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3.1.2. Franchisee shall have the right but not the obligation to extend its Cable System or to provide Cable Services to any other areas within the Franchise Area during the term of this Franchise or any renewals thereof. 3.1.3. Franchisee agrees that, upon request and with no less than thirty (30) days' written notice, but no more than once per year, a representative of the Franchisee will meet with representatives of the LFA to confirm compliance with the requirements set forth in Subsection 3.1. Nothing herein shall prevent the LFA from contacting Franchisee at any time the single point of contact identified in Section 13.11 with respect to other matters regarding this Agreement. 3.2. Availability of Cable Service: Franchisee shall make Cable Service available to all occupied residential dwelling units and may make Cable Service available to businesses within the Service Area in conformance with Section 3.1 and Franchisee shall not discriminate between or among any individuals in the availability of Cable Service. In the areas in which Franchisee shall provide Cable Service, Franchisee shall be required to connect, at Franchisee's expense, other than a standard installation charge, all occupied residential dwelling units that are within one hundred twenty-five (125) feet of trunk or feeder lines not otherwise already served by Franchisee's FTTP Network. Franchisee shall be allowed to recover, from a Subscriber that requests such connection, actual costs incurred for residential dwelling unit connections that exceed one hundred twenty-five (125) feet and actual costs incurred to connect any non-residential dwelling unit Subscriber. 3.3. Cable Service to Municipal Buildings: Subject to Section 3.1 and the applicable provisions of the FCC's 2019 Third Report and Order In the Matter of Implementation of Section 621 of the Cable Act (the "621 Order"), as such 621 Order may be in effect and/or modified during the term of this Agreement, if requested in writing by the LFA, Franchisee shall provide in a reasonable amount of time and after notifying the LFA of the process by which it will implement the 621 Order's requirements regarding the provision of free Cable Service to public buildings under the a cable franchise, one Cable Service drop, set top box if necessary, and Basic Service along its activated Cable System route in the LFA at no cost to public schools, police and fire stations, public libraries, and other public buildings designated in writing by the LFA. All such written designations, as set forth in Exhibit A, shall include the street address of each building. Upon written request, the Franchisee shall coordinate the location of each outlet with representatives for each of the buildings receiving the service pursuant to this section. Franchisee shall be permitted to recover from any school or other public building owner entitled to free service, the direct cost of installing, when requested to do so, more than one outlet, or concealed inside wiring, or a service outlet requiring more than two hundred fifty (250) feet of drop cable; provided, however, that the Franchisee shall not charge for the provision of the most commonly subscribed -to tier of Cable Service to the additional service outlets once installed, but reserves the right to charge for equipment at then -commercial rates. Cable Service may not be resold or otherwise used in contravention of Franchisee's rights with third parties respecting programming. Equipment provided by Franchisee, if any, shall be replaced at retail rates if lost, stolen or damaged. The requirements of this Section 3.3 shall not apply in cases where it is not technically feasible for the Franchisee to comply. 4. SYSTEM FACILITIES