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WHEREAS, State TV Cable has applied for a non-exclusive franchise within
the unincorporated areas of Chico/Durham; and
WHEREAS, this Board of Supervisors held a dniy advertised public hearin~ on
the question of granting a non-exclusive franchise to State TV Cable for that area
fully described in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, this Board has decided to grant State TV Cable a non-exclusive
franchise to provide services within the aforedescribed area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County of Butte hereby grants
a non-exclusive franchise for cable television services within the area described in
the attached Bxhibits A and B Yo State TV Cable and pursuant to the franchzse agreement
attached hereto as Exhibit C.
PASSE- AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 12th
day of July , 1983 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Fulton, Moseley, Saraceni and Wheeler.
PdOES: Cheir po1an
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
. ~ "JAN DOLA , Chair .~~~`'
Butt County Board of Supervisors
t1TTE~T: ELEANOR M. BECKER, County Cle -
Recorder and ex-officio Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors
B
~ESOLUTION GFtANTING A NON-EXCLUSIVE FRAhI~CT-TTSE FOR CABLE
TELEVISION SERVICES Tq TFiE UNINCORPORATEI? AREAS O~ CHTCO/DIJI2,HAM
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~XHIBIT '~C'~
AGREEMEN~ GRANTTNG TO Sta~e TV Cab7e ,
TNC., A FRANCHISE TO OPERATE A COMMUNITY
ANTENNA TELEVISIDN SXST~M
WHEREAS , S~a~e TV ('~,~1 e has app 1 i ed
far a non--exclusiv~~franchise within the uninco~porated areas of
; and
WH~REAS, the Butte County Board of Supervisors has decided
to grant to Sta~e TV Cable , a non-exclusi~e
franchise ~Co provide cab~c tele~isian services witha.~ ~he areas
d~scribed he~ein:
NOW, THEREFOR~, IT IS H~REBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
Seetion 1. SHORT TITLE. This Agreement shalI. be known
and may be ~iCed as the "Co~munity Antenna Television Franchise
Agreement .'-
Section 2. DEFINITIONS. Fo~ ~he purpose of this
A~~eement, tt~e fo~lowing ~Ce~cros, phrases, words and the~r de~~~ations
shalJ. hav~ the meaning given here~n. When not inconsistent with the
context, words used in ~he present tense include the futuxe, woxds
in the plural number inc~~de the singular numbe~c, and wa~ds in the
singular numbe~ include the plural number. The word "s~iall" is
a~ways mandatvey and not merely direc~ory.
A. County: The County of Butte, a po~.iti.cal
subdzvision of the State of California.
B. Area. The area as shown an Exhibits "A" and "B"
attached hereto showing the boundar~es of the k'ranchise.
C. Communit An~enna Television S stem: "Community
Antenna Te~evision System , he~einafter referred ~o as "CATV system"
Qr "system", means a syseezn ofr coaxial cables or ather electrical
canductors and/ox sateZlite transmissi.on facilities, and other equ~p-
ment used, or to be used prinnarily, but no~ exciusiv~ly to receive
television or radio si~;nals directly off-the-air or by sate~lite and
t-~ansz~it tl~~m to subscribers for a fee.
D. Person: Any person, ~i~r~, partn~rship, association,
corporation, company, or arganization of any kind.
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~. G~antee: Sta~e TV Cab~e , a California
corpo-~ati.an, o~ anyone wha succeeds it, in accor ance wi~h ~he provi-
sions af ~he Franchise.
F. Converter: An electronic device which con~eEts
va~.tages o~c signa~s on one requency ~o vo~.tages or s~gna~s on
another frequency.
G. Franct~ise: "Franchise" shall mean and include any
au~horization granted ereunder in te~ms of a franchise, p~ivilege,
permit, license ox other authorization to consttuct, opera~e and
u~aintain a CATV system within all, or a specified area of, the County
of But~e. Any such authorization, in~whatevex form granted, shall not
be deemed to includ~ any license o~c pe~mi~ xequired for the privilege
of ~ransacting and carrying on a business wirhin ti~~ County of Bu~te.
H. Subscribe~ or U~er: Any perso~ or entity recei~ing
any service of the Grantee s CATV system including, but no~ la.mi~ed
to, the conventional. broadcast signa~s, radio signals, Gran~ee's
ori.ginal cable--casting, and the local go~exnment, education and publac
access channe~.s. "Subscriber ar US~~" sha~~. alsa mean any pe~son
receiving other services fTOm GEantee's CATV syst~m, suc~ as 3.easing
of channels, data and facsimile transmission, pay television, and
police, fire, or si~nilar public se~vice communication.
Z. Re ular Subscriber Services. IncJ.udes th~
carr~age of ~'.C.C. mandated and F.C.C, non-~nandated broadcast signals
but shall no~ inc~.ude "anci~.lary" ar "auxi.liary" ser~i.ces, whic~
include, but are not limited ta, leased ehannels, and pro~~a~ming
supplied o~ a per p~o~~am or per channel charge basis, if any; but
sha1l not include advextising services.
