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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1074 - Cable Communications System Franchise with Teleprompter Corporation 1390 §1, 3 1394 §1, 3 1673 §2 ORDINANCE NO. 1074 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING t3 A NON- EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO OPERATE A CABLE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (CATV) WT ITHIfJ THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, 1 WASHINGTON. (TELEPROMPTER CORPORATION) THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Purpose: This franchise shall constitute an agreement between the City of Tukwila and Northwest Cablevision, Inc. d /b /a/ Teleprompter Corporation (Grantee), to construct, maintain and operate a CATV system for the distribution of television signals. SECTION 2. Length of Franchise: The length of this franchise shall be for a term of 15 years from the date of acceptance by the Grantee. SECTION 3. Terms of the Franchise: This franchise granted to Northwest Cablevision, Inc. d /b /a/ Teleprompter Corporation, shall not be deemed to be exclusive and shall not in any manner prevent the City of Tukwila from granting other or further franchises. The Grantee agrees to all the terms, conditions, requirements, obligations and duties as outlined in Ordinance No. 1060, dated June 19, 1978, of the City of Tukwila as passed by the Council of the City of Tukwila, as may be amended from time to time. A true and correct copy of said Ordinance is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein as if fully set forth. SECTION 4. Franchise Fee: Grantee shall pay unto the City of Tukwila, quarterly, on or before the 10th day of April, July, October and January, a sum equal to five percent (5%) of the gross revenue received by the Grantee as more particularly set forth in Section 6, Franchise Fee, of Ordinance 1060, same being Exhibit "A" attached hereto. SECTION 5. Amendment of Franchise. The Tukwila City Council under its police powers reserves the right to amend any Section of this Ordinance at any tine. SECTION 6. Condemnation. If, during the term of the franchise, or any extension thereof, the City shall acquire by purchase or condemnation any of Grantee's property or assets maintained or used hereunder, no greater sum shall be allowed for the value of the rights herein granted, in addition to all other elements affecting the value of such purchased or condemned property, than the actual cost of obtaining the franchise. SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at a regular meeting thereof, this day of 5epfem b ec 1978. e%aA/r' Mayor ATTEST: C fty' C fe r k Approved as to Form: J De uty City Attorney Published: Record Chronicle, September 10, 1978. 1 /Op (::::11.1")( D F TUK WIL4 WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. /06 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF A CABLE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITHIN THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, ESTABLISHING AND DEFINING TERMS, CONDITIONS, RATES AND CHARGES, REQUIREMENTS, OBLIGATIONS AND DUTIES, AND SETTING FORTH PENALTIES. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tukwila has found and determined that the public necessity and convenience of the City of Tukwila would be served by the construction, maintenance and operation of a cable communications system by franchise within the City of Tukwila; and WHEREAS, the City Council has concluded full and open public hearings on the franchise for the operation of a cable communications system within the City of Tukwila, after public notice of such hearings was duly published in the official city newspaper, during which any and all applicants, interested parties and members of the public desiring to make applications and /or present statements concerning the grant of a cable communications franchise were afforded an opportunity to do so. The legal, character, financial, technical and other qualifications and adequacies and feasibility of the construc- tion arrangements of all applicants were fully considered. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Title. This ordinance hereinafter shall be referred to as the "CATV Communications Ordinance Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to set forth an integrated statement of the conditions, rates k. and charges, requirements, obligations and duties for the construction, maintenance and operation of a system of cable communications within the City of Tukwila. All cable communica- tions companies are required by law to be regulated by the political subdivision within whose boundaries they operate. The City of Tukwila desires to grant and regulate franchises for systems of cable communications within the city and all public rights -of -way within its boundaries. Section 3. Application for Franchise and Renewal of Franchise. Each application for the granting or renewal of a franchise to construct, operate or maintain any cable communi- cations system upon a city right -of -way shall be filed with the city clerk and with the Office in a form approved by the mayor. At the time of the application, the following informa- tion shall be presented: A. A detailed statement of the business organ- ization of the applicant, including the following: (1) The names, residences and business addresses of all officers and directors of the applicants; (2) The names and addresses of all