation remains in effect, not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars for each violation.
C. A state video franchise holder may appeal a monetary penalty assessed by the city. Such appeal must be filed no later than sixty days after the date of mailing of notification of the penalty or the right to appeal shall be deemed waived. After relevant evidence and testimony is received, and staff reports are submitted, the city council will vote to either uphold or vacate the monetary penalty. The city council’s decision on the imposition of a monetary penalty shall be final. (Ord. 1542 § 1 (part), 2010)
A. Applicants for state video franchises within the boundaries of the city must concurrently provide to the city complete copies of any application or amendments to applications filed with the California Public Utilities Commission. One complete copy must be provided to the city manager.
B. The city will provide any appropriate comments to the California Public Utilities Commission regarding an application or an amendment to an application for a state video franchise. (Ord. 1542 § 1 (part), 2010)
A. A state video franchise holder that uses the public rights-of-way shall designate sufficient capacity on its network to enable the carriage of at least four PEG access channels.
B. PEG access channels shall be for the exclusive use of the city or its designees to provide public, educational, or governmental programming.
C. Advertising, underwriting, or sponsorship recognition may be carried on the PEG access channels for the purpose of funding PEG-related activities.
D. The PEG access channels shall be carried on the basic service tier and shall be of similar quality and functionality to that offered by commercial channels on the lowest cost tier of service unless the signal is provided to the video service provider at a lower quality or with less functionality, as provided in California Public Utilities Code Section 5870(g)(3).
E. To the extent feasible, the PEG access channels shall not be separated numerically from other channels carried on the basic service tier, and the channel numbers for the PEG access channels shall be the same channel numbers used by the incumbent cable operator unless prohibited by federal law.
F. After the initial designation of PEG access channel numbers, the channel numbers shall not be changed without the prior written consent of the city, unless the change is required by federal law.
G. Each PEG access channel shall be capable of carrying a National Television System Committee television signal, as provided in Public Utilities Code Section 5870b. (Ord. 1542 § 1 (part), 2010)
Where technically feasible, a state video franchise holder and an incumbent cable operator shall negotiate in good faith to interconnect their networks for the purpose of providing PEG access channel programming. Interconnection may be accomplished by direct cable, microwave link, satellite, or other reasonable method of connection. State video franchise holders and incumbent cable operators shall provide interconnection of the PEG access channels on reasonable terms and conditions and may not withhold the interconnection. If a state video franchise holder and an incumbent cable operator cannot reach a mutually acceptable interconnection agreement, the city may require the incumbent cable operator to allow the state video franchise holder to interconnect its network with the incumbent’s network at a technically feasible point on the holder’s network as identified by the holder. If no technically feasible point for interconnection is available, the state video franchise holder shall make an interconnection available to the channel originator and shall provide the facilities necessary for the interconnection. The cost of any interconnection shall be borne by the state video franchise holder requesting the interconnection unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. (Ord. 1542 § 1 (part), 2010)
A state video franchise holder must comply with the emergency alert system requirements of the Federal Communications Commission in order that emergency messages may be distributed over the holder’s network. (Ord. 1542 § 1 (part), 2010)