J. Gross Sub~criber Revenues. Any and a11 compensa-
tion and other consideration in any form whatever and any can~ribution,
gran~ ox subsidy received by the Grant~e, di~ec~ly or indir~ctly, f~om
subsc~ibers or users, a.n payment for the t~ansmission of ~lec~~conic
signals or the p-~ovision of ather se~vices received within unincor~-
porated areas o~ the County of Bu~te, including, but not limited to,
compensa~ian, other consideration, grants or subsidies recei~ed
directly or indirectly from subscribers or use~cs in paym~nt for "pay
television" signals xeceived within uni.ncoxparated areas of ~he County;
pxavided that gxoss subscriber ~cevenues shall not in~lude installation
fees charged to any individual subscrib~r or user, any non entertain~nent
services, copyright fees separately bil~.ed ~o subscribers ar users,
fees paid to pro~ram suppliers, ~efundab~e d~posits on ~onv~rters/
descramb~.ers provided to subscribers or us~rs, and any tax~s on the
services furnask~ed by the ~~antee impased di~ectly on any user or
subscribe~ by any county, state or other govern~nental unit and collected
by ~he grantee foE such governmen~tal unit. The definition ofr gxoss
subscriber revenues may be char~ged by the board o~ super~isors, but
only after ~he board has conducted a duly advertised public hearing
concerning p~oposed changes.
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Section 3. GRANT OF NONEXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY.
A. There is he~eby granted by the County of Butte
to the Grantee, se~bject to the condi~Cions and ~imitations contained
herein, the right and p~ivilege to construct, erec~, operate and
maintain in, upon, along, across, above, over and undex the streets,
alieys, easements, public ways and publi~ places now laid out ar
dedica~ed, and a11 extensa.ons Chereof, and adr3itions thereto, wztha.n
t~e area, a CATV system for the transmission of Ce~evision signa~s
and other signals e~.ther s~parately, or in conjun~tion witn, any
public u~.a.lity maintaining the same in the a~ea including a~l of the
necessaxy and desirable appla.ances and appurtenances pe~taining ta a
CATV system. Withoe~t ~.imiting the g~nerality of the foregoing, this
grant shall and does hereby include the righ~ a.n, o~er, under and
upon t~e st~eets, sidewalks, alleys, easements and public g~ounds
and places in ~he area to install, ope~ate, erect or in any way
acquire the use of, by ~easing or licensing, all. ~ines and equi.pmen~.
necessary to a CATV system and the right to make connections to
subscr~bers and the ~igh~ to repai.r, replace, enla~ge and extend
said lines, equipment and connections al]. subject to the condirions
and ~.a.u~itations of this agxeement.
B. T~e -~igl~~ to use and occupy sazd streets, alleys,
easements, pub~ic ways a~d places for the pu~poses he~ein set fortn
s~ia11 not be exClusive, and County of Bu~~e reser~es the right to
granC a similar use of said s~~eers, alleys, easements, public ways
and places, ta any pe~son at any time for any purpose (zncluding othe~
CATV system f~an~hises) during the pe~iod of this Franchise.
Section 4. USE OF EXISTING POLE LINE FACILZTIES. T~iere
is hexeby granted to t~e Gxantee the further right, privilege, and
au~~ior~ty to lease, rent or in any othex manner obtain the use of
towers, poles, lines, cables and other equipment and ~a~ilities,
frrom any and a11 other holders af peablic licenses and franchises
within the limits of the a~ea, and to ~s~ such towe~s, poles, lines,
cables anri oCher equipment anci faciiities, subjec~ ~o alI existin~
and future ordinanc~s and ~egul.ations of the County of Bt~tte. When
and whexe practicable, the po~.es used fo~ tne Grantee's distribution
sys~em sha11 be those erected and maintained by Pacific Gas and
Electri~ Company or Pacific Te~ep~one Co~npany, ptovitiec~ that mutua7.ly
satisfactory ~ental agreements Can be entered i.n~o by the Grantee
with said companies; otY~exwise, the Grantee may ~rect its awn poles
when and where requaxed, subject to ~he approval. of the County of
But~e. The Coun~y af Butte may, at its disc~ce~ion, withhold appraval
af the erec~ion o~ the G~an~ee's own poles; however, i~ ~Che Grantee
is ~nable to util~ze the poles of PacifiC Gas and Elec~xic Company
and/or Pacific Telephone Company, and ~.f the County of Butts does
not apprave tt~e G~antee`s request to erect its own poles when and
whe~e so requ~red, then the GEan~ee is hereby ~elieved af at~y and
a11 obYigations undEr this Fxanchise to prot~icie servi~e to any and
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a11 areas beyond ~he point at which the Grantee is unable ~o obtain
pole line facilities through joint pole agree~nents with Pacific Gas
a~d Electric Company o~ Pacifi~ Telephone Campany, or by means of
the erection of the G~an~ee's own paies. The Grantee sha11 not be
abligated to seFVice areas ~o which it is unable to obtain pole line
facilities ~.oca~ed in a di.rect ~oute to such areas and the Gran~.ee
is no~ xequ~.red to erect or abtain the use of pole line facilities
alang an indirect or ci~cuitous rou~e, nor is the Grantee required
~o use undergrat~nd conduiCs in areas where underground condua.~s are
not ~n use, in o~der Co supply service to these affec~ed a~eas. I~
areas o~ ~.ocations wher~ ~nderground condui.t is a.n use, or sha~l at
some futeare date be used by either of the above named utiliry
companies, the Grantee, by nego~iation with said eompanies when and
wY~~r~ practicable, will join in the usE of unde~gxouz~d facilities
provided mu~ua~.ly satisfactory agre~ments can be en~ered into with
said ~ompanies, otherwise the Grantee may z.ns~all its own underg~ound
conduit and faci~ities subjec~ ~o ~.he app~aval of the Butte Coun~y
Pub~ic Works Depar~men~.
