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HomeMy WebLinkAboutD-763 Access Channel Rules WHER~ agreement holder") WHERe- agreement 11:58 LOCKE 'rMOLDS ORD I NANCE NO. D - 763 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAREL, INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 2, OF THE CARMEL CITY CODE:BY THE INCLUSION OF SECTION 4-67, ENTITLED ~ACCESS.CHANNEL RULES AND'REGULATTONS." AS, the City of Carmel has entered into a franchise with a cable television company (the "cable franchise o serve the citizens of the community; AS, among the services provided under the franchise iS the availability of a certain access channel for public, educational and governmental use to provide information to the community; ("CCTAC . been established by ordinance to serve as the community'liaison to the cable franchise holder and has approved a set of access rules and regulations for the use of Such access channel; NOW, ~THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL, OF TME CI~ OF CARMEL, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: S~G~! n I. Chapter 4, Article 2, Section 4-67 of the Carmel City Code~is ~ereby added to read as follows: (a) ~A Public, EduCation and Government Access Rules and [Regulations for Cable Television Agreement (pages 1-16) !(heroinafter the "Agreement") is hereby enacted to govern the use of, and establish the policies for, assuring !access to the electronic media by the local governmental, !educational, and public conm, unity, for the dissemination of information to the community. (b) The CCTAC shall have the authority to enforce the rules and regulations as provided in the Agreement. Any interested party shall have the right to appeal a decision of the CCTAC to the Common Council by filing written notice of the same with the Clerk-Treasurer's office ,within seven (7) working days of the adverse decision. Such item shall be added to the next Common Council agenda in accordance with the provisions' in the City Code. (c) Such Agreement is kept on file in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer and in the offices of the local cable franchise holder, and may be amended from time to time upon recommendation of the CCTAC and the adoption of a resolution of the Common Council. Sect]Non II. All prior Ordinances, resolutions or parts thereof inFonsiste.nt with any provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.' Section I_!/. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and fter its passage and signing by the Mayor. P.3 PASS[D BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA, THIS ~- D OF = _ 1992. ~! ding Officer ATTEST: ~ =Dated: day of , 1992 S 'ones, Cl~k/teasure PRESEN~-D by me to the Mayor of the City of Carme1, Indiana, on the day of ........ , 1992. By ayOr, Cit~""~'f ..... Ca rm~ ana ATTE ST: ~0167R -2- GOVERNMENT ACCESS RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CABLE TELEVISION AGREEMENT ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY OF CARMEL CABLE TELEVISION ADVISORY COMMITTEE I. Introduction One of the challenges of the Carmel Cable TV Advisory Committee has been the development of a communications policy assuring access to the electronic media by the local governmental community in an era when programming is normally produced by private and corporate producers outside of the area. The development of cable television allows the community the opportunity to receive programming that is produced and shown by local governmental producers for the benefit of its residents. The intent of these rules and regulations for the Government Access Channel is to assure that local cable subscribers are exposed to a well-balanced, informative variety of governmental, public affairs, and community-interest programming in keeping with Part III, Sec. 611 of the Cable Act of 1984 and Section 16E, 16G and 18 of the Cable Franchise Agreement dated December 7, 1987. II. Definitions A, "Government Access" is the term used to describe the right of governmental agencies to use cable television system transmission facilities for cablecasting of government- produced programming to communicate with the public through informational television programs shown on a dedicated cable television channel. B. "Licensee" shall mean any person to whom a cable television franchise license has been granted. C. "Government Access Channel" shall refer to the designated channel, and combination of any additional channels, designated by any licensee for cablecasting of government access programs. D. "Trustee" shall mean the City Council through their representative, the Cable Television Advisory Committee. As Trustee, the Advisory Committee is responsible for the Government Access Channel. For the purpose of this document, "Trustee" is defined 'as the party responsible to assure the purpose and intent of the franchise license agreements between the City and the cable television companies are carried out. The purpose and intent of the Government Access Channel is to provide local cable subscribers with.. informational programming relating to the Carmel community - 2 - and government. The Licensee will retain the responsibility of assuring and providing the channel space as set forth in this document and the Cable Television Franchise Agreement. III. Availability and Use of the Government Access Channel Because the Government Access Channel is intended to provide government-related information, programming requests must originate from a governmental department or entity within the City of Carmel, Clay Township, or Hamilton County. Other agencies, governments, groups and individuals, unless they are participating