City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: NOVEMBER 6, 2019
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JOANNA C. ANDERSON, CITY ATTORNEY /s/
KAREN SNOW, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY /s/
CC: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of a Five-Year License Agreement with Teleport Communications America, Inc. ("Teleport"), to Authorize Existing Telecommunications Facilities and to Authorize the Installation of Conduits and Fiber Optic Cables in the City of Alexandria's Public Rights of Ways but not for Cable Television.
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ISSUE: Consideration of a five-year license agreement with Teleport, to authorize its existing conduits and fiber optic cables which it acquired via a transfer from TCG Virginia Inc., to remain in the City of Alexandria's public rights-of-ways to allow Teleport to provide telecommunications systems, not cable television services, in the City of Alexandria ("City").
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council set this matter for a public hearing on Saturday, November 16, 2019, and after hearing public testimony approve the attached five-year license agreement with Teleport, and authorize the City Manager to execute the license agreement and to take any other actions that are necessary to implement the license agreement.
DISCUSSION: In or about October 2013, the City, under a previous license agreement approved the transfer of the telecommunications facilities of TCG Virginia to Teleport. These facilities consisted of approximately 7.5 miles of conduit and fiber as set forth on Exhibit 1 to the proposed license agreement. The routes subject to the agreement are the following:
1 Original TCG Route: This is the approximately 33,000 feet of cable that TCG Virginia installed under its 2009 license agreement with the City. The route generally runs from Commonwealth Avenue to Duke Street, to Holland Lane to Eisenhower Avenue...
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