Se~tion 5. DURATION. This Franchise shall continue in
force for a period of tw~nty (20) years, unl.ess ea~lier forfeited
pu-rsuan~ to Section 22, and upon the expira~.ion thereof may be
~enewed pursuant to the terms and Coz~ditiOns set forth in Se~tion 6.
Section 6. RENEWAL PROCEDURE. Grantee shall have ~l~e
option to xequest renewal of this Franchise fo~ an addi.tional period
no~ to exceed twenty (2~) years. Should Grantee desire to exexcise
this option, it shal~ so natify the County of But~Ce, in writing, not
less than nine (9) months prior to expi.~a~ion of this Franchise.
Upon exercise of this option by Gran~ee, the County of Butte sk~a11
conduct a fu1.1., open and public ~iearing on the renewal af~er prior
notice arzd with an opportunity o~ all interested parti~s to be heard.
The heaxing on the renewa~. shall be he~d for the sole puxpose of
conside~ing the per~ormance of G~antee und~r this Franchise and any
othe~c fac~ors da~med relevanr in determining whether to renew this
Franchi.se. Renewal sha11 not be unreasanab~.y denied. If this
~"~anchise is renewed by the Co~nty of Butte, a~.l of the terms and
provisions contain~d herein shall be controllin~ dura.ng the renewal
period, except to the ex~en~ that said terms and provisions are
modified by t~ie County of Bu~~e, or unl~ss this Fxanchise is
superseded by a new Fxanchise. Should the County of Butte, for
any reason, be unable to complete the renewal proceedin~ prior to
expiration o£ ~his Franchise, G~can~ee shall have the xight to continue
operation of its CATV sys~em pursuant to the terms of t~is Franchise
un~il such time as the renewal proCeeding is concluded. Should the
County of Butte deny renewal of ~his Franchise, such d~nial sha11 be
accompanied by a written s~a~ement setting fo~th th~ reasons for
denial.. In the event that the County of Butte denies r~newal, G~antee
slnalI. be afforded a period of si.x (b} months following d~nial wa.~hin
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which to attempt to sell, transfe~ ox convey its CATV sys~em ~o a
qualified purchaser, subject to ~he approval of t~ie Co~nty of Butte,
at fazr marke~ value. During this six (6) month peri.od, Grantee sha~.l
have the ~ight to operate this CATV system pu~suant to ~.he ~e~ms of
this Franchise. If Grantee is unabl.e ~o se~l, transfex, or con~ey its
CATV system within the period pe~mx~~ed, the Gxantee shall remove from
the streets and from all public p~aces a21 5uch praperty and poles in
accordance wi~.h SecCion 25.
Sect~on 7. TERRITORIAL AR~A ~NVOLV~D. Tk~is Franchise
relates to the a-~ea s~iown on Exhibit A attach~d here~o, and to any
area henceforth added t~iere~o durin~; the term of this Francise.
Section 8. SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION AND D~SCRiPTION.
A. The Gtantee's ~ransmi~sian and distribution
sy5tem, poles, wi~es and appurtenances sha~l be Ioca~ed, e~ected and
maintain~d so as nat to endan~er or interfere witt~ the lz.ves of
persons, o~ ~o interfere with new impro~ements the County of Butte may
deem p~oper to make, ar to unnecessaxi.ly' hinder or obstruct the f~ee
use of t~ie st~eets, alleys, bxzdges or other public prope~~y; removal
af poles to avoid sea~~i in~erference w~ii be at the Gran~ee's expense.
No trans~ission and distribution poles, wires and appurtenances and no
towers or othe~ s~ructures sha11 be located, const~u~ted, erected or
mai~taa.ned within the area until and unl.ess ~he nature and locations
of such poles, wi.res, appu~tenances, towers and/ar athe~ s~rucrt~res
have b~en approved by ~he Coun~y of Butte in advance af ~heir location,
construction, erection ar maintenance.
B. Al1 instal.lations of equip~ent shall be du~able,
and instailed in accordance with good engine~ring p~ac~ice, and of
sufficie~t heigh~ ~o comply witt~ all existing Butte County reg~lations,
ordinan~es and state laws and so as not to int~rfere in any manner
wiCh the right of t~e publiC o~r any individual p~operty owner, and
shall nat interfere wi~h the travel and use of public places by the
public and during the construction, repa:i~ o~ -remaval th~reo~, shall
no~ abstruct or impede traffic.