in a joint governmental agency program, will be referred to the cable company to determine what alternative access may be available. Programming requests submitted will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Applications to utilize the Government Access Channel will be accepted only from governmental entities whose responsibilities may affect the residents. All programs pre- recorded for cablecasting shall have been produced by, or under the sponsorship of the applicant at the time of showing. IVO Technical Oualitv Government Access programming will be denied channel time should the technical quality be deemed to significantly interfere with a viewer's appreciation of a program, and is not clearly associated with deliberate artistic intent. The technical failing of either the audio or video signal, which causes the programming content to be indistinguishable or unintelligible for a period of at least one minute, or if it occurs repeatedly for three to five minutes, shall disqualify the program from initial or repeat cablecasting. VO Copvriqhted Material Government Access programming will respect the copyright protection of published materials. Where appropriate, the necessary releases or authorizations will be obtained. Applicants are required to inform the Trustee whether or not their program involves the use of copyrighted material, or material subject to other ownership or royalty rights. The applicant shall make all arrangements with the program owners, copyright owners, and owners of any performing or royalty rights, and provide in writing the necessarV .clearances to the Trustee before the program may be cablecast over the Government Access Channel, - 3 - VI. Proqramminq Policy Government Access programming is under the direct supervision of the Cable Television Advisory Committee. Government Access programs may concern any topic or subject of a noncommercial nature, which consists of governmental or public affairs information. In order to ensure compliance with Federal, State and local laws, rules and regulations, the Trustee may reject any application for time on the Government Access Channel which: Promotes the violation of any applicable County, State, or Federal Laws. Demonstrates or discusses products or services with the intent or effect of benefitting a profit-making enterprise. 3. Promotes the solicitation of funds, support, or other property of value. 4. Constitutes copyright infringement or invasion of privacy. Constitutes an intent to defraud the viewer, or designed to obtain money by false or fraudulent representations, or promises. 6. Constitutes indecent or obscene matter, as defined by law. 7. Constitutes libelous or slanderous matter, as defined by law. Constitutes advertising by or on behalf of a candidate for public office. This shall not preclude the use of the channel by a candidate to state positions on public issues. VII. ProGram Credits Creative credits to writers, producers, directors, production crew, etc. shall not be .restricted. It is r~cognized that grants and/or other types of support may be available for the purpose of underwriting the cost of creation or production of programs. In such instances, a standard nondescript"'Patron's acknowledgment" may be placed at the beginning and end of the subject presentatiQn (e.g., "This program was made possible by a contribution from the Corporation"). - 4 - VIII. Schedulinq of the Government Access Channel A. Use of any Government Access Channel shall be scheduled by the Licensee on a nondiscriminatory basis, based upon existing programming schedules. Reservations for use of the Government Access Channel shall be made at the time of filing an application. There is no express time limit for use of the Government Access Channel, provided that no applicant shall be allowed to use more than the time reasonably required for the Government Access program, nor be permitted to monopolize the use of the channel time. It is the intent of this section to ensure fair and equitable access to the Government Access Channel. B. Government Access programming refers to noncommercial programs provided by governmental organizations retransmitted by the Trustee or Licensee on the Government Access Channel. Government Access programming shall have priority over any other types of programming on the Access Channel. IX. Live Cablecastinq In order to allow for the efficient operation of the Government Access Channel, most Government Access programs will be videotaped, but some live cablecasting may be permitted under such supervision and guidelines as the Trustee directs. Any request for a live presentation shall be submitted directly to the Trustee in writing. The Trustee shall respond in writing within ten (10) working days approving or denying the request. The Trustee shall respond with a detailed statement covering the approval or denial. Additional Procedures A. All procedures established by the Trustee to implement the Government Access Channel shall be consistent with these Rules and Regulations, the Cable Television Franchise Agreement of the cable television licensee providing service to that area, the Cable Communications Act of 1984 and applicable FCC rules and regulations. - 5 - B. The Licensee reserves the right to pre-empt the presentation of any Government Access programming in the event of, but not limited to, pending or actual local, state, or federal emergencies, and programming conflicts with a shared channel, if applicable. ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF CARMEL CABLE TELEVISION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MARCH 11, 1992 - 6 - EDUCATION ACCESS RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CABLE TELEVISION AGREEMENT ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY OF CARMEL CABLE TELEVISION ADVISORY COMMITTEE I. Introduction One of the challenges of the Carmel Cable Television Advisory Committee has been the development of a communications policy assuring access to the electronic media by the local educational community in an era when programming is normally produced by private and corporate producers outside of the area. The development of cable television allows the community the opportunity to receive programming that is produced and shown by local educational producers for the benefit of its residents. The intent of these rules and regulations for the Education Access Channel is to assure that local cable subscribers are exposed to well-balanced, informative, educational, and community-interest programming. II. Definitions A. "Educational Access" is the term used to describe the right of any public, parochial, or private non-profit, non-vocational school within the City of Carmel, Clay Township, or Hamilton County to use cable television system transmission or playback facilities for cablecasting of education-based programming to communicate with the public through informational television programs shown on a dedicated cable television channel. B. "Licensee" shall mean any person to whom a cable television franchise license has been granted. C. "Education Access Channel" shall refer to the designated channel, and combination of any additional channels, designated by any licensee for cablecasting of education access programs. D. "Trustee" shall mean the City Council through their representative, the Cable Television Advisory Committee. As Trustee, the Advisory Committee is responsible for the Education Access Channel. For the purpose of this document, "Trustee" is defined as the party responsible to assure the purpose and intent of the franchise license ag[~ements between the City and the cable television companies are carried out. The purpose and intent of the Education Access - 7 - Channel is to provide local cable subscribers with educational programming relating to the City of Carmel community. The Licensee will retain the responsibility of assuring and providing the channel space as set forth in this document and the Cable Television Franchise License. III. Availability and Use of the Education Access Channel Because the Education Access Channel is intended to provide education programming, requests must originate from any educational institution in the City of Carmel, Clay Township, or Hamilton County. Unless they are participating in a joint city/school program, other agencies, governments, groups and individuals will be referred to the cable company in their area for possible showing of their programming on the public or governmental access channels. Live cablecasting may be permitted under such supervision and guidelines as the Trustee directs. Any request for°a live presentation shall be submitted directly to the Trustee in writing. The Trustee shall respond in writing within ten (10) working days approving or denying the request. All programs pre-recorded for cablecasting shall have been produced by, or under the sponsorship of the applicant. IV. Technical Qualitv Education Access programming will be denied channel time should the technical quality be deemed to significantly interfere with a viewer's appreciation of a program, and is not clearly associated with deliberate artistic intent. The technical failing of either the audio or video signal, which causes the programming content to be indistinguishable or unintelligible for a period of at least one minute, or if it occurs repeatedly for three to five minutes, shall disqualify the program from initial or repeat cablecasting. Ve Copvriqhted Material Education Access programming will respect the copyright protection of published materials. Where appropriate, the necessary releases or authorizations will be obtained by the applicant. Applicants are required to inform the Trustee whether or'not their program involves the use of copyrighted material, or material subject to other ownership or royalty rights. The applicant shall make all arrangements.with the program owners, copyright owners, and owners of any - 8 - performing or royalty rights, and provide the necessary written clearances to the Trustee before the program may be cablecast over the Education Access Channel. Proqramminq Policy Education Access programming is under the direct supervision of the "Trustee". Education Access programs will be concerned with any topic or subject of a noncommercial educational format. In order to ensure compliance with Federal, State, and local laws, rules and regulations, the Trustee may reject any application for time on the Education Access Channel which: Promotes the violation of any applicable City, State, or Federal Laws. Promotes the solicitation of funds, support, or other property of value which is not required as part of an education program or is part of the requirements to take an education program. 3. Constitutes copyright infringement or invasion of privacy. Constitutes an intent to defraud the viewer, or designed to obtain money by false or fraudulent representation, or promises. 