HomeMy WebLinkAbout6852 ORDINANCE NO. 6852
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, GRANTING TO
NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC, A
DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, A
FRANCHISE .FOR WIRELESS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
WHEREAS, New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC ("Franchisee") has applied
to the City of Auburn ("City") for a non-exclusive Franchise for the right of entry,
use, and occupation of certain public ways within the City, expressly to install,
construct, erect, operate, maintain, repair, relocate and remove its facilities in, on,
over, under, along and/or across those public ways; and
WHEREAS, following proper notice, the City Council held a public hearing
on Franchisee's request for a Franchise; and
WHEREAS, based on the information presented at such public hearing, and
from facts and circumstances developed or discovered through independent study
and investigation, the City Council now deems it appropriate and in the best
interest of the City and its inhabitants to grant the franchise to Franchisee.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Definitions
For the purpose of this agreement and the interpretation and enforcement
thereof, definitions of words and phrases shall be in accordance with Auburn City
Code 20.02.020. In addition, the following definitions apply:
A. "ACC" means the Auburn City Code.
B. "Franchise Area" means the public ways as specified in Exhibit "A".
Franchise Area does not include private property located outside of the public way
which the Franchisee may utilize, lease, or otherwise use for placement of
Franchisee Facilities with authorization or other permissions from third parties, and
including any necessary permits from any regulatory authority.
C. "Franchisee's Facilities" means any and all equipment, appliances,
attachments, appurtenances, antennas, and other items necessary for
Telecommunications Services as defined in Chapter 35.99.010(7) RCW, that are
located in the Franchise Area.
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Franchisee's Facilities do not include facilities used to provide wireline services or
front-haul or back-haul services to the general public separate from Franchisee's
Services. Franchisee's facilities do not include small wireless facilities, microcell,
minor facility, or small cell facilities, as defined in Chapter 80.36.375 RCW.
Franchisee's facilities do not include any equipment that is not located within the
Franchise Area or that is covered under a separate Franchise Agreement or
agreement.
D. "Franchisee's Services" means the transmission and reception of
information, only at the Franchisee's Facilities identified in Exhibit A, by wireless
communication signals including data communications services, over Franchisee's
federally licensed frequencies, pursuant to all the rules and regulations of the
Federal Communications Commission. Franchisee's Services will not include the
provision of"cable services", as defined by 47 U.S.C. §522, as amended, for which
a separate franchise would be required.
Section 2. Grant of Right to Use Franchise Area
A. Subject to the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement,the City
grants to the Franchisee general permission to enter, use, and occupy the
Franchise Area specified in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated by
reference. located within the incorporated area of the City. Franchisee may locate
the Franchisee's Facilities within the Franchise Area subject to all applicable laws,
regulations, and permit conditions.
B. The Franchisee is authorized to install, remove, construct, erect,
operate, maintain, relocate, upgrade, replace, restore, and repair Franchisee's
Facilities to provide Franchisee's Services in the Franchise Area.
C. This Franchise does not authorize the use of the Franchise Area for
any facilities or services other than Franchisee Facilities and Franchisee Services,
and it extends no rights or privilege relative to any facilities or services of any type,
including Franchisee Facilities and Franchisee Services, on public or private
property elsewhere within the City.
D. This Franchise is non-exclusive and does not prohibit the City from
entering into other agreements, including Franchises, impacting the Franchise
Area, for any purpose that does not interfere with Franchisee's rights under this
Franchise.
E. Except as explicitly set forth in this Agreement, this Franchise does
not waive any rights that the City has or may acquire with respect to the Franchise
Area or any other City roads, public ways, or property. This Franchise will be
subject to the power of eminent domain, and in any proceeding under eminent
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domain, the Franchisee acknowledges its use of the Franchise Area shall have no
value.
