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shall allow the City to co-locate necessary equipment with the cable system and to interconnect such equipment into the cable system, at the City's cost, provided said equipment does not interfere with the cable system's technical integrity, Section 13. Technological improvements to system A. The franchisee and the City recognize that the technology of cable systems and the services available are advancing at a rapid rate. Thus, franchisee hereby agrees to provide the city and its subscribers. during the term of this agreement, with at minimum, comparable technology, products, services and benefits which are provided by the franchisee to any other communities served from the same headend as the City, and within six months, any technology, products, services and benefits which are provided by the franchisee to any City and any subscribers in Dade and Broward County. For purposes of this section, franchisee shall not be obligated to offer within the City any technology being listed among less than 500 subscribers in another community. B. Upon request of the City, after the fifth anniversary but prior to the seventh annual anniversary of the franchise herein granted the franchisee shall, but not more than annually, report in writing to the City Manager, in a form satisfactory to the City Manager, on technological advances and the availability of new and enhanced services for cable systems. The report shall state what plans, if any, the franchisee has for the upgrade or rebuilding of its cable system to the state-of-the-art. The report shall also contain an analysis of the impact of updating the cable system to include new advances upon the franchisee's technical plant, customer service, subscriber rates, and the franchisee's financial capabilities. To the extent known by franchisee, the franchisee shall also provide the City Manager with a comparison of the services, facilities and technologies utilized by franchisee or any parent, affiliate or subsidiary of franchisee or system as defined in or any other MSO, including a list of each jurisdiction in which new technologies have been used or where cable television systems are being upgraded to include new technologies and provide new services, and an assessment of the costs associated with implementing the new technologies with the City. C. In the event the franchisee, pursuant to section B above, provides to the City and City accepts a plan to activate an upgrade or rebuild the system to state-of-the-art no later than the ninth (9Ih) anniversary of the date hereof, franchisee and City, hereby agree to extend the term of this franchise from ten (10) years to 15 years from the effective date hereof. Section 14. Technical standards. Franchisee shalJ maintain and operate its cable system, at a minimum, in full compliance -13- Cable Franchise AgreemeO[ OiJ