5. Constitutes indecent or obscene matter, as defined by law. 6. Constitutes libelous or slanderous matter, as defined by law. 7. Constitutes advertising by or on behalf of a candidate for public office. VII . Proqram Credits Creative credits to writers, producers, directors, production crew, etc. shall not be restricted. It is recognized that grants and/or other types of support may be available for the purpose of underwriting the cost of creation or production of programs. In such instances, a standard nondescript "patron's acknowledgement" may be placed at the beginning and end of the subject presentation (e.g., such as the guidelines developed by the Public Broadcast Stations for non-commercial program credits.) - 9 - VIII. Schedulinq of the Education Access Channel A. Use of the Education Access Channel shall be scheduled by the Licensee on a nondiscriminatory basis, based upon existing programming schedules. Reservations for use of the Education Access Channel shall be made at the time of filing an application. There is no expressed time limit for use of the Education Access Channel, provided that no applicant shall be allowed to use more than the time reasonable required for the Education Access program, nor be permitted to monopolize the use of the channel time. It is the intent of this section to ensure fair and equitable access to the Education Access Channel. B. Education Access programming refers to noncommercial educational programs transmitted by the Trustee or Licensee on the Educational Access Channel. Government Access programming shall have priority over any other types of programming on the Access Channel. Additional Procedures A. All procedures established by the Trustee to implement the Education Access Channel shall be consistent with these Rules and Regulations, the Cable Television Franchise Agreement of the cable television Licensee providing service to that area, the Cable Communications Act of 1984 and applicable FCC rules and regulations. B. The Licensee reserves the right to pre-empt the presentation of any Education Access programming in the event of, but not limited to, pending or actual local, state, or federal emergencies, and programming conflicts with a shared channel if applicable. C. Serious consideration shall be given to programming produced by local schools over educational programming produced for national distribution. ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF CARMEL CABLE TELEVISION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MARCH 11, 1992 - 10- PUBLIC ACCESS RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CABLE TELEVISION AGREEMENT ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY OF CARMEL CABLE TELEVISION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Introduction One of the challenges of the Carmel Cable Television Advisory Committee has been the development of a communications policy assuring access to the electronic media by the residents of the local community in an era when programming is normally produced by private and corporate producers outside of the area. The development of cable television provides the community the opportunity to see programming produced and shown by their local producers for the benefit of its residents. The intent of these rules and regulations for the cable television companies and the public is to assure the local community is able to fully enjoy and be exposed to their local producers. II. Definitions A. "Public Access" is the term used to describe the right of applicants to use cable television system transmission facilities for cablecasting of locally oriented programming to communicate with the public of their community through television programs shown on cable television channels. B. "Licensee" shall mean any person to whom a cable television franchise license has been granted. C. "Public Access Channel" shall refer to the designated channel, and combination of any additional channels, designated by any Licensee for cablecasting of public access programs. D. "Trustee" shall mean the City Council through their representative, the Cable Television Advisory Committee. As trustee, the Committee is responsible for the Public Access Channel. For the purpose of this document, "Trustee" is defined as the party responsible to assure the purpose and intent of the franchise license agreements between the City and the cable television companies are carried out. The purpose and intent of the Public Access Channel is to. allocate and assure fair and equitable distribution of channel space for the showing of programming produced by local programmers. For the day-to-day operation of the Public Access Channel, the Committee delegates the - 11- responsibility to the Cable Television Franchise Licensee ("Licensee"). The Licensee will retain responsibility as long as they follow the rules and regulations set forth in this document. III. Availability of the Public Access Channel Any applicant who is qualified, within the meaning of these Rules and Regulations, will be permitted to use the Licensee's public access channel for the purpose of showing a videotaped program for cablecasting on the Licensee's public access channel. IV. Qualified Applicant Applications to use the public access channel will be accepted only from persons residing within the City of Carmel and Clay Township. All applications submitted by a resident or sponsored by a local organization shall be signed by the resident or the responsible principal or officer of the organizatipn who resides within the City of Carmel or Clay Township, and provides proof of both residence, and origin of the videotape. Ve Technical Quality The applicant shall be denied access time for any program in which the technical quality is deemed, by the Licensee, to significantly interfere with a viewer's appreciation of a program, and is not clearly associated with deliberate artistic intent. The technical failing of either the audio or video, which causes the programming