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O-160-M• CITY OF CLERMONT . MISC. ORDINANCES FINAL DRAFT EXHIBIT "A" EXHIBIT "B" No. 160-M AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF CLERMONT; PROVIDING REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF; REPEALING ORDINANCES 25-I-M, 105-M, 82-M, 83-M, AND 44-M, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Group W Cable Television wishes to transfer a franchise to operate a television communications system commonly referred to as "Cable Television" within the City of Clermont to Cablevision Industries of Central Florida, Inc., and WHEREAS, the City council of the City of Clermont desires to grant a franchise agreement to Cablevision Industries of Central Florida, Inc. to operate and maintain a broadband communications system to serve the needs of the City of Clermont within the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, and the laws of the State of Florida, NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Clermont hereby ordains that: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. A. "Cablecasting." Programming carried on a cable system, exclusive of broadcast signals, whether originated by the cable operator or any other party. B. "Cable Communications System;" "System." Any system which receives and amplifies signals broadcast by one or more television and/or radio stations and which transmits programming originated by the system itself or by another party, and distributes such signals and programming by wire, cable, microwave, satellite, or other means to persons who subscribe to such service. C. "City." City of Clermont, Florida. The City of Clermont in its present incorporated form or as it may be changed by annexation. The City of Clermont is the franchising authority. D. "Council." The City Council of the City of Clermont, Florida. E. "FCC." The Federal Communications Commission, its successors, or other legal entity authorized and designated as the controlling legal Federal Agency as established by the Congress of the United States. F. "Grantee." Cablevision Industries of Central Florida, Inc. G. "Gross Revenues." Any and all compensation, in whatever form, exchange or otherwise, derived from the provision of all cable services in the City. H. "Subscriber." A recipient of cable television service. SECTION 2. GRANT OF AUTHORITY. There is hereby granted by the franchising authority to the Grantee, the right and privilege to construct, erect, operate and maintain, in, upon, along, across, above, over and under the streets, alleys, public ways and public places now laid out or dedicated and all extensions thereof, and additions thereto, in the City poles, wires, cables, under- ground conduits, manholes, and other cable conductors and fixtures necessary for the maintenance and operation in the City of Clermont of a Cable Communications System, to be used for the sale and distribution of cable services to the residents of the City. Said broadband cable services shall include, but shall not be limited to, the carriage of television and radio signals and any cablecasting programming. This • CITY OF CLERMONT • MISC. ORDINANCES No. 160-M Page -2- is a non-exclusive franchise and nothing contained herein shall prohibit the City of Clermont from granting franchise agreements to other Cable Communication System Companies. The Grantee shall, at all times during the operation of this fran- chise, be subject to all lawful exercise of the police power as may be hereafter provided by the franchising authority. SECTION 3. FRANCHISE TERRITORY. 1. The franchise is for the present territorial limits of the City of Clermont and for any area henceforth added thereto during the term of this franchise. 2. The Grantee shall be obligated to make cable service available to all dwelling units in the City at standard installation and service rates subject to only the following exceptions: a. Areas described on the attached map called "Exhibit A", attached hereto and made part of this agreement or that are located in an area with a density of fifty dwelling units per contiguous cable mile shall be provided with cable television service within ninety days after service is requested. b. In areas not shown on "Exhibit A" the service need not be available at standard installation rates where there is a dwelling unit density of less than fifty dwelling units per contiguous cable mile. Any potential subscriber(s) in an area of less than fifty dwelling units per contiguous cable mile may receive cable service upon payment of an installation charge equal to the actual cost per subscriber of extending the cable plant to provide service less the cost the company would have incurred per subscriber had the density been fifty dwelling units per contig- uous cable mile. SECTION 4. DURATION OF FRANCHISE, RENEWAL. The duration of the rights, privileges and authorizations hereby granted shall be fifteen (15) years from the date the franchise is awarded. This franchise may be renewed or extended by the franchising author- ity, upon application of the Grantee, in accordance with the then existing rules of the FCC and applicable law. Renewal or extension of the franchise shall be considered in a full public proceeding affording due process, during which the performance of the Grantee, and the adequacy of the fran- chise ordinance will