persons having control of, or being entitled to have or control, five percent (5 or more of the ownership of the applicant, either directly or indirectly, and the respective ownership share of each person; (3) A detailed and complete financial statement of the applicant showing the resources required to construct and /or operate the proposed system and the ability of the applicant to accomplish same for the last five (5) years. B. A detailed plan of the operation of the applicant, which shall include: 2 (1) A description of the cable area pro- posed to be served and a proposed time schedule for installa- tion in each neighborhood or portion of the area. (2) A statement of schedule setting forth all proposed classifications with rates and charges of any kind to be made against subscribers. (3) A description of the equipment to be utilized and operational standards to be met as proposed by the applicants. (4) A statement that the applicant is willing and able to comply with all relevant federal, state and local regulations regarding cable communications and other applicable rules and regulations. (5) A franchise holder shall have a valid certificate of compliance issued by the Federal Communications Commission or a pending application before operating or main- taining transmission and distribution lines for cable communications in the City of Tukwila. Section 4. Terms of the Franchise. Any franchise to be granted under the CATV Communications Ordinance shall not be deemed and held to be an exclusive franchise or permit and shall not in any manner prevent the City of Tukwila from grant- ing other or further franchises or permits in, along, over, through, under, below or across any of the public rights-of- way, streets, avenues, and other public land and properties of every type and description, and such franchise and permit shall in no way prevent or prohibit the City of Tukwila from using any of said roads, rights -of -way, streets or other public properties or affected jurisdiction over them, with full power to make all necessary changes, relocations, repairs, 3 maintenance and improvement of all rights -of -way and thorough- fares and other public properties of every type. The franchise Grantee must agree and covenant, at its sole cost and expense, to protect, support, temporarily disconnect, relocate or remove from any street or other public property any of its installation when so required by the City of Tukwila by reason of traffic condition, public safety, street vacation, dedications of new rights -of -way and the establishment or improvement or structure by any governmental agency acting in a governmental capacity, provided that the Grantee shall in all cases have the privilege to temporarily bypass, in the authorized portion of the same street or right -of -way upon approval by the City of Tukwila, any section of its cable or appurtenances to be so temporarily disconnected or removed. Section 5. Rates and Charges. The Grantee shall charge no more for basic services in the City of Tukviila than is charged by the cable industry in surrounding areas. The Grantee shall keep on file with the City of Tukwila and Office a copy of the current rates and charges for all services offered. The Grantee shall give subscribers, the Office and the City of Tukwila sixty -day (60) written notice of any changes in subscriber rates and charges. The City Council, the Office or the Grantee may re- commend a review of the proposal of such increase by a hearing examiner appointed by the City. Council and the hearing examiner shall determine the reasonableness of the proposed rates and charges. The hearing examiner shall give notice of a public hearing and such notice shall briefly describe the proposed rates and charges and the recommendations of the City Council. 4 Section 6. Franchise Fee The Grantee shall pay unto the City of Tukwila, quarterly, on or before the 10th day of each April, July, October and January, a sum equal to five per- cent (5 of the gross revenue received by the Grantee within the corporate limits of the City of Tukwila as now or where- after fixed. The City of Tukwila or its authorized agents shall have the right, at all reasonable times, to inspect the books and records of the Grantee for the purpose of ascertaining accurately the actual gross revenue of Grantee and Grantee shall furnish promptly unto the City of Tukwila, with each payment, a statement outlining the gross revenue upon which payment is based. The City of Tukwila shall have the right to renegoti- ate the franchise fee any time the Federal Communications Com- mission amends or changes its rules CFR 76.31. Provided, how- ever, that with respect to this Section (6) the City of Tukwila, upon application by the City, requests for a waiver of Federal Communications Commission rules CFR 76.31. Section 7. Length of Franchise. Each franchise granted hereafter by the City of Tukwila under this ordinance shall be for a term of fifteen (15) years. Grantee shall have first option to renew said franchise for additional fifteen (15) years provided Grantee continues satisfactory performance of its obligations under this franchise. The City of Tukwila may terminate the franchise by ordinance enacted for such purpose pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance, in the event of the willful failure, refusal or neglect by the Grantee to do or comply with any material and substantial requirements contained in this 5 k