F. The City reserves the right to change, regrade, relocate, abandon, or
vacate any public way within the Franchise Area. If, at any time during the term of
this Franchise, the City vacates any portion of the Franchise Area containing
Franchisee Facilities, the City shall reserve an easement for public utilities within
that vacated portion, pursuant to Chapter 35.79.030 RCW, within which the
Franchisee may continue to operate any existing Franchisee Facilities under the
terms of this Franchise for the remaining period set forth under Section 4.
G. The Franchisee agrees that its use of Franchise Area shall at all
times be subordinated to and subject to the City and the public's need for municipal
infrastructure, travel, and access to the Franchise Area, except as may be
otherwise required by law.
Section 3. Notice
A. Written notices to the parties shall be sent by a nationally recognized
overnight courier or by certified mail to the following addresses, unless a different
address is designated in writing and delivered to the other party. Any such notice
shall become effective upon receipt by certified mail, confirmed delivery by
overnight courier, or the date stamped received by the City. Any communication
made by e-mail or similar method will not constitute notice pursuant to this
Agreement, except in case of emergency notification.
City: Right-of-Way Specialist,
Public Works Department- Transportation
City of Auburn
25 West Main Street
Auburn, WA 98001-4998
Telephone: (253) 931-3010
with a copy to: City Clerk
City of Auburn
25 West Main Street
Auburn, WA 98001-4998
Franchisee: New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC
Attn: Network Real Estate Administration
Re: Cell Site#: WA6416; Name: Christopher(WA)
Fixed Asset No: 10013466
1025 Lenox Park Blvd NE
3rd Floor
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Atlanta, GA 30319
Telephone: (877) 231-5447
Email Address: releaseadmin@att.com
with a required copy to:
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC
Attn: Legal Department
Re: Cell Site#: WA6416; Name: Christopher(WA)
Fixed Asset No: 10013466
208 S. Akard St.
Dallas, TX 75202-4206
B. Any changes to the above-stated Franchisee information shall be
sent to the City's Right-of-Way Specialist, Public Works Department —
Transportation Division, with copies to the City Clerk, referencing the title of this
Agreement.
C. The above-stated Franchisee voice telephone numbers shall be
staffed at least during normal business hours, Pacific time zone. The City may
contact Franchisee at the following number for emergency or other needs outside
of normal business hours of the Franchisee: (800-638-2822).
Section 4. Term of Agreement
A. This Franchise shall run for a period of fifteen (15) years, from the
date of Franchise Acceptance as described in Section 5 of this Agreement.
B. Automatic Extension. If the Franchisee fails to formally apply for a
new franchise agreement prior to the expiration of this Franchise's term or any
extension thereof, this Franchise automatically continues month to month until a
new franchise agreement is applied for and approved under the then current
process or until either party gives written notice at least one hundred and eighty
(180) days in advance of intent to cancel this Franchise.
Section 5. Acceptance of Franchise
A. This Franchise will not become effective until Franchisee files with
the City Clerk (1) the Statement of Acceptance (Exhibit "B"), (2) all verifications of.
insurance coverage specified under Section 15, (3) the financial guarantees
specified in Section 16, and (4) payment of any outstanding application fees
required in the City Fee Schedule. These four items will collectively be the
"Franchise Acceptance". The date that such Franchise Acceptance is filed with
the City Clerk will be the effective date of this Franchise.
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B. If the Franchisee fails to file the Franchise Acceptance with the City
Clerk within thirty (30) days after the effective date of the ordinance approving the
Franchise as described in Section 27 of this Agreement, the City's grant of the
Franchise will be null and void.
Section 6. Construction and Maintenance
A. The Franchisee shall apply for, obtain, and comply with the terms of
all permits required under applicable law for any work done within the City.
Franchisee will comply with all applicable City, State, and Federal codes, rules,
regulations, and orders in undertaking such work.
B. Franchisee agrees to coordinate its activities with the City and all
other utilities located within the public way within which Franchisee is undertaking
its activity.
C. The City expressly reserves the right to prescribe how and where
Franchisee's Facilities will be installed within the public way and may require the
removal, relocation and/or replacement thereof in the public interest and safety at
the expense of the Franchisee as provided for in Chapter 35.99 RCW.