be reviewed. Nothing in this provision shall be con- strued to require such renewal or extension. SECTION 5. COMMENCEMENT AND COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION. Within thirty (30) days of the date of the award of this franchise, the Grantee must undertake the necessary steps to secure authorization to operate, rebuild and modernize the Cable System to include thirty- five channels from the appropriate governmental agencies regulating cable service. If authorization to operate is not received within twelve months of the date of franchise, the franchise may be cancelled at the option of the City. The Grantee shall begin construction to rebuild and modernize the system to a thirty-five channel capacity immediately upon receiving said authorization, and shall provide a rebuilt cable service to the entire franchise area within twenty- four months from the date of this agreement. • CITY OF CLERMONT • MISC. ORDINANCES No. 160-M Page -3- SECTION 6. TRANSFER OF CONTROL. No transfer of control or ownership of the cable system shall take place, whether by forced or voluntary sale, lease, assignment, or any other form of disposition, without prior notice to and approval by the City Council. SECTION 7. RATES. The rates which may be charged to subscribers shall be determined by the Grantee. The City and subscribers shall receive a sixty day written notice of any rate increase. SECTION 8. PAYMENT TO THE CITY. For the use of the streets, and other facilities of the incorporated area of the City of Clermont for the operation of the cable communications system and for the supervision thereof by the franchising authority, the Grantee shall pay to the franchising authority an amount equal to three percent (3$) of the Grantee's gross revenues for the operations of the cable communications system in the incorporated area of the City of Clermont during the year. The franchise fee payment is due quarterly on the first day of the month. SECTION 9. BROADBAND CABLE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE. The communications system permitted to be installed and operated hereunder shall: 1. Be operated in conformance with the the FCC's Technical Standards, 47 C.F.R. §76.601 et seq. 2. Carry on the system all required broadcast signals pursuant to the FCC's signal carriage rules. 3. The Grantee shall provide the following services without charge: a. The Grantee shall provide free basic installation and service to all City Offices located within the licensed area, South Lake Memorial Hospial, and to all public schools located along the cable route in the licensed area, upon request. b. Upon expansion of the system capacity to thirty-five channels, one access channel shall be reserved for the free use by the City of Clermont or Lake County School System. c. An emergency alert system shall be installed within twenty-four months, at no cost to the City, which will allow the City to override the audio of the channels to make emergency announcements. SECTION 10. USE OF STREETS. All transmissions and distribution structures, lines, and equip- ment erected by the Grantee within the City shall be so located as to cause minimum interference with rights and reasonable convenience of property owners who join any of the said streets. In case of disturbance of any street or paved area the Grantee shall, at its own cost and expense and in a manner approved by the City, replace and restore such street or paved area in as good condition as before the work involving such disturbance was done. • CITY OF CLERMONT . MISC. ORDINANCES No. 160-M Page -4- If at any time during the period of the franchise the City shall lawfully elect to alter or change the grade of any street, the Grantee, upon reasonable notice by the City, shall remove, relay, and relocate its poles, wires, cables, underground conduits, manholes, and other fixtures at its own expense. The Grantee shall file with the City Manager, for his approval, plans and specifications for the relocation or location of all facilities located within the City, and such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. The work, while in progress shall be properly protected at all times with suitable barricades or other devices to protect the public. Any poles or other fixtures placed in or adjacent to any street by the Grantee shall be placed in such manner as to comply with all re- quirements of the City. The Grantee shall, at the request of any person holding a moving permit issued by the City, temporarily raise or lower its wires to permit the moving of buildings. The expense of such temporary removal or raising or lowering of wires shall be paid by the person requesting the same, and the Grantee shall have the authority to require such pay- ment in advance. The Grantee shall be given not less than seven (7) days advance notice to arrange for such temporary wire changes. The Grantee shall have the authority to trim trees upon and over- hanging streets of the City so as to prevent the branches of such trees from coming in contact with the wires and cables of the Grantee, except that at the option of the City, such trimming may be done by it or under its supervision and direction at the expense of the Grantee. In all sections of the City where all cables, wires, or other like facilities of public utilities are placed underground, the Grantee shall