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DRAFT related to the construction, repair, maintenance, performance and interconnection of the [-Net. All such terms, conditions and requirements shall be set forth in exhibits attached to and made a part of this Franchise. 7.1.4 If the City and/or the Commission and the Grantee agree upon the provision of specilic Institutional Network facilities, equipment and capacity, the Grantee shaJJ make available to the City and the Commission [or review a detailed design map of the proposed Institutional Network construction plan, including the following elements, to the extent applicable: (i) proposed coaxial cable route; (ii) proposed fibcr route; (iii) location of splitters, hubs and Nodcs serving the Institutional Network; (iv) the name and location of facilities being served by such splitters, hubs and Nodes; and (v) the number of ampliJiers in each cascade within the Institutional Network and the numbcr of active and passive devices connected to the Institutional Network. These maps shall be updated annually and provided to the City and the Commission on an annual basis on a date set by the City or the Commission. 7.2 Interconnection. 7.2.1 The Grantec shall, at the City's or the Commission's request, interconnect its System to other commonly owned, adjacent Systems located in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. Interconnection shall be completed within a reasonable timeli.ame mlllually agreed upon by the City/Commission and the Grantee, unless an extension is granted upon petition by the Grantee. The Grantee shall be responsible for routing all signals carried over the interconnection links described in this paragraph, including signals that are originated by or intended ior the Commission, the City, or I-Net users. The Grantee shall not be responsible 11.)[ end-user equipment, inclu~;jvc of cards necessary for the transport and reception of signals, located at the hub(s) and/or the location of any user. 7.2.2 The Grantee shall, at the City's or the Commission's request, interconnect its System to adjacent Cable Systems in the Minneapolis/St. PaulmeLropolitan area that are not commonly owned or controlled by the Grantee or its Affiliates. Except as otherwise provided herein, interconnection shall be completed within a reasonable time1i-ame mutually agreed upon by the City and the Grantee, unless an extension is granted upon petition by the Grantee. The cost of establishing an interconnection link to the border ofthe adjacent jurisdiction shall be borne by the Grantee. As to the actual costs of physical interconnection at the border, the Grantee shall bear no more than fifty percent (50%) of such costs, unless the patties agree otherwise. The Grantee will obtain relief from this interconnection requirement where: (i) it shows to the satisfaction of the City or the Commission that interconncction is technically infeasible to perform; and Oi) it proposes a 39 11