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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 5, 2020 <br />TITLE <br />APPROVE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES <br />LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH NEW <br />CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 111 Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />/s/Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC for <br />the use of certain City facilities for a ten-year period beginning May 15, 2020, and expiring May 14, <br />2030, with a provision for two five-year extensions, subject to non -substantive changes approved <br />by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In response to telecommunications advancements and increased consumer demand for network <br />data capacity, wireless providers have increasingly sought to place small cell antennas and <br />equipment on existing infrastructure located within the public right-of-way. Typically, a small cell <br />antenna is attached to a streetlight or utility pole, or placed mid -span on wires between utility poles. <br />Wireless providers place these small cells in locations that are densely populated in order to <br />provide additional network capacity, such as in downtown areas and around heavily used traffic <br />corridors. The small cell antennas are also deployed in areas that cannot be effectively served by <br />a traditional macro cell. <br />New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC seeks to enter into an agreement (Exhibit 1) with the City for the <br />installation of small cell antennas on City -owned street lights. This will increase network and data <br />capacity for their subscribers in the areas surrounding the antennas. The agreement only applies <br />to wireless telecommunications installations on City facilities in the public right-of-way. Installations <br />on City facilities not in the public right-of-way (such as cell antennas placed on water facilities or <br />within parks, etc.), will continue to require separate agreements. <br />An application fee of $1,741.79 will be collected for each City -owned facility licensed under this <br />agreement during FY 2019-20, and anticipated revenues were recognized during the March 17, <br />2020 City Council meeting. <br />STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT <br />Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #3 - Economic Development, <br />Objective #3 (promote a solutions -based customer focus in all efforts to facilitate development and <br />investment in the community), Strategy C (explore opportunities to encourage a business friendly <br />environment within the city). <br />25B-1 <br />