City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: NOVEMBER 7, 2023
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
THROUGH: JAMES F. PARAJON, CITY MANAGER /s/
FROM: JOANNA ANDERSON, CITY ATTORNEY
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Consideration of A First Amendment to a Five-Year License Agreement dated November 1, 2022, between the City of Alexandria, Virginia and Crown Castle Fiber, LLC. to Permit Crown Castle to construct and install an additional enterprise fiber route of approximately 400 feet in the City of Alexandria's Virginia Public Rights-of-Ways.
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ISSUE: Consideration of an amendment to an existing Five-Year License Agreement dated November 1, 2022 between the City of Alexandria and Crown Castle Fiber, LLC. to permit Crown Castle to install an additional enterprise fiber route of approximately 400 feet.
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, November 18, 2023; 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.
DISCUSSION: On November 1, 2022, the City entered into a five year license agreement with Crown Castle Fiber, LLC. ("Crown Castle") Under the Agreement Crown Castle installed approximately 12 miles of fiber and related equipment in the City's public rights-of-ways to connect its wireless small cell facilities to provide broadband services for its commercial customers. On September 21, 2021, the City granted Crown Castle a Telecommunications Facility Franchise authorizing it to install and operate its wireless communications equipment in the City.1
Under the proposed amendment, Crown Castle seeks to install an additional enterprise fiber route of approximately 400 feet to provide telecom services to Lincoln P...
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