City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: APRIL 8, 2015
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JAMES L. BANKS, JR.
CITY ATTORNEY
KAREN S. SNOW
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
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Consideration of a License Agreement with Lightower Fiber Networks, II, LLC to Authorize the Installation of Fiber Optic Cable in the Public Rights-of-way.
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ISSUE: Whether to approve a five-year license agreement with Lightower Fiber Networks II, LLC. ("Lightower"), to authorize the installation of fiber optic cable in the City of Alexandria's ("City") public rights-of-way.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council approve the attached five year license agreement with Lightower, and authorize the City manager to execute the license agreement and to take any other actions that are necessary to implement the Agreement.
DISCUSSION: Lightower Fiber Networks II, LLC. is a privately held New York limited liability company with corporate headquarters at 80 Central Street Boxborough, Massachusetts and they maintain an office at 196 Van Buren Street in Herndon, Virginia.1
Lightower seeks this license to install or pull less than 250 feet of fiber cable through conduits in the City's rights of ways to serve Goodwin House located at 4800 Fillmore Avenue.
As shown on the map attached to the proposed license agreement as Exhibit 1, the installation begins at an existing Fiberlight Communications hand-hole on the west side of North Beauregard Street, approximately 450 feet south of Fillmore Avenue, they will place 10 feet of (2) 1.5 inch conduits and place (1) - 2 by 3 foot Lightower hand-hole, then proceed to place 105 feet of (2) 1.5 inch conduits east under North Beauregard Street, then proceed south along the east side of North Beauregard Street with 9...
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