Check Out Equipment

Equipment Usage & Restrictions

Use of any City portable production equipment provided to the Public Access Producer by the City of San Antonio is for the purpose of creating Public Access material only and shall be limited to the program named in the "Public Access Production Equipment Agreement" form.

Production equipment may only be picked up, used, or returned by the Producer who signed the "Agreement" form. No commercial or private use of the production equipment is allowed.

The Producer must have a valid Texas Driver's License, and the equipment may not be used or transported outside San Antonio city limits without written consent from the City. Production equipment may not be transported in any airplane, boat, or motorcycle except with specific written consent from the City.

Producer Responsibilities & Equipment Care

The Producer is responsible for the production equipment checked out through the City's Television Programming Coordinator, Frank Burns.

Responsibilities include:

• Completing an initial tutorial on equipment use.
• Ensuring the equipment is not defaced, damaged, lost, stolen, or rendered inoperable while under their care.
• Paying for any repairs or replacements needed due to damage caused by the Producer.

The Producer must personally handle all aspects of equipment use and return. Equipment responsibility cannot be transferred to any other person or organization. The Producer must not allow anyone else to service, repair, or adjust the equipment.

Late Fees

Production equipment will be provided free-of-charge to the Producer for a time period of 24 hours, at a time (except for weekends and Holidays).

Failure to return production equipment in the agreed 24-hour period and to the Television Programming Coordinator will constitute a violation of these rules, and the Producer will be charged a late fee for every hour past due at a one-hour minimum.

Any charge assessed to the Producer must be paid in full before any future services (i.e. airtime, equipment, etc.). The late fee charge is $25.00 an hour. Only checks or credit cards accepted.

Damaged Equipment

The Producer agrees to pay the City for the cost to repair damages to the equipment caused by the Producer or to pay to replace production equipment rendered inoperable.

Until restitution by the Producer is made to the City for any equipment damages, the Producer's privileges to check out equipment and airing programs on the Public Access channel will be suspended.

The City reserves the right to inspect the use of City-owned production equipment at any time and the right to demand immediate return of any or all of the equipment in the Producer's possession, should the City determine that the Producer has failed to abide by the condition set.