City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amendment to Five-Year License Agreement dated December 1, 2019, between the City of Alexandria, Virginia and Crown Castle Fiber, LLC., to Permit Crown Castle to Install an 150 foot Build of Four Conduits and Fiber Optic Cables in the City of Alexandria's Public Rights-of-Ways.
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ISSUE: Consideration of an amendment to an existing Five-Year License Agreement dated December 1, 2019, between the City of Alexandria and Crown Castle Fiber, LLC. ("Crown Castle") to permit Crown Castle to install 150-feet of four conduits and fiber optic cables in the City of Alexandria's Public Rights-of-Ways for telecommunications services for a customer at 4850 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
1. Consider the proposed amendment to the existing License Agreement ("Agreement") with Crown Castle and set it for public hearing on Saturday, September 18, 2021; and
2. After the public hearing, authorize the City Manager to execute the Amendment and to take other actions that are necessary to implement the Amendment.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION: On November 16, 2019, City Council approved the transfer of a five-year license agreement from Lightower Fiber Networks, LLC. to Crown Castle for an approximately 750-foot fiber build in the public rights-of-ways in Alexandria. (A copy of the Agreement is attached hereto as Attachment 3).
Crown Castle is seeking an amendment to its existing License Agreement to construct a 150-foot build of four conduits and placing fiber optic cable connection to a client for telecommunications service at 4850 Mark Center Drive. The route is:
* An additional bore of 150 feet starting at the existing handhole on n...
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