ordinance, or rules and regulations of the Federal Communica- tions Commission. Prior to any such action, the Grantee shall be notified in writing of such alleged failure or refusal to comply, pursuant to Section 8 of this ordinance, and shall have a period of at least ninety (90) days to remedy such noncompliance. Section 8. Procedures for Termination. A. Any inquiry, investigation, or other pro- ceeding to be taken or proposed to be taken by the City in regard to the operation of the Grantee's cable communications system shall be taken only after: (1) Reasonable public notice of such action or proposed action is published in a local daily or weekly newspaper having general circulation in the City. Such notice shall be published at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of the proposed action; and (2) A copy of such action or proposed action is served directly on the Grantee at least thirty (30) days prior to the proposed action by registered mail; and (3) The Grantee has been given an oppor- tunity to respond in writing and /or at hearings as may be specified by the City. B. The public notice required by this section shall state the action or proposed action to be taken, the time provided for any response, the person or persons in authority J to whom such response be addressed, and such other procedures as may be specified by the City. If a hearing is to be held, the public notice shall give the date, time and place of such hearing, whether public participation will be allowed, and the procedures governing such public participation. The Grantee 6 shall be an indispensable party to any hearing conducted in regard to its operations. Section 9. Modification. If any portion of this ordinance should be inconsistent with any rule or regulation now or hereafter adopted by the Federal Communications Commis- sion, then to the extent of the inconsistency, the rule or regulation of the Federal Communications Commission shall control for so long, but only for so long, as such rule or regulation shall remain in effect, but the remaining portions of this ordinance shall not hereby be affected. This ordinance must be amended whenever possible, to conform with the rules and regulations of the Federal Communi- cations Commission as they are amended, and such amendments must be made within one (1) year after the passage of such rules and regulations. The Office shall advise the City of any such amend- ments, rules or regulations by the Federal Communications Commission. Section 10. Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Plan. Grantee shall comply with the City of Tukwila's affirmative action policies and procedures. Grantee shall file with the City of Tukwila and the Office a current copy of its affirmative action plan. 7 Section 11. Complaints. The Office shall investi- gate all unresolved CATV complaints and inquiries and resolve them by conciliation, if possible. If the complaints cannot be resolved by conciliation, then an appeal from any ruling may be made to the Mayor of the City of Tukwila or his Designee who shall review the facts and make a determination, whose decision may be further appealed to the Tukwila City Council for final determination, provided, however, that written notice of said appeal shall be filed with the Clerk of the City of Tukwila within 30 days of the date of the Mayor's determination. The determination of the Mayor shall become final if no such notice of appeal is timely filed. Section 12. Prohibited Program Content. No Grantee may exercise control over program content on an access channel, except to the extent necessary to prevent the presentation of program material prohibited by the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission. Section 13. Discrete Areas. The City of Tukwila shall be considered part of South King County as to recogni- tion of discrete communities for purposes of cable communica- tions and the importation of distant signals. Section 14. Access Channels. The Grantee shall at all times adhere to,the Federal Communications Commission's rules as now in force or at any time amended. Section 15. Unlawful to Steal Service. Every per- son who knowingly and willfullymakes unauthorized connection whether physically, electrically, inductively, or attaches any unauthorized device or devices to any cable wire, or other components of a franchised cable communications system 8 or to a television set, for the purpose of intercepting any program carried by franchised cable communications service system which such person is not authorized to receive, shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars or by imprisonment not over thirty (30) days or both such fine and imprisonment. Section 16. Amendment of Ordinance. Upon recom- mendation of the Office, a review of this ordinance may periodically be made by the Tukwila City Council. The City Council under its police powers reserves the right to amend any section of this ordinance at any time. Section 17. Transfer of Ownership. Any franchise shall be a privilege to be held in personal trust by the original Grantee. The franchise cannot be sold, transferred, leased, assigned or disposed of, in whole or in part, either by forced or involuntary sale, merger, consolidation or other- wise without prior written approval of the City of Tukwila. Said approval may be granted by the Tukwila City Council only after a public hearing and under the same terms and conditions as an original