§ 9:1151. Required documentation and service plan.

A franchise applicant shall document its qualifications and proposed plan of services, utilizing such forms and formats as are specified pursuant to section 9:1150(b) and (c) above or, in the absence of such specifications, in accordance with this section. This shall include all pertinent information as to the following:

(a)
Ownership. Information shall include, at a minimum, a list showing the names and addresses of persons owning five (5) percent of more of the outstanding stock or equivalent ownership interest of an applicant, as well as a roster of the applicant's officers and directors. In the event that a person owning five (5) percent or more of the outstanding stock or equivalent ownership is a corporate entity, the names and addresses of persons owning five (5) percent or more of that corporate entity shall also be provided by the applicant.

(b)
Management abilities of principal.

(c)
Experience in cable operations. Information shall be include all past and present ownerships of cable systems of local managers, principals, and owners of three (3) percent or more of the applicant's stock.

(d)
Financial status and support of applicant. Information shall include financial statement by independent auditor showing capitalization, debt, assets, gross revenues for past five (5) years, operating costs, projections for local system for income and expenses related to installation and operations for first five (5) years. If the applicant is a legal entity without sufficient financial history to enable the committee to determine likelihood of the legal entity to follow through with its obligations to the city-parish, the applicant may be required to disclose the financial status of its principals. The committee has discretion to decide sufficiency of financial history, which shall not be exercised unreasonably.

(e)
Legal authority to conduct business in Louisiana.

(f)
Previous and present experience in cable communications operations. Information shall include location, size of operation, profits and losses, positional responsibilities of current management in the previous operation.

(g)
Other (noncable communications) experience as a company.

(h)
Geographical bounds of proposed franchise areas.

(i)
Schedule for completing installation and estimates of cost.

(j)
Proposed programming and fee structure.

(k)
Technical ability of the company to provide proposed service.

(l)
Ownership of other cable systems, television, and radio stations.

(m)
Disclosure of all agreements, whether written oral or impled, with any other legal entity that would affect ownership of the applicant or the franchise and any contemplated change in ownership or management.

(n)
Plans to comply with all governmental regulations.

(o)
Anticipated effect of the applicant's proposed service on public property, including environmental impact.

(p)
The per-strand-mile densities of the areas the applicant proposes to serve and the extent to which the applicant intends to utilize bulk rate contracts.

(q)
Proposals covering the services to be offered through the cable system. Such proposals shall be incorporated into the franchise, if granted, and shall be subject to minimum requirements specified in the city-parish franchise ordinances or to such greater requirements as shall be specified in the franchise. Such proposals shall include but need not be limited to the following:

Public access channels;

Educational access channels;

Government access channels;

Institutional networks.

(r)
Technical performance standards to be met by the cable television system that the applicant proposes to provide.

(s)
A plan for customer service.

(t)
Any other information or documentation requested by the committee, its designee, or the metropolitan council.

The applicant's proposals, including the required documentation and service plan and such other material as the committee or its designee shall require, shall be incorporated into the franchise, if granted, and shall be subject to minimum requirements specified in the city-parish franchise ordinance or to such greater requirements as shall be specified in the franchise.

(Ord. No. 9035, § 1, 12-13-89)