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4 <br /> ' (4) To have the Personnel Department look at cafeteria benefits <br /> with emphasis on items raised by the Sheriff and the Register <br /> of Deeds in the goals and objectives session. <br /> 2 . RECOMMENDED CABLE T.V. EXTENSION POLICY <br /> Norman Vogel, Chair of the Cable TV Citizen Advisory Committee, <br /> presented the findings and recommendations of the Committee. He explained <br /> that at the present time Alert serves both Hillsborough and Carrboro and <br /> Carolina Cable (formerly Village Cable) serves the City of Chapel Hill and <br /> the County of Orange. <br /> The County has cable TV franchise agreements with both Carolina <br /> Cable and Alert Cable. Carolina Cable's franchise agreement encompasses <br /> the majority of the land area within the County while the agreement with <br /> Alert limits expansion beyond the number of homes connected to its system <br /> in November, 1980. On June 17, 1986 Alert presented to the Board of <br /> Commissioners a request to amend its existing franchise agreement to <br /> permit a greater opportunity to serve more County residents. The Board <br /> reactivated the Cable TV Citizen Advisory Committee to assist in assessing <br /> Alert's expansion request. <br /> The Committee recommended that Alert' s franchise be comparable to <br /> the existing franchise that Carolina Cable was given. The following <br /> provisions would be necessary for this to occur: <br /> - Density requirement - 30 homes per mile <br /> - Two way cable capability <br /> - 400 Mhz capable <br /> - Local origination and public access programming <br /> - No requirement of overbuilding <br /> - Minimum technical standard offered by cable company <br /> Minimum Technical Standards <br /> Frequency Accuracy +5 khz <br /> Frequency Stability (3 hours) +50 Khz <br /> 24 hour Signal Level Stability 6dB <br /> Overall Difference in Signal Level 6dB <br /> Hum Modulations 1% <br /> System Carrier to Noise 40dB <br /> Terminal Isolation 30dB <br /> Cross Modulation 51dB <br /> Composite Triple Beat 53dB <br /> Second Order Intermodulation 60dB <br /> Vogel continued his presentation stating that originally Village Cable <br /> had a non-exclusive franchise. Carolina Cable built and installed a very <br /> superb system in the County and the committee recommended that Alert be <br /> required to match the quality of that system built by Carolina Cable in <br /> order to be given a favorable judgment in this matter. Alert Cable has <br /> revised its original proposal whereby they now have a substantially <br /> comparable offering to Carolina Cable. <br /> Discussion ensued on the sharing of those programs that may be of <br /> interest to the citizens of Orange County. Commissioner Hartwell noted <br /> that cooperation between the two companies needs to occur at the time both <br /> are granted permission to televise from the same geographical area. <br /> Vogel indicated he doesn't know how this cooperation can be handled at <br /> the present time. <br /> Chair Marshall supported Commissioner Hartwell 's remarks on <br /> cooperation between the two companies. <br /> Doug Keel with Alert Cable explained that programming will be <br />