content to be indistinguishable or unintelligible for a period of at least one minute, or if it occurs repeatedly for three to five minutes shall disqualify the program from initial or repeat cablecasting. Copvriqhted Materials Applicant's are required to inform the Licensee whether or not their program involves the use of copyrighted material, or material subject to other ownership or royalty rights. The applicant shall make all arrangements with the program owners, copyright owners, and owners of any performing or royalty rights, and provide in writing the necessary clearances to the Licensee before the program may be presented over the public access channel of the cable - 12 - television system. VII. Conduct of Applicant A. In cases where any applicant has previously used a public access channel and has violated any of these Rules and Regulations, such violations may cause subsequent applications to be rejected. The Licensee shall notify the user in writing of a decision to impose sanctions in the event of a violation of rules. The sanctions may be in the form of denial, or a suspension of time on the public access channel. When sanctions are issued, they will take effect immediately, and the duration of the sanction will be included in the written notification to the user. B. Applicants who apply for use of public access time assume complete responsibility for the content of the programming provided. Any disputes which arise concerning the programming shall be resolved between the applicant and complaining party. The Licensee undertakes no responsibility to the applicant, or other party, for any legal liabilities which may arise as a consequence of presentation of public access programming. Applicants shall indemnify and hold the Licensee and the City of Carmel harmless for all liability of any kind whatsoever, including costs of legal defense arising from the presentation of public access programming by the applicant. C. Applicants may be denied access at the discretion of the Licensee as follows: The applicant fails to provide programming scheduled to be shown on the public access channel. The applicant fails to abide by the requirements of Programming Policy as provided in Section VIII. The applicant fails to provide technically acceptable programming as provided in Section V. The applicant fails to provide copyrighted information regarding the programming as provided in Section-VI. VIII. Proqramminq Policy A. Public access programs may concern any topic or subject of a noncommercial nature, and the City encourages the widest possible selection of topics and subjects. However, in order to insure compliance with Federal, State, and local laws, rules and regulations, the Licensee may reject any application for time on the public access channel which: 1. Promotes the violation of any applicable City, State, or Federal laws. Demonstrates or discusses products or services with the intent or effect of benefitting a profit making enterprise. 3. Promotes the solicitation of funds, support, or other property of value. 4. Constitutes copyright infringement or invasion of privacy. Constitutes an intent to defraud the viewer, or designed to obtain money by false or fraudulent representations, or promises. 6. Constitutes indecent or obscene matter, as defined by law. 7. Constitute libelous or slanderous matter, as defined by law. Constitutes advertising by or on behalf of a candidate for public office. This shall not preclude the use of the channel by a candidate to state positions on public issues. Programming which has been previously shown (repeat programming) on the Licensee public access channel. IX. Proqram Credits Creative credits to writers, producers, directors, .actors, etc., shall not be restricted. It is recognized that grants and/or other types of support may be available for the purpose of underwriting the cost of creation or prqduction of programs. In such instances, a standard nondescript "patron's acknowledgment" may be placed at the beginning and - 14- end of the subject presentation (e.g., "this program was made possible by a contribution from the Corporation"). Xe Schedulinq of the Public Access Channel A. Use of any public access channel shall be scheduled on a first come, first served, nondiscriminatory basis. Reservations for use of the public access channel shall be made at the time of filing an application. It is the intent of this section to ensure fair and equitable access to the public access channel. B. Public access programming refers to noncommercial programs provided by organizations and/or members of the public, residing within the City of Carmel and retransmitted by the Licensee on the public access channel. Government programming shall have priority over any other types of programming on the access channel, including programming originated by the Licensee. Priority for the showing of public access programming will be in the following order: Public access programming produced within the City of Carmel and Clay Township. Public access programming produced within the service area of the cable television company. Public access programming produced outside of the City of Carmel and Clay Township. C. Whenever requests for time exceed availability, the following rules shall apply: First time users shall have prierity over regular users. A previous user who has not been scheduled during prime time shall have priority for prime time scheduling. Timeliness shall be considered when appropriate. A priority will be given to users from the service area which the cable company serves. Some time slots may be allocated to regularly scheduled public users, so long