C. In the maintenance and operation of its tele~ision
transmission and distribU~.ion system in the stxeets, alleys and ot~e~
public places, and in t~te caurs~ of any new construction or addi~ion
to i~s facilities, ~he Company shall proceed sa as to cause the least
possible inconvenience to the ~enexal public; any opening or obstruc-
tion in the str~ets o-~ o~her publzc places made by the Grantee in ~he
couxse of its opexation sha~l be guaxded and protecre~ at al1 times by
the placement o~ adequate barriers, ~ences or boa~cdings, th~ bounds of
which, durin~ periods of dusk and darkness, shall be clearly designated
by xed warning li~h~s.
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I3. I~ is the stated intention of the County of Butte
that all o~her holders of public licenses and franchises within the
limits of tt~e County of Butte shall cooperate with the G~an~ee ta
allow the Grantee`s jo~.n~ usage of th~~r poles and po~e line faciliti~s
wherever possi.ble ar wher~ver such usage daes not interfer~ with the
normal apera~ion af said poles and pale lines so that tne number of
new o~ additional pol~s const~cuc~ed by the Grantee within the Coun~y
of Butte may be minimized. Such cooperation shal~. ix~~lude the
rights of joint usage at reasonable ra~es and on reasonab~e terms.
E. The G~cantee shall grant to ~he County of Butte,
free of expens~, joint use of any and all poles owned by it for any
prope~ municipal purpose ac~eptable to the Grantee, insofar a5 it may
be done withour interfering with the fxee use and e~joyment o~ the
Grantee's own wi~es and provided ~.hat aIl such joint usa shall be
in full compliance with al~ rules, regulations, requirements and
condi~Cions of the Grantee and provid~d tnat it s~iall be in accordanee
wi~~i the provisions of the Nationa~ ~iect~ical Safety Cade p~epared
by t~ie Nat ional Bureau of Standards, and the Na~. i.anal E1~ctr ica~. Code
of t~e National Board of Fire ilnde-~wxi~e~s affecting electrzcal
insta].lations which may be pre~ently in effeC~ or future c~ian~;es
the~e~o.
Sectian 9. FAITHFUL PERFORMANC~ BQND. The Grantee s~iall,
concur~en~Iy with the gran~ing of an acceptance o~ award of any
f~anchise granted under thi5 agr~ement, fi.~.e witt~ th~ Clerk a.f the
Board of Supervisors and at aI1 ~imes t~iereafter maS.n~ain in ful~.
force and effect for the term of s~ch franchise, a~ ~he G~ant~e's
sole exper~s~, a corpa~ate surety band, in a eompany approved by and
in a form to be appxoved by the Butte County Counsel, in the minzmum
amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($~a,oao}, continuous in form and
conditioned upon ~he faithful pe~cfa~man~e by the Grantee of all the
terms and ~onditions of the franchise granted and ~he provisions of
this agreement and, fuxther, in the evenC ~he Grant~e sha~l ~ail to
Comply with any one or more of the provisions of tha.s oxdinance, there
shall be recoverab~.e ~ointly and seve~al~y from the p~in~ipal and
su~ety of such bond any dama~es ox loss se~ffered by ~he County of
Butte as a result thereof, includin~ the fu11 amount of any cor~pen-
sation, indemni~icatian ox cost of removaJ. ar abandonment of any
prope~cCy' of the Gran~ee as presc~ca.bed hereby which may be in defaul.t,
plus a reasonable a~lowance fo~ attorn~y's fees and costs up to the
fu11 amount of t~e bond, such condi~ion to be a continuing obligation
fo~ the duratzon of such f~an~hise and the~eafrer until the GrantEe
has li.quida~ed all af i.~s ob~igataons with tne County o~ Butte t~at
may ~iave arisen ~xom the accepCance of ~uch franchise by the Grantee
or fEOm its exe~~ise of any p~ivilege herein granted. The bond sha11
pxovide that thirty (30) day's priar writ~en notice of intentian no~
to renew, cancellation o~ materia~ chan~e be gi~en ~o the County of
Butte.
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~~ie Board of Supervi.soxs sha11 have the authority' a~ any
~ime during the term of Che franchise to require the amoun~. of such
bond to be i.nc~reased ta a greater sum than the minimum sum herein
p~ovided, not exce~ding the sum o~ Twenty-five T~o~sand Dollars
{$25,400), if, in the exexCise of its discretion as determined by
resolution, such ancxease is required for the better p~o~ec~ion of
the rights and a.nte~ests of the County of Butte. Such addi~ional
bond, i£ so required, shall b~ furnished and de~.ive~ed by the Grante~
to tk~e County of Butte within ~hirty (30) days from the receipt by
~he Grantee of a copy of s~ch resolution.
Neither the provisi.ons of this section, any bond a~cepted
by ~he Caunty of Butte pursuant thereta no~ any damages recove~ed by
the Coun~y of Butte thereunder shall be ~onstrued to excuse faa.Ch~ul
pe~fo~~nance by the Grantee nor Iimit the liab~lity o~ ~he Grantee
unde~ such franchise or for dama~;es, eith~r to the ful~. amount of
~he bond o~' otherwise.
