Item 12 - Ground License Agreement for Wireless Telecommunications Facilities

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Ground License Agreement for Wireless Telecommunications Facilities March 18, 2025 Page 3 renovations. As this is an existing tower agreement, adding capacity and migrating to the new standard agreement, negotiations for additional revenues resulted in a 4% escalation, a one-time additional payment, and increased monthly rental rate from $3,457 to $4,322. Jerome Park has four cell tower installations. Two "monopalm" trees located adjacent to the concession building, one "monopine" tree located due north of the concession building, and one "monopine" cell tower located east at the park restroom building. The subject cell tower owned by Crown Castle is one of the "monopalms" by the concession, closest to the ballfield. The equipment room for this tower is within an equipment room located behind the bleachers of the southernmost baseball diamond. DISH's additional equipment will be housed in a new, 66 square foot exterior cage connected to the existing Crown Castle equipment room. As this is an existing tower agreement, adding capacity and migrating to the new standard agreement, negotiations for additional revenues resulted in a 4% escalation, a one -time additional payment, and increased monthly rental rate from $3,966 to $4,086. Santa Ana Stadium has two cell tower installations. The first, owned by Verizon, features a large camouflaged "monopine" tree with an equipment room located near the southeast corner of the stadium. The second tower, owned by Crown Castle, also consists of a large camouflaged "monopine" tree, with its equipment room situated along the southwest corner of the stadium, adjacent to 6th Street. The rent for this tower was negotiated in 2001, and was subject to annual 3% escalation rates. At this time, no capacity is being added to this location. As this is an existing tower agreement simply migrating to the new standard agreement, negotiations for additional revenues were limited to 4% escalation, a one-time additional payment, increased monthly rental rate from $2,368 to $2,400 and identifying potential future colocation fees. New Standard License Agreements Key features of the new standard license agreement include: • Maximum term of 25 years, • The City retains rights to relocate towers if needed for redevelopment , • Wireless carriers must notify the City before modifying equipment, • 4% annual rent increase, • The City must approve any future colocation requests, • Additional rent charged when extra land is needed for colocation, • Updated insurance requirements, and • A one-time additional payment of $3,500. Site/Park Monthly Fee for First Year License Fee for First Year El Salvador Park $4,322 $51,867 Jerome Park $4,086 $49,030 Santa Ana Stadium $2,400 $28,800