City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JUNE 4, 2024
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
THROUGH: JAMES F. PARAJON, CITY MANAGER /s/
FROM: ADRIANA CASTA?EDA, DIRECTOR TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
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Introduction of a Five-Year License Agreement with Zayo Group LLC to permit Zayo Group LLC.'s existing conduits and fiber optic cables to remain in the City of Alexandria's public rights-of-way and to allow placement of additional conduits and fiber optic cable telecommunication services, not cable television services in the City of Alexandria.
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ISSUE: Consideration of a five-year license agreement with Zayo Group LLC. ("Zayo"), to authorize its conduits and fiber optic cables to remain along with additional placement in the City of Alexandria's public rights-of-way and to allow Zayo to provide telecommunication systems, not cable television services, in the City of Alexandria.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
1. Set this matter for a public hearing on Saturday, June 15, 2024, and;
2. After hearing public testimony approve the attached five-year license agreement with Zayo, and;
3. Authorize the City Manager to execute the license agreement, and to take any other actions that are necessary to implement the agreement.
DISCUSSION: In December 2018, the City Council approved a five-year license agreement with Zayo to install conduits and fiber optic cables in the City's public rights-of-way. This agreement expired on November 30, 2023. Zayo is seeking approval of a new license agreement with the City on basically the same terms and conditions as the expired agreement with a few amendments which are discussed below.
First, the proposed agreement includes an additional installation by Zayo of approximately 500 feet of fiber on the southside of Eisenhower Avenue in the City for use by the Unit...
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