application. Said application shall not be refused unless the Council finds that the public interest will not be served by the proposed transfer. In the event the Grantee 'is a corporation, an assign- ment of the franchise shall be deemed to occur if there is an actual change in control or where ownership of more than fifty percent (50 or more of the voting stock of the Grantee is acquired by a person or a group of persons acting in concert, none of whom already own fifty percent (50 or more of the voting stock singularly or collectively. Any such transfer or 9 assignment shall be made only by an instrument of writing, such as.a bill of sale or similar document, a duly executed copy of which shall be filed in the Office within thirty (30) days after such transfer or assignment. Section 18. Hearing (Application for Franchise). The Tukwila City Council shall conduct a public hearing to determine the following: A. That the public will be benefited by the granting of the requested franchise; B. That the applicant has the necessary resources to build, operate and maintain a cable communica- tions system in the franchised area; C. That the applicant will comply with all terms and conditions placed upon the franchisee by the City Council; and D. That the applicant is willing and able to comply with all relevant federal, state and local regulations. Section 19. Consumer Protection. Subscribers and users in the City of Tukwila shall have the protection described in this section in addition to all other rights conferred in this ordinance. A. Upon request, each Grantee shall furnish to the Office and the Office shall compile and maintain for public inspection during regular business hours, copies of: (1) All applications and other communi- cations submitted by the franchise applicants or Grantee to the City of Tukwila, the Federal Communications Commission or any federal, state or local regulatory body having juris- diction with respect to cable communications within the City of Tukwila. 10 (2) Current information on ownership and management of the Grantee. (3) Current information on forms of subscriber agreements used by the Grantee, complaint procedures followed by the Grantee and nonbasic services provided by the Grantee and the rates and charges thereof. (4) Records of all written requests for use of public access channels and leased channel time and the disposition of such requests, and records of all signals and programs carried (other than radio and television broad- cast signals). B. The Office shall also compile and maintain for public inspection during regular business hours, copies of: (1) All federal, state and local laws and regulations applicable to cable communications within the City of Tukwila; (2) Records of all written complaints filed with the Office and the disposition thereof; (3) Policy statements and administrative staff operating procedures of the Office. C. No Grantee shall cause or permit the viewing habits of any subscriber to be monitored without the subscriber's expressed consent; D. Whenever a Grantee shall offer a new service or facility, or changes in channel allocation or assignment, the Grantee shall give notice thereof to the subscribers, the Tukwila City Clerk. Whereupon, such new service or facility shall be made available to all subscribers, if technically and economically practicable. 11 E. With respect to basic services, the Grantee shall provide, if technically practicable, all basic subscriber services and a tie -in connection without cost (except for actual cost of installation) to one outlet (one television connection) to each state accredited public or private educational institu- tion and each building designated by the City Clerk or Office, which is owned and controlled by the City of Tukwila and used for public purposes and not for residential use, when such recommended building is within 300 feet from the distribution cable. Section 20. Construction Variances. The Grantee is required in all cases to request and apply for all construction permits or variances for system extensions, subscriber installa- tions, or any other permits or variances that may be required by the City of Tukwila. Section 21. Rights Reserved to the City. A Grantee shall upon request of the City of Tukwila or the City Council make his /her facilities immediately available to the City for emergency use during the period of any emergency or disaster declared by the Mayor or the City Council. Section 22. CATV Construction System Extension. CATV communications construction systems extension shall be done in accordance with the City of Tukwila Resolutions #517 (dated March 1, 1976) and #551 (August 16, 1976) or as here- after amended. Section 23. Limitations and Conditions. A. A Grantee's facilities shall be so located or relocated and so erected so as to interfere as little as possible with traffic or with such streets, avenues, highways, bridges and other public places and egress, ingress to abutting 12 property, provided, however, the Grantee shall not break up, block or disturb any streets or other public thoroughfare without prior written permission from the City. All such construction and installation work, whenever same crosses any of the public properties shall be done under the super- vision of and upon the inspection of the City and Grantee shall timely submit to the City, prior to any such work, detailed plans and specifications of any such proposed work. The location of