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4 TELEVISION PRODUCTION FACILITIES DESIGN CONSULTANT AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered this day of , 1998 by and between Orange County, North Carolina [the COUNTY] a Municipal corporation and MHT of North Carolina, Inc., a private corporation having an office at The Lennox Building, Suite 202 Chapel Hill, NC 27514-4048. WHEREAS, the County has entered into a franchise agreement ("Franchise") with a certain cable television operator for the provision of cable television services and govemment access television telecasts within the franchise territory of the County as defined in such Franchises; and, WHEREAS, the County is to televise its public meetings and provide other live and pre-recorded local govemment television programs within the franchise territory; and, WHEREAS, the County lacks television production and telecast facilities and needs to have these facilities designed, equipment acquired and installed so that it can produce television programs for telecast to the residents of Orange county via the cable television system; and, WHEREAS, MHT of North Carolina, Inc,j desires to perform such professional and technical services to the County. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. TERM.- This Agreement shall commence on December 1, 1998 and shall-#erminate twelve (12) months later unless otherwise terminated in accordance with the provisions contained herein. 2. SERVICES -TELEVISION PRODUCTION FACILITIES DESIGN MHT of Northr-Carolina, Inc., shalt develop technical design specifications (detailed equipment lists, equipment integration and signal flow diagrams, equipment rack layouts, HVAC and electrical modifications to the control rooms, ambient and television lighting specifications, camera and equipment placement). The aforementioned shall con_ stitute the GATV production plan for each Orange County facility: Additionally, the plan shall for address the provisioning providing the following capabilities in one or two designated meeting rooms, one located near Chapel Hill and one located in the County Courthouse in Hillsborough to: a. Provide for live telecasts of public meetings via govemment access on the local CAN system. b. Provide for video courtroom capabilities for the facility in Hillsborough. c. Include audiovisual support equipment far each meeting room to facilitate group viewing and listening for prerecorded video recordings, computer based presentations, big screen projection from paper, transparencies, small solid objects, and models and video images and simultaneous videotape recordings or telecasts of these images.