place its cables, wires or other like facilities underground. At the expiration of the term for which the franchise is granted, or upon its termination, as provided for herein, the City shall have the right to require the Grantee to remove, at its own expense, all portions of the cable television system from all streets within the City. SECTION 11. INDEMNIFICATION. It shall be expressly understood and agreed by and between the City and any Grantee hereunder that the Grantee shall save the City and its agents and employees harmless from and against all claims, damages, losses, and expenses, including attorney's fees sustained by the City on account of any suit, judgment, execution, claim or demand whatsoever arising out of but not limited to copyright infringements and all other damages arising out of the installation, operation or maintenance of the cable system authorized herein, whether or not any act or omission complained of is authorized, allowed or prohibited by this ordinance and any franchise granted hereunder. SECTION 12. SERVICE STANDARDS. The Grantee shall put, keep, and maintain all parts of the system in good condition throughout the entire franchise period. Upon termination of service to any subscriber, the Grantee shall promptly remove all its facilities and equipment from the premises of such subscriber upon his request. Grantee shall render efficient service, make repairs promptly, and interrupt service only for good cause and for the shortest time pos- sible. Such interruptions, insofar as possible, shall be preceded by notice and shall occur during periods of minimum system use. Grantee shall not allow its cable or other operations to interfere with television or radio reception of persons not served by Grantee, nor shall the system interfere with, obstruct or hinder in any manner, the operation of the various utilities serving the residents of the City. ~{zaT~ ~~i~ A~ndaQ ~pu~zg •w a-r nr ~~-~"~ `~ • ~uouizaT~ ~o ~~z~ auk ~o spzooaz ~.uau~uizad auk ~o ~.z~d az~ pug 'W-09T aou~uzpzp o~ pauo~~~.~ az~ {fi86T '8Z aunr '~ ~i86T 'fiiT aunt pa~.~p sza~~aT) „g„ ~tgtuxg •~.uauiaazb~ aszuou~z~ szu~ ~o suoz~~z~obau auk o~ ~.uauz~.zad sT~zza~.~uz TTY suT~~uoo uozun~ „uotsznaTq~~„ paTaq~T zapTo~ ~ osT~ sz azaus „uo-rsznaTq~~„ zapun ~au-rq~o aTT~ auk. u-r paTt~ sz pug „aT-r~ozd ~ :uozsznaTq~~„ paT~-r~ua ~.aTxooq ~ sz „g„ ~.zgZux~ W-09T ~~i~IFz'NIQ2i0 L80b-b6E/b06 3NOHd • LLLZ£ t~01aO~d ~1NOW!l310 ~ 6lZ X08 ~O'd 1NOWIy~1~ ~O J111~ \• • CITY OF CLERMONT • MISC. ORDINANCES No. 160-M Page -5- SECTION 13. COMPLAINT PROCEDURE. City Official Responsible. The City Manager of the City of Clermont is designated by the City as having primary responsibility for the con- tinuing administration of the franchise and implementation of complaint procedures. The Grantee shall maintain an agent in the City, who which shall be available during all usual business hours, having a publicly listed toll- free telephone number, and be so operated that complaints and requests for repairs or adjustments may be received on a twenty-four (24) hour basis. The Grantee shall maintain a repair and maintenance crew capable of responding to subscriber complaints or requests for repair service within twenty-four (24) hours after receipt of the complaint or request. No charge shall be made to the subscriber for cable related service. The grantee shall establish procedures for receiving, acting upon, and resolving subscriber complaints to the satisfaction of the City of Clermont. The Grantee shall furnish a notice of such procedures to each subscriber at the time of initial subscription to the system. In the event that a customer complaint is not resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the customer or the Grantee, either the customer or the Grantee may request that the matter be presented to the City Council for a hearing and resolution. The Grantee shall obey any order for resolution of a complaint as requested by the City Council. Non-performance of such an order shall constitute a breach of the fran- chise agreement which shall be enforced pursuant to Section 14. The City Council shall not order the Grantee to provide any service or perform any act which violates this agreement. When there have been similar complaints made or when there exists other evidence, which, in the judgment of the City Council casts doubt on the reliability or quality of cable service, the City Council shall have the right and authority to compel the Grantee to test, analyze, and report on the performance of the system. Such report shall be delivered to the City Council no later than fourteen (14) days after the Council formally notifies the Granteee and shall include the following information: the nature of the complaints which precipi- tated the special tests, what system component was tested, the equipment used, and procedures employed in said testing, the results of such tests, and the method in which said complaints were resolved. Said tests and analyses shall be supervised by a professional engineer not on the permanent staff of the company. The aforesaid engineer should sign all records of the special tests and forward to the City of Clermont such records with a report interpreting the results of the tests and recommending actions to be taken by the City. All tests and analyses shall be paid by the Grantee. SECTION 14. RIGHT