Agenda - 06-21-2022; 6-c - Amendments to the Network Development Agreement for Broadband Deployment with North State Communications Advanced Services

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11 passed due to the unwillingness of the property owner(s)to grant the needed easements or other rights of use,until such time as easements or rights of use can be secured. Provider will make best efforts to ensure a Passing of any and all Blocked Locations in future years during the Construction Period and for a period of five years after the Construction Period. h. Authorizations. Provider shall be responsible for obtaining all necessary and useful Authorizations and paying all applicable Authorization Fees relating to execution of the Work. i. Progress Reports and Inspections. Provider shall keep County well-informed as to the progress and quality of the Work, and of any delays that have occurred, or that Provider reasonably anticipates will occur. No less than monthly during the construction period, or as otherwise agreed by the Parties,Provider shall provide to County and its approved designees up-to-date information identified below, and such other information that may be useful or relevant to County as to the Work: • Nature of Work completed during the preceding period; • Estimated percentages of physical completion for the Network; • Number of route miles of fiber constructed and activated; • Overall project schedule status; • Overall project budget status; • Number of locations Passed by Network section; • Number of residential subscriptions by service type added in that quarter, and to date; • Any delays that have occurred, or are continuing to occur,with a detailed explanation and plan to address such delay; • Any anticipated delays in the Work,with a detailed explanation; • Responses to particular requests for information from County; • Any proposed changes to the Work; and • Other information reasonably requested by County. j. As-Builts. Promptly following completion of the Network, Provider shall make available"as- built"documentation in such format reasonably required by County. 8. NETWORK OPERATIONS a. Activation. Provider will activate or"light" all fiber constituting the Network, and otherwise cause the Network to be capable of providing Communication Services to Customers. Provider will identify and procure all equipment necessary to activate the Network b. Network Operations Center. Provider will operate a Network Operations Center("NOC"), and be primarily responsible for Network operation and monitoring. Provider will monitor the Network for outages or service degradation in a manner consistent with industry standards. Provider will implement a plan to, and will,promptly respond to Network outages or trouble tickets, including escalation procedures as appropriate. c. Communications Service.