(A)
Inspection. The City shall have the right upon thirty (30) days advance written notice to inspect and copy at any time during normal business hours at the nearest cable system office or at such location within the City as the City may designate, all books, receipts, maps, plans, financial statements, contracts, service complaint logs, performance test results, records of requests for service, computer records, codes, programs, and disks or other storage media and other like material which the City deems appropriate in order to monitor compliance with the terms of this Chapter, a franchise agreement, or applicable law, or reasonably necessary for the exercise of any right or duty of the City under the same. This right includes the right to inspect not only the books and records of a franchisee, but any books and records the City deems relevant held by an affiliate, such books and records held by an affiliate regardless of who holds them, a cable operator of the cable system, or any contractor, subcontractor or any person holding any form of management contract for the cable system. Each franchisee shall be responsible for collecting the information and producing it. For purposes of this Chapter, the terms “books and records” shall be read expansively to include information in whatever format stored. Books and records requested shall be produced to the City at City Hall, except by agreement or pursuant to subsection (B) of this Section or SJBMC 5-20-720. Books and records shall be maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
(B)
Proprietary Information. Access to a franchisee’s books and records shall not be denied by the franchisee on the basis that said books and records contain proprietary information. However, all proprietary information received by the City from a franchisee and clearly marked as such shall not be publicly disclosed insofar as permitted by the California Public Records Act, Government Code 6254, et seq., and other applicable law. The City will notify franchisee if any third party seeks release of any document marked confidential and the City will withhold release for the maximum period permitted by law to provide the franchisee the opportunity to seek court protection against the release of the requested documents.
(C)
Public Inspection. The franchisee shall maintain a file of records open to public inspection in accordance with applicable FCC rules and regulations.