OF REVOCATION, MONETARY PENALTIES. The franchising authority shall have the right to rescind or revoke the rights herein granted upon any violation by the Grantee of any material obligation or requirement contained herein, or upon the refusal to comply with any reasonable request made by the City Council concerning compliance with this ordinance, after written notice by the franchising authority to the Grantee, and continuation of such violation or refusal to comply by the Grantee. • CITY OF CLERMONT . MISC. ORDINANCES 160-M Page -6- Such written notice to the Grantee shall specify precisely the manner in which the Grantee is in violation, with respect to the fran- chise. The notice shall specify a reasonable amount of time within which the grantee must correct the violation, but in no event shall the time period be less than thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of the notice to the Grantee. The franchising authority shall have the right to rescind or revoke the rights herein granted, upon any violation by the grantee of any material obligation or requirement contained herein, after giving the grantee thirty (30) days' written notice to correct or remedy said violation(s). If the grantee continues to violate, or refuses to comply with the terms contained herein, after said notice(s), the City shall have the right to revoke or rescind this franchise. In the event the Grantee shall be adjudicated bankrupt or placed in receivership, the City may by resolution declare this franchise herein granted to be forfeited and terminated. The City reserves the right to levy fines upon the Grantee in a reasonable amount, not to exceed $250 per violation, for minor breaches of the franchise agreement. Failure to pay such fines shall be cause for revocation of the franchise. Minor breaches of the franchise agreement shall include, but not be limited to: Failure to meet the requirements for service and new customer connections as provided for in this ordinance. SECTION 15. PREFERENTIAL OR DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES PROHIBITED. Grantee shall not, as to rates, charges, service, service facilities, rules, regulations, employment, or in any other respect for similar type service, make or grant any undue preference or advantage to any party, nor subject any party to any prejudice or disadvantage. SECTION 16. SUBSCRIBER PRIVACY. No signals shall be transmitted from a subscriber's terminal, dwelling, or place of business for purposes of monitoring individual viewing patterns or practices without the express written permission of the subscriber. The request for such permission shall be con- tained in a separate document with a prominent statement that the subscriber is authorizing the permission in full knowledge of this provision. The authorization shall be revokable at any time by the subscriber without penalty of any kind whatsoever. Such authori- zation is required for each type or classification of signal transmitted from a subscriber's terminal, dwelling, or place of business. Provided, however, that the Grantee shall be entitled to conduct systemwide or individually addressed "sweeps" for the purpose of verifying system integrity, controlling return path transmission, or billing for services. Neither the Grantee, the City, their agents or their employees, nor anyone else, shall sell, without the specific written authori- zation of the subscriber involved, or, otherwise make available to any party: (1) Lists of the names and addresses of such subscribers, or (2) Any list which identifies the individual viewing habits of subscribers. SECTION 17. INSURANCE. Prior to the beginning of any work by the Grantee within the corporate limits of the City, the Grantee shall file with the City and shall keep in force and effect at all times during the effective period hereof, insurance certificates evidencing a liability insurance i CITY OF CLERMONT MISC. ORDINANCES 160-M Page -7- policy or policies, in the amount of $250,000/$500,000 bodily injury and $250,000 property damage, the terms and conditions whereof shall be such as to provide for the protection and indemnification of the City with respect to claims of any persons suffering injury, loss or damage to person or property by reason of the construction, operating or maintenance of its television system within the corp- orate limits of the City. Each such insurance policy shall be sub- ject to the acceptance and approval of the City. Any primary surplus at least five (5) times the amount of coverage of the policy and the Grantee must have management rating in the Best's Insurance guide of BB or better. Any excess policy used must be issued by underwriters acceptable to the City. Each such policy shall be in such minimum limits as are acceptable to the City, and said insurance coverage shall remain in full force and shall be undiminished during the effective period of this ordinance. Every such insurance policy shall contain a provision whereby every company executing the same shall obligate itself to notify the City in writing at least thirty (30) days before any alteration, modification or cancellation of such policy is to become effective. In the event any suit is filed or action brought against the City, whether severally or jointly with the Grantee, by any person or corporation seeking to recover damages resulting