SEC~lOFI I0. INDEMNIFiCATION AND LIABILITY. The Gran~ee
shall be an independent cont~acto~c and sha11 nat be deemed ~he agent
o~ employee of the County of Bu~te. The Grantee sha~1 indemnify,
pro~ect, defend and save harmless the County of Butte, its boa~cds,
commissions, a~ents and ~mployees from and against ~osses and physical
dama~es to property, and bodily injury ar death to persons, i~clt~din~
payments made under any L,loxker's Comp~nsation ~aw, which may arise
out of the Grantee's maintenance or operation of a CATV system in
the County of Butte. The Grantee shal~. carry ins~rance ta pro~e~t
the pa~~.i.es hereto from and against all clai~s, de~nands, actions,
~udgments, costs, expenses and liabilities whick~ may arise or result,
dixectly or indirectly, from or by reason o~ any such claim, loss,
injury or damage. ~he amounts of such insu~ance a~ainst liability due
~o physical damages ~o property shall no~ be Iess than One Hund~ed
Thousand Dol~axs ($100,Q00}, as to any one accident and no~ less than
Five Hundred Thousand Dol~ars {$500,000) aggregate i.n a~y single
policy' year; and against Iiability due to bodily injury or to death
of pexsons, not less than Five Hundred Thousand DoZlars ($500,400},
as ~o any one person, and no less t~an One Million DoZlaxs
($1,000,000) as ~o any o~e accident. T~ie Grantee shall also carry
s~c~i i.nsu~ance as is required by law Co protect it f~om all ~laims
under the Worke~'s Compensation ~aws in effect tha~ may be applicabl.e
~a the Grantee. A11 insurance xequired by thi.s ordinance shall be,
and r.emain in ~ull force and effect, for the entire life of Grantee's
rights hereunder, sha11 name the Gounty of 13u~~e as an ac~di.tional
Xnsured, and shall contaa.n a provision t~a~ a written no~ice of any
cancellati.on or reducta.on in co~erage shall be deli~ered ta the County
of But~e not l~ss than te~ (10) days in advance af the effective date
thereof. Said policy or policies of insurance or a certified copy or
copies Che~eof sha11 be fiied with ~he Gounty of Butte. ~he Gxantee
wi~.~ repair and Iandscape any damage to an.y area resa.dent's ~ome ar
property caused by iCs installati.ozz or maintenan~e of eqt~ipmen~.
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Such prope-~~y sha11 b~ repaired ox xeplaced by the G~an~Cee at its
discre~i.on.
The Coun~y of ~utte shall notify t~e Grantee in writing,
within te~ {10) days after the presenta~ion of any claim or tiamand,
e~the~ by suit or otherwise, znade aga~nst the County of But~e which
appears to arise out o£ G~antee's aetions o~ faa.3.ure ~o act. Wi~ere
any suc~ claim or demand made against the Coun'~y ot Butte is made by
sui.t or othe~ 7.egal action, County of But~e sha~l give w~cztten zzotice
to the Grantee.
Sec~ion 11. COND~xI4NS ON STREET OCCUPANCY.
A. All t~ansmissians and distribu~a.on st~uc~ures,
lines and equipment erected by the Grantee within ~he County of Butte
sha11 be so locat~d as to cause ~inimum interFe~en~e with the proper
use of str~ets, alleys, easem~nts and o~.he~ public ways and places,
and to cause ~ninimum interference with the xights and reasonable
convenience of p~operty owners wt~ose p~operty adjoins any af the
said streets, alleys or other public ways and places.
B. In case of the disturbance o~ any stre~t, sidewalk,
alley, public way or paved a~ea by tk~e Grantee, the Gran~ee shall
restore the area d~sturbed ~o as good a conc~ition as betor~ the work
crEating such disturbance was done.
C. I~ at any time duxing the period of ~.his Franchise
the County of Butt~ shall lawfuJ~ly elect ta al.ter ox change the g~ade
of any st~eet, sidewalk, al~ey or ather public way, the Grantee af~.er
reasonable notice by ~~e County of Butte, sha1~. remo~e, relay and
relocate zts ~oles, wires, cab~es, ~nderground ~onduits, manholes
and othex fixtures at iCs awn expense; provided, however, ~ha~ where
public fund or f~nds from property owne~cs are available fo~ such
reloca~ion pursuant ~o law, Grantee shall not be required to pay the
cos~.
17. Any pol.es or oth~r f ix~Cures placed in any pt~bli.c
way by ~~e Grantee sha~.1 be placed in such manner as nat to inter£e~e
with ~he usual t~ave~. on such public way, or to, in any way, endan~;er
usexs of such public way.
E. '~he Grantee sha~l, on the req~~st of any person
holding a building mov'ing permi.~C issued by the County of Bu~te,
~emporarily raise or lower i~.s wires to pe~~it thE movi.n~; of buildin~s.
The expense of su~~i temporaxy removal o~ raising o~ ~.owering of wares
s~a~1 be paid by the person requestin~ the sa~e, and t~ie Grantee shall
have t~ie authori~y to requzxe s~ch payment in advanCe. Ti~e G~can~ee
shall be g~.ven not ~.ess than forty-eight (48) hours advance notice
to arrange for such ~e~nporary wire changes.
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F. The Grantee sha11 have the authority ta trim
ov~rhanging trees upon the st~eets, a1.leys, sidewalks and public ways
and places of the a~ea sa as to p~event the branches of such t~ees
f~om coming in Contact with the facili~ies of Gran~ee, but shal~. in
a].1. ~espec~s comply with ~he County of Butte's ordi~ances, ru~es and
regulations regardi~g tree c~tting and removal.
