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~'.:~.~ PAGE 10 mile portion ,off the system ,off grantee steal be cti~ voted na later than December 3~ 1989. Notwithstanding the extension policy required herein and as proposed by grantee, grantee shall not be required to "overbuild." The terms overbuild" as used herein shalt ,t mean paralleling with Feeder Line the Feeder Line of another franchised cable oper~to"r i` the unincorporated areas of the county in order to serve dwellings along the paralleled; Feeder Line already served by the other franchised cable operator, This authority not to overbuild shall not: 1. relieve grantee of its responsibility and duty to parallel Main Trunk Gable in order to serve all areas of the unincorporated areas of the county which meet the density standards of this franchise. All such main trunk cable shall be built in accordance with a detailed map, schedule, and engineering plan to be supplied by the grantee prior to December 3l, 1987. This plan will demonstrate the adequacy of the trunk cable to meet the franchise requirements in the unincorporated areas of the county, and will apportion construction of the trunk mileage equally by year so as to bring about completion prior to December 31, 1993; relieve erantee of its responsibility and duty to build and activate no later than December 3_1 1989 the 17 miles of plant indicated in gink on Attachment A and 3. relieve grantee of its responsibility and duty to.parallel with its Feeder Line of another franchised cable operator in order to reach areas of the unincorporated areas of the county where there are .no .parallel Feeder Lines which areas when reached will=satisfy the density standards of this franchise. The following construction practices shall be followed: 1. Sae• To avoid or at least minimize the danger of cable breaks, grantee shall specify that TV cables shall sag at least as much as the telephone cable below it, and should never be allowed to sag less than 1~ of the spanned length. Preferred sag will be l.5$ to 2~ (22-30 inches in a 125-foot span). 2. Sleeved connectors. To minimize interference due to signal infiltration frr mobile transmissions, CB, amateur transmissions and strong local TV signals, connector,:`'. with integral internal sleeves will be used. 3. Connector seals. Cable splices and housing connectors shall be sealed against moisture either by properly applied shrink tubing, or by means of sealant tape such as Bi-Seal, or Aqua-Seal or equivalent. 4. Li htenin and og,wer sure rotection. The following, oz its equivalent as certified to the County by a~qualified engineer, shall be done to provide lightening and power surge protection. Adequate grounding, at the first, last and every tenth pole, and at every repeater or power supply location shall be installed. Adequate bonding to telephone strand and electric neutrals shall be done. Careful attention shall be given to the proper use of surge protection devices, resetting circuit breakers, and gas ianizatior: devices to protect equipment and maintain service during abnormal power situations. Particular attention shall be given to the regulated do power packs at repeater stations through the use of adaptive regulator circuits, surge protection modules, transient absorbing diads, or 3-terminal regulator hybrid specially designed to provide current limiting, thermal overload protections, and maintain operation within safe limits. 5. Installation standards. Each subscriber shall have a separate drop from the residence to the Feeder Line. Buildings with more than four units may be treated as apartments. Installation methods shall be explained to all subscribers. No drop lines shall be spliced. All installation standards and practices shall be "state-of-the-art." All installations shall be done in a workman-like manner using "state-of-the-art" materials. 6. Construction manual. Grantee shall provide its construction crews and any contract construction company with a construction manual detailing each stage of the construction process. A copy of this construction manual shall be provided to the cou-'-- manager before construction commences. Any comments and recommendations made by the county manager. concerning this manual shall be considered .by grantee and if necessary t