TO: Mayor Bien-Willner and Town Council
FROM: Jill Keimach, Town Manager
Andrew Miller, Town Attorney
DATE: March 26, 2020
CONTACT:
Staff Contact Andrew Miller, 480-348-3691
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AGENDA TITLE:
Title
Consideration of First Amendment to the Right-of-Way License Agreement with Crown Castle (formerly NewPath Networks, LLC) for Installation of Additional Fiber
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the First Amendment to the Right-of-Way License Agreement with Crown Castle for Installation of Additional Fiber.
Background
BACKGROUND:
On September 2, 2010, the Town entered into a Right-of-Way License Agreement with NewPath Networks, LLC (the "Agreement"). On June 14, 2013 the Town was notified of a new address for NewPath Networks, LLC, as NewPath Networks, LLC c/o Crown Castle ("NewPath"). NewPath was purchased by Crown Castle but continues to operate under the name NewPath. NewPath has now requested that the Town amend the Agreement to permit the installation of new conduit and an extension of its telecommunications fiber lines in the Town's Right-of-Way so that it may connect new small wireless facility sites (SWF Sites) to the newly installed fiber. These new SWF sites will not be owned by NewPath, but instead owned by AT&T wireless. NewPath will be supplying the "fiber backhaul" that AT&T needs for effective and speedy wireless telecommunications services.
NewPath has also advised that this new conduit and fiber in the Town rights-of-way will have the following benefits for the Town:
* Allows for the rapid deployment of facilities that will improve wireless services in the Town under an existing agreement while the Town prepares a new wired and/or small wireless facility (SWF) agreement template this year that is in line with new state/federal laws.
* This fiber project that the amendment is needed for will support new SWF sites being installed by AT&T; and without the fiber backhaul connections the new SWF Sites will no...
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