from or attributable to the operations or the existence of the Grantee within the City, whether due to the Grantee's negligence or otherwise, the Grantee shall upon written notice by the City, defend said suit or action, and, in the event any judgement therein should be rendered against the City, the Grantee shall promptly pay the sum, together with all costs resulting therefrom, including attorney fees. SECTION 18. GRANTEE'S APPLICATION INCORPORATED. By acceptance of the franchise, Grantee specifically grants and agrees that its application hereafter called Exhibit "B" is thereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this ordinance. In the event of a conflict between proposed services listed in said application and the provisions of this ordinance, that provision which provides the greatest benefit to the City, in the opinion of the City Council, shall prevail. Failure to provide services as promised in Grantee's application as incorporated herein shall be deemed a breach of this ordinance to which the provisions of Section 14 of this ordinance shall apply. SECTION 19. ORDINANCES REPEALED. Ordinances 25-I-M, 105-M, 83-M, 82-M, and 44-M are hereby repealed. SECTION 20. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of the ordinance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such infirmity shall not affect the validity of the ordinance, and any portions in conflict are hereby repealed. Provided, however, that in the event that the Federal Communications Commission declares any section invalid, then such section or sections shall be renegotiated by the City and the Grantee. • CITY OF CLERMONT . MISC. ORDINANCES No. 160-M Page -8- SECTION 21. This ordinance shall be published as provided by law and it shall become law and shall take effect immediately after its Second Reading and notification of final closing by Group W Cable and Cablevision Industries of Central Florida. First Reading this day of 1984. Second Reading this z ~ day of 1984. PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY~OUNCIL OF T CITY F CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA THIS z ~° Y OF , 1984. CHARLES B. BEALS, MAYOR ATTEST: WAY 5AUNDERS, CITY CLERK ~S.LTM17 AMH IJ ONVa`J a a0 o N ~ O a C 3 f ,. 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FG~ U H x GQ ~v N ~''~b s. I O, E-i H ~ H rt; x ~-l W~ ~H ~ av~wHZwza ~~ Q w~~w°aow Hx ~ a~olwo~n N~ ~w ~ ~axHw~a~ cn~ ~ ~~nN~aw~~ ~a w ~zzQ~°zw aw a ~qx~°o°w HQ ~ HHHH E-. xQ o aw~~f-~wa~ wa w vwiawwwax`~ ~~ ~ waHwwv~i`~x w ww c~ a~c~ w~ •H o ~~ ~~owx~zzw z aH °~+~n~~HHo Cable_ p~s~o~ June 14, 1984 0 u~ ti~ a o~ cu .-, 'a' I .- o, ... Z .~ J O o~ c Q zx o~ 0 o~ .~ c c O .~ ~i Mr. George Forbes City Manager One Westgate Plaza Clermont, FL 32711 Dear Mr. Forbes: This letter is in response to the information requested with respect to our application for transfer of the license presently issued to Group W. References are to sections of the sample form of proposal forwarded by you. I am enclosing a copy of our company profile, dated December 7, 1983, which contains much of the information requested. A. OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL: The entity acquiring the Clermont System will be Cablevision Industries of Central Florida, Inc., an affiliate of Cablevision Industries, Inc., wholly owned by Alan Gerry, excepting minor interest vesting over a period of time for certain key employees (See Section C) . All inquiries should be made to: Cablevision Industries, Inc. 6 Wierk Avenue Liberty, NY 12754 Attn: Rod Cornelius, Ceneral Manager The following is a listing of all officers: Alan Gerry, President John O Neill, Treasurer Bette Nichols, Secretary Rod Cornelius, Assistant Secretary B. CHARACTER QUALIFICATIONS: 1. None of the foregoing individuals has been charged or convicted in any criminal proceedings. In addition, we have no knowledge of any such instances with any of our employees. 2. None. 5~~~.~l,,c~ EtIF' ~ ~ 1Q~~t EXHIBIT "B" • Page 2 Mr. George Forbes June 14, 1984 3. None. 4. Franchise violation; The Saugerties, New York System was cited by the NYSCCT for an inadvertent grounding violation which was immediately rectified by Cablevision. 5. None. C. EXPERIENCE: The company profile (Section C) details our cable holdings. In 1976, the company sold one small system in Booneville, New York which represents the only cable system ever disposed of since the inception of business in 1956. All the affiliated companies listed in Section C are wholly owned and controlled by Alan Gerry, except for Pennsylvania Cablevision Industries, Inc. whereby a former business associate of Mr. Gerry has a 30$ minority interest: D4r. James DeSorrento Barrington Hills, IL 60010 D. FINANCIAL RESOURCES: The acquisition of the Clermont System is intended to be inclusive of 17 other fran- chised communities in the central Florida region. The equity source will be advanced by Alan Gerry personally .with the senior debt from one of our lending institutions we have been associated with over the past several years. In addition, Cablevision currently has approximately 10 million dollars of unused credit lines. Upon finalizing our loan documents and terms, we will be happy to forward any correspondence necessary. Some of our affiliated entities have elected Sub S treatment for tax purposes whereby depreciation is recorded pursuant to ACRS