as ample time remains available for spontaneous expression. - 15 - D. Prerecorded program submitted by an applicant shall be scheduled within ten (10) days of filing the completed application form. All programs shall be scheduled for cablecasting during the normal hours of operation of the public access channel, unless another schedule is expressly approved in writing by the Licensee. XI. Limitation of Proqram Hours A. In exceptional circumstances, an applicant may request a specific cablecasting date and time during the regularly scheduled hours of operation which would be in excess of the forty-five (45) days as provided below. A written statement of the reasons for such a request shall be submitted at the time of filing the application. Upon the receipt of the request, the Licensee shall respond in writing within ten (10) working days either approving or denying the request. B. The actual cablecasting of a particular program may be delayed as a result of public access demand exceeding available programming time, but in no event may the delay exceed forty-five (45) days following submission. If a program is delayed more than 45 days, notification of such delay must be made to the Cable Television Advisory Committee for consideration of the need for additional public access hours or channels. XII . Additional Procedures A. All procedures established by the Licensee to implement the public access channel shall be consistent with these Rules and Regulations, the Cable Television Franchise Agreement of the cable television Licensee providing service to that area, the Cable Communications Act of 1984, and applicable FCC rules and regulations. B. The Licensee reserves the right to pre-empt the presentation of any public 'access programming in the event of, but not limited to, scheduling conflicts, pending or actual local, state, or federal emergencies, and programming conflicts with shared channel, if applicable. C. The Licensee shall maintain a complete record of the names and addresses of all persons, organizations, or entities requesting access time. The record shall be available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Licensee's business address. All records of request for access time shall be retained for a minimum of two years. - 16- D. Access time shall not be made available to any potential user who refuses to have their identity and address maintained in the records and available for public inspection as required. XIII. ApDeal to the Cable Television Advisory Committee A. Any applicant may appeal the decision of a Licensee regarding Section VIII to the Cable Television Advisory Committee by submitting a written appeal request to the Chair of the Cable Television Advisory Committee. In all cases, such written appeal request must: Be received by the Chair within thirty (30) calendar days of the date upon which the Licensee presented the written decision. 2. Be accompanied by a copy of the Licensee's written decision. Contain a concise statement setting forth the reason upon which the appeal is based or errors alleged to have been committed by the Licensee. Specify an address within the City of Carmel to which written notice and other communication may be sent. B. 'Upon receipt of the appeal request, the Chair shall cause the matter to be placed upon the Committee agenda for consideration and send written notice to the applicant of the time and place of the Committee's meeting at which the appeal is scheduled to be considered. Notice to the applicant shall be given no later than ten (10) calendar days prior to the date upon which the Committee is scheduled to consider the appeal. · XIV. Review by the Cable Television Advisory Committee The Committee may adopt the decision of the Licensee without hearing, or may set the matter for hearing before the Committee, or may refer the matter back to the Chair specifying issues requiring additional evaluation. If the Committee adopts the Licensee's decision or renders its own decision following a hearing before it, the Committee's decision shall be final on the date it is orally announced. ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF CARMEL CABLE TELEVISION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MARCH 11, 1992 DATE: TO: FROM: March 9, .1992 Carmel City Council Carmel Cable TV Advisory Committee SUBJECT: Public, Educational & Governmental Access Rules Attached for your information is a copy of the final draft of proposed Public, Educational & Governmental Access Rules governing use of the Cable TV system's access channel. It is anticipated that the Cable TV Advisory Committee will adopt these Rules at its meeting on March llth with the hope that they can be presented for consideration and ratification by the Council at your meeting on March 16, 1992. In addition to the proposed access rules the Committee will also be recommending minor cleanup and clarification changes to the Franchise Agreement: 1) that SeCtiOn 16E of said Franchise, sentence 1, be amended as follows: One (1) full-time access channel shall be provided for public, educational & government cablecast transmissions. 2) that Sectio~ 19C of said franchise be amended as follows: Section 19C to become 19D. 3) that a new Section 19C be inserted to read as follows: One (1) full-time channel shall be made available free of charge to Carmel Clay Schools for program origination. The Committee apologizes for presenting this information to you in preliminary form prior to final adoption by the Committee but it was necessary due to the established deadlines in order that the material could be included in your packets for the March 16th meeting.