City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: MARCH 5, 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 and Consideration of the Second Renewal of a Five-Year License Agreement with Summit IG, LLC to permit Summit IG's Existing Conduits to Remain in the City of Alexandria's Rights-of-Ways.
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ISSUE: Consideration of the second renewal of a Five-Year License Agreement ("Agreement") with Summit IG, LLC. ("Summit"), to authorize that its conduits remain in the City of Alexandria's public rights-of-ways.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
1. Set this matter for a Public Hearing on Saturday, March 16, 2024; and
2. After hearing public testimony, approve the attached five-year License Agreement with Summit and authorize the City Manager to execute the License Agreement and to take any other actions that are necessary to implement the Agreement.
BACKGROUND: Summit IG is a Northern Virginia network solutions and bandwidth infrastructure provider. It provides dark fiber connectivity solutions for carriers, content providers, data center operators, large enterprises, and governmental agencies.
In March 2010, the City Council approved a five-year license agreement with Woodlawn Communications. In October 2013, Woodlawn Communications, pursuant to a Contribution Agreement (which was approved by the City) transferred ownership of its conduits to Summit, which is an affiliated company of Woodlawn Communications. In 2013, Summit also acquired ownership of additional conduits in the City owned by Metropolitan Network Services. Metropolitan Network Services also had a license agreement with the City which Summit assumed.
Based on the build acquisitions of Woodlawn Communications and Metropolitan Ne...
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