G, In aZl a~eas of ~he Caun~y of Bu~~e whe~re ~tae
cables, wires or other like facilities of pub~ic utilities are plaeed
vnderground, the Grantee shall place its cables, wires or other
€acilities unde~g~ound ~a ~.he maximum extent tha~ existing technology
reasonably pe~mits the ~~antee to do so.
Section 12. COMPLAINT PROCEDIIRE. The Grantee s~ia11. maintain
a business otfic~ in the County o£ Butte for the purpose of ~e~eiving
inquiries and complaints ~rom i~s ~ustomers and the g~neral public.
Grante~ shal.l investigate aI1 complaa.nts witk~in ten (10} business days
of their receip~. and shall in ~ood fai~h attempt to resolve them
swiftly and equ~.~ab~y. Grantee's CATV system sha11 be insta3.led,
maintained and opexated in accordance with the high~st and best
standa~ds ~axried out in the industry.
Section ~3. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SYSTEM. The
Grantee s~ia1l ~ender e~~icient service, make repairs pxomp~ly and
interrupt service only for ~ood cause and for ~he s~iortest time
possible. Such interruptians insofa~ as passible sha11 be preceded
by notice and sha1~. oCCUr during periods of mini~u~ use of the sys~em.
Section 14. PRE~'~RENT'IAL QR DISCRIMINATORY PRACTiCES
PROHIBITED. GxanCee sha17. not, as to rates, charges, ser~ices,
facili.~Cies, rules, regulations or in any ather respe~~ make or
gr.ant any undue pxeference or advantage to any pe~son, nor subjec~
any person Co any und~e prejudice or disadvan~a~e.
Section 15. F~E. The ~~anchise fee shall be the maxim~n~
amount permitted by 3.aw and the method of computation o~ tha~ fee
sha11 be that method permitted by law which yields ~he ~iighest f~e.
The deteru~inatian of the f~ee and the methad of comp~a~ta~a.on shall be
with ref~rence to ~he 1aw as it exists at the ~ime of any gi~en
det~rminati.on or computation. Gra~~ee shall pay to the County a~
Butte said fee q~arte~~.y wi.thin thirty {30) days fol.lowing the las~
day of each Mar.ch, 3une, Septemb~r and ~ecember, and shall be computed
on the basa.s of such r~venues ~eceived during the p~ceceding three {3)
month geriod. The Grantee shall file with the Butte Coun~y Auditor
within na.nety (90} days a£ter ~~ie expiration of each fiscal year a
statement prepared by a l~.~ensed pub~.ic accaun~ant showin~ in detail
the ~otal gross subs~xiber revenues, as defined herein, for the
p~eceding fiscal year and st~a11 include any other info~ma~i.on necessary
to compute the ~ee. For the pur~oses of this section ~.he term "fiscal
year" as herein used shall mean ~he fiscal year es~ablished by the
Grantee fo~ ~ax purpases wi.thin the meaning o~ the Internal Revenue
Cod~.
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Sec~~on 16. FREE INSTA~LATIQNS AND SERVICE.
A. Grantee shall, at no cost, make one installation
at ~he following locations, if located within two hund~ed {200) feet
of Grante~'s facilitxes:
(1) All public and non~profit private
s~hools, colleges and un~ve~si~ies;
(2) A~I police and fire s~a~ions;
(3) A1~ public libraries.
This obligation s~all be
standa~d installation a~ a single point
convenient to use and sha~l not require
building. The County of Butte, school,
may elect ~o ~av~ the building wired by
required to pay Grantee the xeasonable
lim~~ed to making one (1)
on the p~emises reasonably
the wiring of an e~ti~e
coll~ge, un~vexsity or library
th~ Gran~ee, but Shall be
cost of doing this work.
B. Grantee sha~l furnish reg~lar subscriber se~vices
free of c~arge to the following locations:
{1) Al~ pub~ic schoo~s and no~-protit
pri~a~e schaols, colleges and
universities;
(2) A11 police and ~ire stations; and
(3) A11 public libraries.
C. In the event service ca11s ox repairs are requxred
for any 1oCa~ion as to whzCh installation o~ service is re~dered
without cha~ge, Grantee shall be entitled ~o fair and reasonable
charge ~or any repaixs other than those necessary to effect d~livery
of s~gnal to a single point on the premises reasanab~y convenient ~o
use.
Section 17. EMERGENCY USE OF FACILITIES. In the case of
any emergency o~c disaster, the Grantee shal]., upon r~quest of rhe
Board of Supervisors, z~ak~ available its faciliti.es to the County of
Butte fox emergency use durin~ rhe em~rgency o~ disaster period.
Section 18. MOD~FICATIONS. Any mocizfication o~ the
protrisions of the rules and regulations of the Fed~ral Cozn~nunications
Commission or the Communicati~ns Act of 1934 re~ultin~ from amendmen~
by ~he Federal Com~unications Commiss~an ar Ac~ of Congress shall be
~.ncorporated into ~he franchi.se within one (1) yea~ of adoption of the
modifica~ion or aC ~he time af ~x~I1C~]15E renewal, whichever occuFs
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Section 19. ABANDONMENT. The Grantee shall not abandon
the syste~ during the ef~e~tive period ofr this Franchise without the
prior consent of ~.he Board of Super~isors.
