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Page 11 PUBLIC DOCUMENT-TRADE SECRET DATA HAS BEEN EXCISED Proposal for Formal Franchise Renewal December 20, 2013 allocate these costs depending on their usage. The NSCC and member cities would be prohibited from offering the network as a commercial service to nongovernmental entities. G. Comcast is an active mernber of North Suburbs communities. Comcast plays an active role in the NSCC communities. First, Comcast employs approximately 2,000 people across its Twin Cities operation centers, with a payroll exceeding $118 million each year. This includes 72 engineers and other staff at Comcast's Fairview Avenue office, who serve Comcast's headend facility, located in Roseville. Many of Comcast's employees have been part of local cable operations for more than 20 years, working at the forefront of an industry that has helped transform the area into one of the most connected and technologically sophisticated markets in the nation. In all the years that it has operated franchises in the North Suburbs, Comcast and its dedicated employees have also partnered with dozens of Twin Cities social-service agencies and nonprofits to help make this a better place to live by engaging in volunteer activities, foundation support, and in-kind contributions. Comcast's signature community investment event is Comcast Cares Day, where each year tens of thousands of Comcast employees, their family members and friends come together for a nationwide day of volunteering at hundreds of work sites across the country. Here in the Twin Cities, Comcast continues to set new milestones each year in employee involvement, as more than 2,000 Comcast Cares Day volunteers participated this past April at over 30 metro-area locations. Some of those organizations benefitting this year include Northwest Youth and Family Services, based in Roseville, as well as the Roseville location of Bridging, Inc., Gibbs Farm in Falcon Heights, and Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington Counties. Other engaged community partners included Greater Twin Cities United Way, Wilder Foundation, CLUES (Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio, Inc.), Solid Ground (formerly East Metro Womeri s Council), ARC Greater Twin Cities, and the Boys and Girls Club of the Twin Cities. Comcast is engaged in a variety of other community-service and support programs throughout the year. Comcast's Beyond School Walls partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters pairs Comcast employees (the Bigs) with 5th grade students from Hazel Park Preparatory Academy in St. Paul throughout the school year in an effort to encourage mentoring, friendships, and role modeling in a safe, fun environment. In addition, the Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship program has awarded more than $365,000 to over 340 students