D. Before beginning any work within the public way, the Franchisee will
comply with the One Number Locator provisions of Chapter 19.122 RCW to identify
existing utility infrastructure.
E. Tree Trimming. Upon prior written approval of the City the
Franchisee shall have the authority to trim trees upon and overhanging streets,
public ways and places in the Franchise Area so as to prevent the branches of
such trees from coming in physical contact with the Franchisee's Facilities.
Franchisee shall be responsible for debris removal from such activities. If such
debris is not removed within twenty-four (24) hours, the City may, at its sole
discretion, remove such debris and charge the Franchisee for the cost thereof.
This section does not, in any instance, grant automatic authority to clear vegetation
for purposes of providing a clear path for radio signals. Any such general
vegetation clearing will require other permits as necessary from the City.
Section 7. Repair and Emergency Work
In the event of an emergency, the Franchisee may commence repair and
emergency response work as required under the circumstances. The Franchisee
will notify the City telephonically during normal business hours (at 253-931-3010)
and during non-business hours (at 253-876-1985) as promptly as possible, before
such repair or emergency work commences, and in writing as soon thereafter as
possible. Such notification shall include the Franchisee's emergency contact
phone number for corresponding response activity. The City may commence
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emergency response work, at any time, without prior written notice to the
Franchisee, but will notify the Franchisee in writing as promptly as possible under
the circumstances. Franchisee will reimburse the City for the City's actual cost of
performing emergency response work.
Section 8. Damages to City and Third-Party Property
Franchisee agrees that if any of its actions, or the actions of any person,
agent, or contractor acting on behalf of the Franchisee under this Franchise
impairs or damages any City property, survey monument, or property owned by a
third-party, Franchisee will restore, at its own cost and expense, the property to a
safe condition. Upon returning the property to a safe conditions, the property shall
then be returned to the condition it was in immediately prior to being damaged (if
the safe condition of the property is not the same as that which existed prior to
damage). All repair work shall be performed and completed to the satisfaction of
the City Engineer.
Section 9. Location Preference
A. Any structure, equipment, appurtenance or tangible property of a
utility or other franchisee, other than the Franchisee's, which was installed,
constructed, completed, or in place prior in time to Franchisee's application for a
permit to construct or repair Franchisee's Facilities under this Franchise shall have
preference as to positioning and location with respect to the Franchisee's Facilities.
However, to the extent that the Franchisee's Facilities are completed and installed
before another utility or other franchisee's submittal of a permit for new or
additional structures, equipment, appurtenances or tangible property, then the
Franchisee's Facilities will have priority. These rules governing preference will
continue when relocating or changing the grade of any City road or public way. A
relocating utility or franchisee will not cause the relocation of another utility or
franchisee that otherwise would not require relocation. This Section will not apply
to any City facilities or utilities that may in the future require the relocation of
Franchisee's Facilities. Such relocations will be governed by Section 10 and
Chapter 35.99 RCW.
B. Franchisee will maintain a minimum underground horizontal
separation of five (5) feet from City water, sanitary sewer and storm sewer facilities
and ten (10) feet from above-ground City water facilities; provided, that for
development of new areas, the City, in consultation with Franchisee and other
utility purveyors or authorized users of the public way, will develop guidelines and
procedures for determining specific utility locations.
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Section 10. Relocation of Franchisee Facilities
A. Except as otherwise so required by law, Franchisee agrees to
relocate, remove, or reroute its facilities as ordered by the City Engineer at no
expense or liability to the City, except as may be required by Chapter 35.99 RCW.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 14, Franchisee agrees to protect and save
harmless the City from any customer or third-party claims for service interruption
or other losses in connection with any such change, relocation, abandonment, or
vacation of the public way.
B. If a readjustment or relocation of the Franchisee Facilities is
necessitated by a request from a party other than the City, that party shall pay the
Franchisee the actual costs associated with such relocation.