S~ction 20. TRANSFER AND CHANGE OF CONTROL. All of the
ri~~ts and privileges and all of the obli~ations, du~i.es at~d liabilities
crea~ed by this Franchis~ shall pass to and be binding upon the
successo~s and a~signs of the G~an~.ee; and tl~e same sha11 not be sold,
assi.gned, trans~erred, leased, o~ o~herwise disposed of in whole or in
par~, either by forc~d or invalun~.aEy sale o~r otherwise without the
pr ior cansent of the Coun~y of Butte embodied in a resolu~ a.on of the
Board of Supexvisors and then only upon such ~erms and conditions as
may be Chexein prescribed, provided, howetre~, that this section sha11
no~ prevent the assignment of ~he Franchise by Grantee as securi~y for
debt without such app~oval; and provided furt~er that ~ransfe~s or
assignu~ents of this ~'~anchase between any parent and subsidiary
corpotation or be~ween entities ot which at Zeast fifty percent (5~%)
of the benefi~ia~ ownership is ~e1d by the same person, persons or
enti~i.es or transfers of a f~ac~.ional interest in the Grantee as
beCween the present s~a-~eholders sha11 be p~rmitted w~.~hou~ ~he prior
approval ot the County of Butte. t~ie consent of the County of B~tte
to a transfer may noC be arbitraraly withheld; p~ovided however any
trans~eree m~st show financial responsibility sa~isfactory to the
County of But~e.
Section 2I. FOR~'EITURE. ~f th~ Grantee should vialate any
of the terms, condiCions or provisions of this F~anchise or if the
Grantee should fail ~o ~omply with any reasonable provisions of any
ordinance o~ the County of Butte ~cegulating the use by the Grantee of
the stxeets, alleys, easemen~s or public ways o~ ~he County af Butte,
and should the Gran~ee further continue to vio~.ate or fail to camply
or to commence compliance and diligently pros~cute to co~pletion
compl.ianCe with the same £o~ a periad of thirty (34) days att~r the
Grantee sha~.l have been notified in writing by the Coun~y o~ Butt~
~o cease and desis~ ~rom any such vio~ation ox fail~ure to comply so
specified, or in ~he event any material provision of this agreement
ox any material provision af any fran~hise issued pu~suant ~o this
ag~eement has become iYlega7. or is held invalid or unenforcEable,
then the County of Butte shall have the ri~ht ~o declar~ aIl righ~s
and privi~eges g~anted by this Franchise to be forfeired; pto~ided
that su~k~ forfeiture shal~. be declared only by written decision of
the Board af Supexvisors after an apprapriate public hearin~ befoxe
~he Board of Supervisors affoxding the Grantee due process and fu~.l
opportuni~y ro be hea~d and to respond ~o any such no~a.~e o~ violation
or failure ~Co comply; and provided fu~ther that the Coun~y of Butte
may, in its discretion and upon a finding of violati.on of failuxe to
comply, impose a 1.esser penalty than forf~itu~e of ~his Franchise or
excuse the violation or failure to comply' upon a showing by the
Grantee of ~itigating ca~cumstances. ~n ~.he event that forfeitu~e
is imposed upan the Grantee, it shall be affo-cded a six (6} month
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period wi~hin cah~.ch ~a sel~., transfer or con~ey its cable televisian
system to a qualified purchaser at fair market value. During this
period the Grantee shall have the righ~ ~o apexa~e ~his cable tele-
vis~.on system pursuant to the provisions of the Franck~ise. If the
Grantee is unable to se~.l., ~rans~er, ox convey its CATV system, the
Grantee shal~ ~omz~ence the remo~al from the streets and al.l public
places of all such property and pales in accordance wi~h Section
25.
Section 22. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
A. '~he Grantee sha~l at ail times employ oxdina~cy
care and shall install and maa.ntaz.n i.n use ~commonly
accepted ~ethods and detrices for prev~nting failures
and accidents whzch are likely to causE damage, inju~ies
ar nuisances to tk~e public.
B. The Grantee shall ins~.all and maintain its wires,
cab~.es, tixtu~es and othe~ equipmenr in accordance with the
requir~ments of s~Ca~e an:d national electrica~ codes, and in
suc~ manne~ tha~ Cl~ey will not interfere with any in,s~al~.a-
tions of the Coun~y of Butte or of a public u~a.~.ity serving
the County of B~tte.
C. All structures an:d a~.I ~.ines, equipment and connec-
tians in, over, under and upon th~ streets, sidewalks, alleys
and public ways or places of the area, whexe~e~ situated or
located, sha~.l at al~. times be kept and maintained in a safe,
sui~able, substantial conditi.on and in good order a~d repai~.
Section 23. ADDITIONAL REGU~.ATIONS. The County of Butte
reserves the xig~t to adopt, in additian to the provisions included
in this Franchise and a.n all existing applicable agreemen~s, such
additi.onal regulat~ons as a.~ shall find necessary i~ the exercis~
of its police power, provided, however, that such ~egulations are
reasonab~e and not materially i~ conflict with th~ pri~ileges granted
by this Franchise and provi.ded that the Company`s ~easonab~e commercial.
expec~ations are no~ diminished thereby.