any franchise property in a street or other public area shall be subject to the approval of the City and such approval shall be given in writing and Grantee shall be subject to all applicable ordinances, regulations, permits or licenses as provided by the ordinances of the City of Tukwila as they now exist or as they are amended. B. During any period of construction, all surface structures, if any, shall be erected and used in such places and positions within said public rights -of -way and other public properties so as to interfere as little as possible with the free passage of traffic and the free use of adjoining property, and Grantee shall at all times post and maintain proper barricades during any such period of construction as is required by the laws and statutes of the City of Tukwila and the State of Washington. Any portion of the streets shall be restored to their prior condition, or better, within a reason- able time as quickly as possible after said excavation, and all to be performed in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the City of Tukwila. C. Grantee, its successors and assigns shall commence construction of its cable system under any franchise within one (1) year from and after the date of granting thereof, 13 i and all such work to be done and completed with the greatest amount of dispatch so as to reduce any interference with the vehicular and pedestrian traffic and public safety to a minimum. If Grantee has failed or neglected to substantially undertake such construction within said period of one (1) year, then all rights, privileges and authority herein granted shall cease and terminate and the franchise shall be of no further force and effect. D. Grantee, its successors and assigns shall properly repair any damage to City property of every type and nature and all other improvements caused by the failure or workmanship of Grantee's work during the life of any franchise. Grantee shall comply with all ordinances and regulations of the City of Tukwila regarding such excavation and whenever deemed necessary by the City, shall be required to post a performance bond as determined by the City, warranting, among other things, that such restoration work will be done promptly and in proper workmanlike manner. E. No Grantee nor any major stockholder of a Grantee shall directly or indirectly engage within the City in the business of selling, leasing, renting, servicing or re- pairing radio or parts thereof which make use of standard broadcast entertainment signals, provided that nothing therein shall prevent Grantee from making modifications to the tuner input circuit of the subscribers' television receivers and the fine tuning of the customers' operating controls only, to insure proper operation under conditions of cable connection at the time of installation or in response to subscriber complaints, or from the selling, servicing or repairing receivers and other 14 g r equipment belonging to other CATV system operators for use in the conduct of their businesses. Section 24. Indemnity and Hold Harmless Waiver of Damages. A. Grantee, its successors and assigns shall indemnify and hold harmless the City of Tukwila from any and all liabilities, fees, cost and damages, whether to person or property, or expense of any type or nature, including attor- ney fees and costs, which may accrue to the City by reason of the construction, operation, maintenance, repair and altera- tion of Grantee facilities; provided, however, that in case any suit or action is instituted against the City by reason of any such damage or injury, the City shall cause written notice thereof to be given to Grantee and Grantee thereupon shall have the duty to defend any suit or action without cost or expense to the City. B. Grantee shall have no recourse whatever against the City of Tukwila for any loss, expense or damage arising out of any provision or requirement of any franchise with the enforcement thereof. No privilege or exemption will be granted or conferred unto Grantee by a franchise except those specifically prescribed herein, and any such privilege claimed under this franchise by the Grantee in any street shall be subordinate to any prior lawful occupancy of the street or any subsequent improvement or installation therein. Section 25. Bond and Insurance. Grantee shall, before construction, file a good and sufficient bond or other surety as determined by the City of Tukwila executed by a surety company, authorized and qualified to do business in the State of Washington, conditioned upon the faithful 15 performance of all duties and obligations to be performed by the Grantee and the terns of this ordinance, including the payment of all gross revenue payments imposed by the terms of this ordinance, and the removal of said system, and including repair and restoration of streets, and all public utilities of every type and nature incident to all work done by the Grantee pursuant to the terms of any franchise, and such bond to be renewed by the Grantee annually and kept in full force and effect at all times during the life of any franchise. Grantee shall forfeit all rights and privileges con- ferred by any ordinance, and the franchise shall be null and void and of no force and effect whatever unless grantee shall, before commencing construction of any part of said cable system, file with the City Clerk proper evidence it has in full force and effect during the life of the franchise, public