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public access programming. Until such time, the Grantee will continue: to provide and manage public access programming on the channel. The City ma!y delegate its PEG Access authority and responsibilities to the Commission. The Grantee acknowledges that the Commission may coordinate the expenditure o~ Franchise Fees and PEG Capital Fees by and among the Commission', member municipalities. Nothing herein shall obligate the City to make eq~ipment or channels available for public access programming or to any: particular programmer. c. Narrowcast. By not later than May 15, 2005, the Grantee must ensure that at least one (1) PEG Access Channel permits tHe City to "narrowcast" programming; i.e. permits a program to be cableca~t on such Channel for viewing solely by City residents while residents in adjoining cities served by the Grantee simultaneously view other programming on tha~ Channel. d. Live Origination. The Grantee must ensure that live pr~gramming may be originated and cablecast from the public institutional sites listed in Exhibit A attached provided however, that the Grantee shall only be required! to pay the cost of the first one hundred and fifty (150) feet of any new System cpnstruction necessary to permit live origination at such site and shall not be required to provide end-user equipment. The City may designate addi~ional live programming sites. The City shall pay any additional, actual construction cost prior to additional construction and shall be responsible for the provislion of end- user equipment. The Grantee must ensure that the System meets the technical standards attached as Exhibit B at all live origination sites. The Grantee must further ensure that the City can "narrowcast" programming originatedi from all of the sites designated pursuant to this paragraph. e. PEG Access. Capital Support. In addition to the requijrements of Section 4.2(a)-(d) above, the City may require Grantee to collect and remit a PEG Capital Fee of up to eighty-five cents ($.85) per Subscriber, per month to support community programming. The Grantee shall remit such p~yments on the same schedule as the Franchise Fee. All amounts paid shall be subject to audit and recomputation and acceptance thereof does not constitut~ an accord that amounts paid are correct. For the year 2005, the Grantee must: be notified by March 1, 2005, and thereafter the Grantee must be notified in writing on or before October 1 sl of the amount of the PEG Capital Fee to be effective on January 1 sl of the following year. If the City fails to provide the written notification required herein by October 1SI, then the PEG Capital Fee for the following calendar year shall be set at $0.00. Grantee may itemize any PEG Capital Fee on Subscriber's bills. Payment by Grantee must be separate frbm and in addition to any Franchise Fee. The City and the Grantee shall jointly fund and sponsor a Subscriber survey during the fifth and tenth years of this Frtanchise for the purpose of assessing Subscriber satisfaction with PEG Access programming and the levels of financial support that Subscribers are willing to provide. Upon completion of the survey, the City and Grantee shall meet to discuss ithe level of support for PEG Access programming and enter into good faith discussions regarding revisions to this Section that may be appropriate in light of the survey. RJV-257202vl SH255-1 5