Section 24. KEMOVAL OF APPARATUS. In ~.he e~ent that the
use af any part of the CATV system is disCOntinued for any reason ~or
a continuous period of twelve (12} months or in t~e event such system
or prope~ty ~as bee~ installed in any street or public p~ace wi~hou~
complying witt~ the reqt~ire~nents of its franchise o~ the franchise has
been terminated, cancell~d o~ has expired, the Gxantee shall p~omp~.ly
remove from the st~ee~s or public places a11 such property and poles
o~ such syste~ o~her t~ian any w~iich the Coun~y of Butte, may permi.t ta
be abandoned in p~.a~e. In the event of any such ~emoval, the G~an~Cee
shall p~omptly res~o~e the street or other ar~a from which such
pxaperty has been removed to a Condition satisfaCtary to the County
of Butte.
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Any property of ~.he Gran~.ee ~o be abandoned in p~.ace s~ia11
be abandoned in such manner as the County of Butte shal~. presc~ibe,
whi~h direction shall be given by the County of Butte witY~in ten (1.0}
business days from th~ date of recei.pt of notice from the G~antee of
intention to abandon. ilpo~ per~an~nt abandonment of th~ property of
the Grantee in place, ~he G~an~ee sha1.1 submit to the County of Butte
an ins~xumen~ ~o be approved by the Bu~te Coun~y Counsel, ~rans~e~r~.ng
to the County ofr Butt~ ti~e own~rship of such property.
Section 25. S~~'ARABxLSTY. The County o~ B~a~te and the
Grantee desa.~na~e no prava.sions a~ Ch~s ~'ranchise as bea.ng mate~ial
to the farce and effect of the remaining provisians of this Franchise.
If any sec~ion, ~entence, clause or phrase of the agreement is ~or any
reason held il~egal, invalid or unconstitutional s~ch invalidity sha11
not effect the validity of the agreement.
Sectio~ 2b. Si~RR~NDER RIGH'TS. G~an~.ee may surrender this
Franchise at any time upon filing wa.~h ~he Clexlc of ~he Board af
Superviso~s a wxitten notice of its intention to do so at least six
{6} months before the surrEnder date. On the su~Fendex da~e specifa.ed
~.n the notice, all of the rights and pri~ile~es and al~. of ~he obliga-
~ions, duties and Iiabilities of Grantee in conne~tion wi~h ~he
Fxanchise shall terminate; provided the GEantee shall remove fro~ the
streets and public places a11. such pxoper~y and poles ~n accardance
wi~th Section 25 be~ore tne faithful performance bond required under
Section 9 is released.
DATED: Ju~y l2 , 1983
DATE~: July I2 , 1983
ATTEST:
GRANTE~
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BY ~'.."'"' /~i~i~~~~_
MICHAE~, E, I,YTLE, President
State TV Cable
COiTNTY OF BfJTTE
By
llULAN, ~hai~ Ot tl~e
e Caunty Board of Supervisars
ELEANOR M. B~CKER, County C1erk and
ex-officio C1erk of the Boa-~d
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APPROVEg AS TO FORM:
APPROVED AS TO B~JDGETARY AND
FISCAL CONTR~L
DELB~R~ M. SIEMSEN JAMES L. JOHANSEN
Butte ou t C un 1 Butte Coun~y Audito
By ~y ~ ~ ~ `f
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F~aM: Cd.~hy pitts, Ass~stan~ C1erk ta ~he Board of S~perv~sors
sue~ECT: Resol~tion 83-i20 granting a non-exc~us~ve ~ranchise for cab7e te1evision services
~o ~he unincorporat~d areas a~ Ch~co~Durham
aArs: July 26, ~983 ~
Attached ~s a copy af the above subject resolu~ion which was adap~ed by the
Board on ~uly ~2, ~9$3. 1~ot at~ached are ~xhibits A and B, which are large
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_.. EXHIBIT A
EX~STYiVG FRANCf•IISE '
Tc7wnsh.ip 22 North
Range 2 East
, 5~ctions S, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 30, 3~., 32
Tawnship 22 No~th
Rar~ge 1 Eas~
Tc~mship 2J. North
Range ]. East
Sections 1., 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Ta~mship 2~, North
Range 2 Eas~
Secti.ons 5 , 6
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PROPOSED EXPANDID F~CH~S~
Townsha.p 23 North
Range 1 £~.st
Secta.on~ 26, 29, 30, 3I., 32, 33
Z'cn~r~sh9..p 23 North
Rangs 2 East
Sec~ions 25, 35, 36
Township 22 Nox~th
Range•2 Eas~
Sectior-s 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 1.0, I.1, ~2, ].3, ~.4, 15, 7.6, 2~.
22, 23, 2'1, 28
Ta~mship 21 North
l~ange 3. Eas~ ~ '
Sections 3.2, 13, 2~, 25, 36 '
Tawnship 2]. North
Range 2 East
Sectiions 7~ 8r 17~ 18~ 19~ 20~ 21~ 28~ 29~ 3E3~ 3X~ 32