liability insurance, naming the City of Tukwila and the City of Seattle as additional insureds with coverage of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per person, three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) per accident and property damage liability of not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Section 26. Codes. All work done by the Grantee pursuant to any franchise shall be in full compliance with the Uniform Building Code and all applicable laws of the State of Washington and ordinances, rules, regulations and resolutions of the City of Tukwila then in effect. In the event the Grantee fails at any time to furnish any required safeguards, signs, signals and /or lights to promptly repair any damage to City utilities or promptly backfill excavations as required by law, ordinance, rule, regulation or resolution, 16 CABLE COMMUNICATIONS GLOSSARY OF TERMS ACCESS CHANNEL: A free composite channel to be used by government, education, and public. ALL CHANNEL ANTENNA: An antenna which receives signals equally well over a wide bank of frequencies. AMPLIFIER: A device consisting of electronic components used to increase power, voltage or current of a signal. AMPLITUDE MODULATED LINK: A form of microwave which uses amplitude modulation of a microwave carrier rather than the conventional frequency modulation usually used for microwave television links. This is usually accomplished by heterodyne conversion from conventional TV channels. ANTENNA ARRAY: A radiating or receiving system composed of several spaced radiators or elements. ATTENUATOR: A device for reducing the power of a signal. ATTENUATION LOSS: The actual power loss in a cable, attenuator, coupling, or other device when electrical energy is transmitted through it, usually expressed in decibels. AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL (AGC): A circuit which automatically controls the gain of an amplifier so that the output signal level is virtually constant for varying input signal level. AUTOMATIC TILT: Automatic correction of change in tilt, or the relative level of signals of different frequencies. BACK- MATCHED TAP: A cable tap device which employs transformer isolation and also employs impedance matching at the tap -off points. BASIC SERVICES: Regular subscriber services such as installation,'disconnection reconnection, transmission of broadcast signals and access and origination channels, if any. BASIC SUBSCRIBER RECEIPTS: Revenues derived from all basic services. BRIDGER: An amplifier connected directly into the main trunk line to feed distribution cables with minimum insertion loss in the main trunk line. CABLECASTING: Origination of programming by a CATV system, usually other than automated services such as scanning weather dials, and exclusive of broadcast signals. CABLE POWERING: A method of supplying power through the coaxial cable to system amplifiers. CAPACITIVE TAP: A tap device with a capacitor network providing the desired amount of loss and isolation between the feeder cable and the subscriber drop cable. CASCADE: The operation of devices (usually amplifiers) in sequence in a cable system with the output of one device feeding the input of the next. CASCADEABILITY: The performance capability of amplifiers used to reamplify the same signal along a cable system without noticeable degradation. CFR: Code of Federal Regulations (Federal Register). CATV: Community Antenna Television. CHANNEL COMBINER: An electronic or passive device which accepts the RF signals from many sources and combines them for delivery to the cable. then the City reserves the right to proceed as may be required to so comply, and in such event the Grantee agrees and covenants to promptly reimburse the City for all expenses of such work. Section 27. Raising and Moving Wires. If the raising or moving of cable wires is required by any party at any time to enable use of the streets, or other public rights -of -way or properties, such party shall make written application at least five (5) days in advance of such required use, and Grantee shall raise or move said cable, wires and /or other equipment at the expense of the applicant payable in advance. Section 28. Severability Clause. If -any part of this ordinance is found to be unconstitutional or void, such finding shall not affect the remaining sections which shall remain in full force and effect. Section 29. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective upon passage, approval and five days after its publication. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA this 9 day of 1978. 4 454A4 Mayor ATTEST: ��y) Approved as to Form: City G Deputy City Attorney Published this b 74 day of 1978. in record Chrori C��. N 17 r 4r l GROSS REVENUE: All revenues received by the Grantee or other services, however, for the purpose of determining the franchise fee, the royalties payed by the Grantee for Pay TV (Pay Cable) shall be subtracted from the gross revenue prior to the calculation of the franchise fee. HEAD -END: The electronic equipment located at the start of a cable system, usually including antennas, preamplifiers, frequency converters, demodulators, modulators and related equipment. Both the building and the equipment which receives the television signals and processes them before application to the cable system are known as the head -end. INSERTION LOSS: Additional loss. in a system when a device such as a directional coupler is inserted; equal