Section 11. Abandonment and or Removal of Franchisee Facilities
A. Within one hundred and eighty days (180) of Franchisee's
permanent cessation of use of the Franchisee's Facilities, the Franchisee will, at
the City's discretion, either abandon in place or remove the affected facilities.
B. Franchisee may ask the City in writing to abandon, in whole or in
part, all or any part of the Franchisee's Facilities. Any plan for abandonment of
Franchisee Facilities must be approved in writing by the City.
C. The parties expressly agree that this Section will survive the
expiration, revocation or termination of this Franchise.
Section 12. Undergrounding
A. The parties agree that this Franchise does not limit the City's
authority under federal law, state law, or local ordinance, to require the
undergrounding of utilities.
B. Whenever the City requires the undergrounding of aerial utilities in
the Franchise Area, the Franchisee will underground the Franchisee's Facilities in
the manner specified by the City Engineer at no expense or liability to the City,
except as may be required by Chapter 35.99 RCW. Where other utilities are
present and involved in the undergrounding project, Franchisee will only be
required to pay its fair share of common costs borne by all utilities, in addition to
the costs specifically attributable to the undergrounding of Franchisee's Facilities.
Common costs will include necessary costs for common trenching and utility
vaults. Fair share will be determined in comparison to the total number and size
of all other utility facilities being undergrounded.
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Section 13. Franchisee Information
A. Franchisee agrees to supply, at no cost to the City, any information
reasonably requested by the City to coordinate municipal functions with
Franchisee's activities and fulfill any municipal obligations under state law. Said
information will include, at a minimum, as-built drawings of Franchisee's Facilities,
installation inventory, and maps and plans showing the location of existing or
planned facilities within the City. Said information may be requested either in hard
copy or electronic format, compatible with the City's data base system, including
the City's Geographic Information System (GIS) data base. Franchisee will keep
the City informed of its long-range plans, to the extent such plans have been made
public, for coordination with the City's long-range plans.
B. The parties understand that Chapter 42.56 RCW and other
applicable law may require public disclosure of information given to the City.
Section 14. Indemnification and Hold Harmless
A. Franchisee shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the City, its
officers, officials, employees and volunteers from and against any and all third-
party claims, suits, actions, or liabilities for injury or death of any person, or for
loss or damage to property, which arises out of Franchisee's acts, errors or
omissions, or from the conduct of Franchisee's business, or from any activity,
work or thing done, permitted, or suffered by Franchisee arising from or in
connection with this Franchise Agreement, except only such injury or damage
as shall have been occasioned by the sole negligence or willful misconduct of
the City, its officers, officials, employees, agents, volunteers or invitees.
However, should a court of competent jurisdiction determine that this Agreement
is subject to RCW 4.24.115, then, in the event of liability for damages arising out
of bodily injury to persons or damages to property caused by or resulting from the
concurrent negligence of the Franchisee and the City, its officers, officials,
employees, agents, and volunteers, the Franchisee's liability hereunder shall be
only to the extent of the Franchisee's negligence. It is further specifically and
expressly understood that the indemnification provided herein constitutes the
Franchisee's waiver of immunity under Industrial Insurance, Title 51 RCW, solely
for the purposes of this indemnification. This waiver has been mutually negotiated
by the parties. The provisions of this section shall survive the expiration or
termination of this Agreement.
B. The Franchisee will hold the City harmless from any liability arising
out of or in connection with any damage or loss to the Franchisee's Facilities
caused by maintenance and/or construction work performed by, or on behalf of,
the City within the Franchise Area or any other City road, public way, or other
property, except to the extent any such damage or loss is directly caused by the
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negligence or willful misconduct of the City, or its employees or agent performing
such work.
