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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JUNE 2, 2020 TITLE APPROVE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC AND CROWN CASTLE FIBER LLC (GENERAL FUND) CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 111 Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO /s/ Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION Authorize the City Manager to execute agreements for the use of certain City facilities with New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC for a ten-year period beginning June 8, 2020, and expiring June 7, 2030, and with Crown Castle Fiber LLC for a ten-year period beginning June 15, 2020, and expiring June 14, 2030, with provisions for two five-year extensions, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. DISCUSSION In response to telecommunications advancements and increased consumer demand for network data capacity, wireless providers have increasingly sought to place small cell antennas and equipment on existing infrastructure located within the public right-of-way. Typically, a small cell antenna is attached to a streetlight or utility pole, or placed mid -span on wires between utility poles. Wireless providers place these small cells in locations that are densely populated in order to provide additional network capacity, such as in downtown areas and around heavily used traffic corridors. The small cell antennas are also deployed in areas that cannot be effectively served by a traditional macro cell. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC and Crown Castle Fiber LLC seek to enter into agreements (Exhibits 1 and 2) with the City for the installation of small cell antennas on City -owned street lights. This will increase network and data capacity for their subscribers in the areas surrounding the antennas. The agreement only applies to wireless telecommunications installations on City facilities in the public right-of-way. Installations on City facilities not in the public right-of-way (such as cell antennas placed on water facilities or within parks, etc.), will continue to require separate agreements. An application fee of $1,741.79 will be collected for each City -owned facility licensed under this agreement during FY 2019-20, and anticipated revenues were recognized during the March 17, 2020 City Council meeting. The fee is a cost -recovery fee to partially offset the staff costs associated with processing applications. 25F-1