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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Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to Solicit and Eventually Grant a Non-exclusive Franchise(s) for use of the public rights-of-way by companies to design, install, provide, operate, maintain, repair, control, upgrade, construct and remove a fiber network for the purpose of providing Telecommunications Services within the City. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
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ISSUE: Consideration of an Ordinance to initiate and establish the process for soliciting and granting non-exclusive Franchise proposals by the City of Alexandria, Virginia, from companies that desire to use the public rights-of-way and occupy the City's streets for the design, installation, provision, operation, maintenance repair, control, upgrade, construction, and removal of a fiber network for the purpose of providing Telecommunications Services within the City. Telecommunications Services shall mean the offering of telecommunications. The transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received, for a fee directly to the public or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public regardless of the facilities used, but not including cable services.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
1. Consider the proposed Ordinance on first reading and;
2. Schedule it for public hearing, second reading and final passage on Saturday June 15, 2024.
BACKGROUND: The initiation of the franchise process was requested by Crown Castle. Crown Castle currently has a five-year license agreement with the City that expires in October 2027. The licensee also holds a Telecom Facilit...
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