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determined by the Commission. The Commission shall have the right to rename, reprogram or otherwise change the use of these channels at any time, in its sole discretion, provided such use is Noncommercial and public, educational, governmental or religious in nature. Nothing herein shall diminish any rights of the Commission to secure additional PEG channels pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 238.084, which is expressly incorporated herein by reference. 6.1.3 Upon designating the location (i.e. channel number) of the PEG channels, the channels shall not be relocated without the consent of the Commission. Grantee shall make reasonable efforts to minimize relocations of the PEG channels. Grantee must request any channel relocation at least three (3) months prior to seeking to implement the channel relocation. Grantee shall reimburse the City, the Commission and/or PEG entity for any reasonable costs incurred for: (i) purchasing or modifying equipment,business cards, and signage; (ii) any marketing and notice of the channel change that the Commission, the City and/or PEG entity reasonably determines is necessary; (iii) logo changes; and (iv) promoting, marketing and advertising the channel location of the affected PEG channel(s) during the twelve-month period preceding the effective date of the channel change. Alternatively, the Grantee may choose to supply necessary equipment itself, provided such equipment is satisfactory to the City,the Commission or PEG entity. 6.1.4 Grantee shall make all PEG channels available in standard definition (SD), digital format, and in high definition (HD) provided that the signal received from the Commission, City or PEG entity by the-Grantee is in HD, and provided that the Grantee shall not be required to provide the PEG channels at a resolution higher than the highest resolution used in connection with the Grantee's delivery of other channels. Grantee may implement HD carriage of the PEG channels in any manner (including selection of compression, utilization of IP, amount of system capacity or bandwidth, and other processing characteristics)that produces a signal as accessible, functional, useable and of a quality comparable (meaning indistinguishable to the viewer) to broadcast HD channels carried on the cable system. The Commission acknowledges that HD programming may require the viewer to have special viewer equipment (such as an HDTV and an HD-capable digital device/receiver), but any subscriber who can view an HD signal delivered via the cable system at a receiver shall also be able to view the HD PEG channel at that receiver, without additional charges or equipment. All of the Access Channels will be made available through a multi-channel display (i.e. a picture in picture feed) on a single TV screen called a"mosaic" (the "Quad Cities Mosaic"), where a cable subscriber can access via an interactive video menu one of any of the seven (7) Access Channels. The Quad Cities Mosaic will be located on Channel 40. The seven (7) Access Channels will be located at Channels 8440-8445 and 8049 (SD), and 8940-8945 and 8549 (HD). The Quad Cities Mosaic will contain only Access Channels authorized by the Commission, provided that the Commission may add to its Mosaic channels originated by other franchising authorities with consent of such originator if programming on such channel(s) is of public interest within the Quad Cities Franchise Area. Grantee shall not include any other programming or Channels on 27 489232v1 RJV QU210-6