rules. Cablevision has approximately 3, 700 miles of plant with planned construction of approximately another 1, 000 miles by July 31, 1985. The majority of the construction (approximately 700 miles) is scheduled in several Massachusetts franchised communities recently awarded to Cablevision. The total project is estimated to cost 32 million dollars of which 18 million has been spent to date, the balance of which has separate financing arrangements unrelated to the credit line referred to above. The balance of the planned construction represents internal line extensions. Cablevision presently has five franchise applications in lNestern New York which, if awarded, will require an additional build requirement of 175 miles of plant. These com- munities are contiguous to franchises presently operated by Cablevision. • • Page 3 Mr. George Forbes June 14, 1984 E E F System Construction and Design: The Clermont System presently has a capacity of 28 channels and provides 23 channels of programming, allowing for up to five additional channels to be added. Presently, excepting any unidentified technical problems, we have no planned major construction or design changes other than those required by the line extension formula. However, based upon our historical experience, additional programming will be provided on unused channels contingent upon results of subscriber surveys which will be circulated subsequent to the acquisition. G. SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: All services, rates, and fees are to be no different than those currently provided and charged by Group W. Based upon the results of subscriber surveys, we offer the programming most desired. Deletions of present programming, if any, would result only from the subscribers response indicating minimal viewing or potential copyright problems resulting from Federal reclulations which may have an adverse impact on the System oper- ation. H. LOCAL PROGRAMMING: Cablevision has no plans for local .origination program production. Sincerely, d Cornelius General Manager RC /pl cc: C.T.I.C. Suite 204 1500 North Beauregard Alexandria, VA 22311 Attn: Mr. David Korte • • Cablc_ ~~s~~n June 18, 1984 0 o~ .-. o~ .~ 0 Z o~ .D J c Q ~_ .~ c c 0 .N .~ o~ ~o v Mr. Michael Lisman 3318 Sheffield Circle Sarasota, Florida 33579 I received your request last week regarding the new services we will add to the Clermont Cable System. As you are well aware, we cannot make any changes prior to purchasing the system; consequently, it is too early to specify those additional services. However, in anticipation of the purchase, we are currently researching the market by gathering demographic data and analyzing current channel carriage. We may very well also perform a subscriber survey regarding possible program choices. Depending on the results, we would then choose several services from among those possibilities. The list of possible choices today is: Country Music Television - 24 hours a day of country music videos. Financial News Network - Live coverage of business and financial news including a continuous stock exchange crawl. Cable News Network Headline News - live in-depth coverage of national/international news. This complements CNN. Spanish International Network - a Spanish language independent television station. People That Lave - a Christian "inspirational" station. Black Entertainment Television - sports, music and variety programs targeted for the Black audience. C-Span - live congressional hearings and public affairs programming . The Movie Channel - a premium service that offers strictly movies - mrere movies than any other serivice. EXHIBIT "B" over C Cable_ p~s~on MICHAEL LISMAN June 18, 1984 Page 2 of 2 Galavision - a premium service for the Spanish-language audience featuring movies and specials. Bravo - a premium service that offers "quality" films and performing arts. The Disney Channel - a premium service offering classics from the Disney library as well as new series and specials for children and adults. Please let me low if I can be of any further assistance. Sincerely, ME :day r---yu ~ ~- ~---- MICHAEL ~GAN I Director of Programming RECEIVED SEP 2 ~ 198+ September 19, 1984 George Forbes City Manager 1 Westgate Plaza Clermont, FL 32711 Dear Mr. Forbes: As required by the provisions of City of Clermont Ordinance No. 160-M, Cablevision Industries of Central Florida, Inc. ("Cablevision") and Group W Cable, Inc. ("Group W") hereby give notification to the City of Clermont that the sale to Cablevision of the cable television system operated by Group W Cable in Clermont (the "System") has been completed as of September 19, 1984. Accordingly, Group W consents to the repeal of the City of Clermont ordinances under which Group W was granted a franchise to operate the System and the resultant termination of such franchise. From and after the date hereof, Cablevision accepts such franchise and assumes all responsibility for the operation of the System. Please acknowledge the above by signing below in the place provided and return one copy to Cablevision and Group W, respectively. Thank you for your cooperation and assistance. Very truly yours, Cablevision Industries of Central Florida, Inc:,.. ~ '~ ~ ~, ~ . .-- Group W~ able, Inc Acknowledged: City of Clermont, Florida Date : ~, ~~o.'f~ ~-~ ~ f ~~'~ Original Copy is in the Agreement Book #84-20.