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 a Renewed Five-Year License Agreement with Cox Virginia Telecom, LLC. To Permit Cox Virginia Telecom's Existing Conduits and Fiber Optic Cables to Remain in the City of Alexandria's Public Rights-of-Ways.
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ISSUE: Consideration of the third renewal of a five-year license agreement with Cox Virginia
Telecom ("Cox"), to authorize its conduits and fiber optic cables to remain in the City of
Alexandria's public rights-of-ways to allow Cox to provide telecommunications systems, not
cable television services, in the City of Alexandria ("City").
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 Cox and authorize the City Manager to execute the License Agreement and to take any other actions that are necessary to implement the Agreement.
BACKGROUND: Cox is the second largest telecommunications provider in Virginia, and has
provided a broad range of telecommunications services in the City's neighboring jurisdictions
such as Fairfax County, the cities of Fairfax and Falls Church and the towns of Herndon and
Vienna. In March 2019, City Council approved a five-year License Agreement with Cox to install conduit and fiber optic cables in the City's public rights-of-ways to provide telecommunication services in the City (not cable television) (Attachment 2). This Agreement will expire at the end of this month. Cox seeks to extend the existing Agreement upon the same terms and conditions as the original Agreement, as amended.
Under the original...
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