C. The Franchisee acknowledges that neither the City nor any other
public agency with responsibility for,firefighting, emergency rescue, public safety
or similar duties within the City has the capability to provide trench, close trench or
confined space rescue. The Franchisee, and its agents, assigns, successors, or
contractors,will make such arrangements as Franchisee deems fit for the provision
of such services. The Franchisee will hold the City harmless from any liability
arising out of or in connection with any damage or loss to the Franchisee for the
City's failure or inability to provide such services, and, pursuant to the terms of
Section 14(A), the Franchisee will indemnify the City against any and all third-party
costs, claims, injuries, damages, losses, suits, or liabilities based on the City's
failure or inability to provide such services.
Section 15. Insurance
A. The Franchisee shall carry and maintain for the duration of this
Agreement and as long as Franchisee has Facilities in the public way, insurance
against claims for injuries to persons or damage to property which may arise from
or in connection with the Agreement and use of the public way.
B. No Limitation. The Franchisee's maintenance of insurance as
required by this Agreement shall not be construed to limit the liability of the
Franchisee to the coverage provided by such insurance, or otherwise limit the
City's recourse to any remedy available at law or in equity.
C. Minimum Scope of Insurance. The Franchisee shall carry insurance
of the types and coverage described below:
1. Commercial General Liability insurance shall be provided per
ISO occurrence form CG 00 01 and shall cover liability arising from
premises, operations, stop gap liability, independent contractors, products-
completed operations, personal injury and advertising injury, and include
contractual liability coverage. There shall be no exclusion for liability arising
from explosion, collapse or underground property damage. The City shall
be included as an additional insured under the Franchisee's Commercial
General Liability insurance policy with respect this Franchise Agreement
using ISO endorsement CG 2012 if the franchise agreement is considered
a master permit as defined by RCW 35.99.010, or CG 20 26 if it is not, or
substitute endorsement providing at least as broad coverage.
2. Automobile Liability insurance covering all owned, non-
owned, hired and leased vehicles. Coverage shall be provided per
Insurance Services Office (ISO) form CA 00 01.
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3. Contractors Pollution Liability insurance shall be in effect
throughout the entire Franchise Agreement covering losses caused by
pollution conditions that arise from the operations of the Franchisee.
Contractors Pollution Liability shall cover bodily injury, property damage,
cleanup costs and defense, including costs and expenses incurred in the
investigation, defense, or settlement of claims.
4. Workers' Compensation coverage as required by the
Industrial Insurance laws of the State of Washington or be a qualified self-
insurer.
5. Excess or Umbrella Liability insurance shall be excess over
and the Franchisee's Commercial General Liability and Automobile Liability
insurance. The City shall be included as an additional insured on the
Franchisee's Excess or Umbrella Liability insurance policy by endorsement
as respects to this Agreement.
D. Minimum Amounts of Insurance. The Franchisee shall maintain the
following insurance limits:
1. Commercial General Liability insurance per ISO form CG 00
01 or equivalent shall be written with limits no less than $5,000,000 each
occurrence, $5,000,000 general aggregate.
2. Automobile Liability insurance with a minimum combined
single limit for bodily injury and property damage of $5,000,000 per
accident.
3. Contractors Pollution Liability insurance shall be written in an
amount of at least$2,000,000 per loss, with an annual aggregate of at least
$2,000,000.
4. Workers' Compensation coverage as required by the
Industrial Insurance laws of the State of Washington or be a qualified self-
insurer and employer's liability insurance with limits of not less than
$1,000,000.00 per accident/per disease, per employee/per disease, policy
limits.
5. Excess or Umbrella Liability insurance shall be written with
limits of not less than $5,000,000 per occurrence and annual aggregate.
The Excess or Umbrella Liability requirement and limits may be satisfied
instead through Franchisee's Commercial General Liability and Automobile
Liability insurance, or any combination thereof that achieves the overall
required limits.
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E. Other Insurance Provisions. Franchisee's Commercial General
Liability, Automobile Liability, Excess or Umbrella Liability, Contractors Pollution
Liability insurance policy or policies are to contain, or be endorsed to contain, that
they shall be primary insurance as respect to the City. Any insurance, self-
insurance, or self-insured pool coverage maintained by the City shall be excess of
the Franchisee's insurance and shall not contribute with it.