to the difference in signal level between input and output of such a service. LID: Local improvement districts. LINE EXTENDER: Feeder line amplifiers used to provide signals at a sufficiently high level to the more distant subscribers. LOCAL SERVICE AREA: Area where cable operators have operating cable systems. LOG PERIODIC ANTENNA: A form of antenna with intrinsic broadband and directional characteristics. Characterized by low response to the back and sides. MAJOR TELEVISION MARKET: The specified zone of a commercial television station licensed to a Top -100 community, or a combination of such specified zones where more than one community'is listed. MARKET GENERATOR: An -electronic instrument providing variable or fixed signals and used in conjunction with the frequent sweep testing to determine a specified frequency in the RF spectrum. MESSENGER: A steel cable, strung between poles or other supporting structures which supports the CATV .coaxial cable. The coaxial cable is usually attached to the messenger by lashing with stainless steel wire. MODULATION: The process, or result of the process, whereby some characteristic of one wave is varied in accordance with another wave. NOISE: In general, any unwanted signal or interference. Usually refers to unwanted signals of a random nature arising from thermal effects in the input circuits of amplifiers. This form of noise is known as "snow." OFFICE: Office of Cable Communications or other agency designated by the Tukwila City Council. OFFICE OF CABLE COMMUNICATIONS: City of Seattle Board of Public Works Office of Cable Communications administers and regulates CATV Franchises in greater King County. PARABOLIC ANTENNA: An antenna that has a folded dipole or feed horn mounted at the focal point of a metal or mesh dish having a concave shape known as a parabola. PREAMPLIFIER: An electronic device, usually having superior input noise figure, designed to strengthen or boost a weak off -air signal to a level where it will be sufficient to drive succeeding amplifiers. PRESSURE TAP: A device which connects to the center conductor and shield of a distribution cable to extract television signals; tap does not require cutting of cable to make contact fora subscriber drop. RCW: Revised Code of Washington. RESOLUTION: A measure of picture resolving capabilities of a television system determined primarily by band width, scan rates, and aspect ration. Relates to fineness of details perceivable. R.I.D.: Road improvement district. SURETY: Insurance, guarantee or security. COAXIAL CABLE: A cylindrical outer conductor (shield) surrounding a central conductor held centrally in place by an insulating material referred to as the dielectric. It is the most commonly used means of CATV signal distribution. CO- CHANNEL: A form of TV signal distortion where the same frequency is received from two different transmitters simultaneously. It generally appears as horizontal bars in the picture. CONDUIT: A tube, manufactured of an environment protective material, through which CATV cable is conveyed in an underground system. CONVERTER: An electronic device that will shift any television channel(s) from one channel to another. CROSS MODULATION: A form of signal distortion in which the visual content from one channel is superimposed on the visual content of another channel. DIELECTRIC: The material, usually an electrical insulator, which separates two conductors between which an electric potential exists. Usually, the insulating material 'separating the center conductor and outer shield of a coaxial cable. DIRECTIONAL COUPLER: A passive device that divides signal power between two paths with a greater degree of attenuation in one direction than in the other. DIRECTIONAL TAP: A passive line tapping device based on directional coupler principles which diverts a portion of the signal from the line to the drop cable. The directional quality attenuates signals from the drop line, reducing reflections in the distribution cable. DISCRETE AREAS: The separation of King County into separate communities as required by the Federal Communications Commission regarding Access Channel. DISTRIBUTION AMPLIFIERS: An amplifier used with the main trunk cable at a point from which one or more feeder cables are extended (branched out). DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM: The part of a CATV system used to carry signals from the head -end of the subscriber's receivers. DROP: The cable which connects the tap on the feeder line to the subscriber's house. FCC: Federal Communications Commission. FR: Federal Regulations. FEEDER LINE: The coaxial cable running from bridges to line- extenders and taps. Sometimes called a distribution cable. FIELD STRENGTH METER: A frequency selective heterodyne receiver capable of tuning the frequency band of interest, as used for TV 54 to 216 MHz, with indicating meter showing the magnitude input of voltage and the dial indicating the approximate frequency. FRANCHISE FEE: Fee charged by local government to many utility companies including CATV for the use of public rights -of -way. FREQUENCY: The number of complete cycles or vibrations per unit of time (example: 60 cycles per second). GAIN: A measure of the signal level increase in an amplifier usually expressed in dB. GRANTEE: Any person, firm or corporation granted a franchise by the City under an ordinance and the lawful successor, transferee or assignee of such person, firm, or corporation.