F. Acceptability of Insurers. Insurance is to be placed with insurers with
a current A.M. Best rating of not less than A-: VII.
G. Verification of Coverage. The Franchisee shall furnish the City with
original certificates and a copy of the amendatory endorsements, including but not
necessarily limited to the additional insured endorsement, evidencing the
insurance requirements of this Agreement. Upon request by the City, the
Franchisee shall furnish certified copies of all required insurance policies, including
endorsements, required in this Agreement and evidence of all subcontractors'
coverage.
H. Subcontractors. The Franchisee shall cause each and every
Subcontractor to provide insurance coverage that complies with all applicable
requirements of the Franchisee-provided insurance as set forth herein, except the
Franchisee shall have sole responsibility for determining the limits of coverage
required to be obtained by Subcontractors. The Franchisee shall ensure that the
City is an additional insured on each and every Subcontractor's Commercial
General liability insurance policy using an endorsement as least as broad as ISO
CG 20 26.
I. Notice of Cancellation. Franchisee shall provide the City with written
notice of any policy cancellation within ten business days of their receipt of such
notice.
J. Failure to Maintain Insurance. Failure on the part of the Franchisee
to maintain the insurance as required shall constitute a material breach of
Agreement, upon which the City may, after giving five business days' notice to the
Franchisee to correct the breach, terminate the Agreement.
K. Franchisee — Self-Insurance. Franchisee will have the right to self-
insure any or all of the above-required insurance. Any such self-insurance is
subject to approval by the City. If the Franchisee isself-insured or becomes self-
insured during the term of the Franchise Agreement, Franchisee or its affiliated
parent entity shall comply with the following: (i) Franchisee shall submit a letter to
the City stating which of the above required insurance provisions in this Section 15
Franchisee proposes to self-insure. (ii)financial statements will be made
available; (iii) Franchisee or its parent company is responsible for all payments
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within the self-insured retention; and (iv) Franchisee assumes all defense and
indemnity obligations as outlined in Section 14.
Section 16. Financial Security
The Franchisee will provide the City with a financial security in the amount
of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) running for, or renewable for, the term of
this Franchise, in a form and substance acceptable to the City. If Franchisee fails
to substantially comply with any one or more of the provisions of this Franchise,
the City may recover jointly and severally from the principal and any surety of that
financial security any damages suffered by the City as a result Franchisee's failure
to comply, including but not limited to staff time, material and equipment costs,
compensation or indemnification of third parties, and the cost of removal or
abandonment of facilities. Franchisee specifically agrees that its failure to comply
with the terms of Section 19 will constitute damage to the City in the monetary
amount set forth in that section. Any financial security will not be construed to limit
the Franchisee's liability to the security amount, or otherwise limit the City's
recourse to any remedy to which the City is otherwise entitled at law or in equity.
Section 17. Successors and Assignees
A. All the provisions, conditions, regulations and requirements
contained in this Franchise are binding upon the successors, assigns of, and
independent contractors of the Franchisee, and all rights and privileges, as well as
all obligations and liabilities of the Franchisee will inure to its successors,
assignees and contractors equally as if they were specifically mentioned herein
wherever the Franchisee is mentioned.
B. This Franchise will not be leased, assigned or otherwise alienated
without the express prior written consent of the City.
C. Franchisee and any proposed assignee or transferee will provide
and certify the following to the City not less than ninety (90) days prior to the
proposed date of transfer: (1) Complete information setting forth the nature, term
and conditions of the proposed assignment or transfer; (2)All information required
by the City of an applicant for a Franchise with respect to the proposed assignee
or transferee; and, (3) An application fee in the amount established by the City's
fee schedule, plus any other costs actually and reasonably incurred by the City in
processing, and investigating the proposed assignment or transfer.
D. Before the City's consideration of a request by Franchisee to consent
to a Franchise assignment or transfer, the proposed assignee or transferee will file
with the City a written promise to unconditionally accept all terms of the Franchise,
effective upon such transfer or assignment of the Franchise. The City is under no
obligation to undertake any investigation of the transferor's state of compliance
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and failure of the City to insist on full compliance before transfer does not waive
any right to insist on full compliance thereafter.
Section 18. Dispute Resolution
A. In the event of a dispute between the City and the Franchisee arising
by reason of this Agreement, the dispute will first be referred to the operational
officers or representatives designated by City and Franchisee to have oversight
over the administration of this Agreement. The officers or representatives will meet
within thirty (30) calendar days of either party's request for a meeting, whichever
request is first, and the parties will make a good faith effort to achieve a resolution
of the dispute.
B. If the parties fail to achieve a resolution of the dispute in this manner,
either party may then pursue any available judicial remedies. This Franchise will
be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Washington. If any suit, arbitration, or other proceeding is instituted to enforce any
term of this Agreement, the parties specifically understand and agree that venue
will be exclusively in King County, Washington. The prevailing party in any such
action will be entitled to its attorneys' fees and costs.
Section 19. Enforcement and Remedies
A. If the Franchisee willfully violates, or fails to comply with any of the.
provisions of this Franchise through willful or unreasonable negligence, or fails to
comply with any notice given to Franchisee under the provisions of this agreement,
the City may, at its discretion, provide Franchisee with written notice to cure the
breach within thirty (30) days of notification. If the City determines the breach
cannot be cured within thirty (30) days, the City may specify a longer cure period,
and condition the extension of time on Franchisee's submittal of a plan to cure the
breach within the specified period, commencement of work within the original thirty
(30) day cure period, and diligent prosecution of the work to completion. If the
breach is not cured within the specified time, or the Franchisee does not comply
with the specified conditions, the City may, at its discretion, either (1) revoke the
Franchise upon written notice thereof to Franchisee, or(2) claim damages of Two
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per day against the financial guarantee set forth
in Section 16 for every day after the expiration of the cure period that the breach
is not cured.
B. If the City determines that Franchisee is acting beyond the scope of
permission granted in this Franchise for Franchisee Facilities and Franchisee
Services, the City reserves the right to cancel this Franchise and require the
Franchisee to apply for, obtain, and comply with all applicable City permits,
franchises, or other City permissions for such actions, and if the Franchisee's
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actions are not allowed under applicable federal and state or City laws, to compel
Franchisee to cease those actions.
Section 20. Compliance with Laws and Regulations
A. This Franchise is subject to, and the Franchisee will comply with all
applicable federal, state, and City laws, regulations and policies (including all
applicable elements of the City's comprehensive plan), in conformance with federal
laws and regulations, affecting performance under this Franchise. The Franchisee
will be subject to the police power of the City to adopt and enforce general
ordinances necessary to protect the safety and welfare of thegeneral public in
relation to the rights granted in the Franchise Area.
B. The City reserves the right at any time to amend this Franchise to
conform to any federal or state statute or regulation relating to the public health,
safety, and welfare, or relating to roadway regulation, or a City Ordinance enacted
pursuant to such federal or state statute or regulation enacted, amended, or
adopted after the effective date of this Franchise if it provides Franchisee with thirty
(30) days written notice of its action setting forth the full text of the amendment and
identifying the statute, regulation, or ordinance requiring the amendment. The
amendment will become automatically effective on expiration of the notice period
unless, before expiration of that period, the Franchisee makes a written call for
negotiations over the terms of the amendment. If the parties do not reach
agreement as to the terms of the amendment within thirty (30) days of the call for
negotiations, the City may enact the proposed amendment, by incorporating the
Franchisee's concerns to the maximum extent the City deems possible.
C. The City may terminate this Franchise upon thirty (30) days written
notice to the Franchisee, if the Franchisee fails to comply with such amendment or
modification.
Section 21. License, Tax and Other Charges
This Franchise will not exempt the Franchisee from any future license, tax,
or charge which the City may adopt under authority granted to it under state or
federal law for revenue or as reimbursement for use and occupancy of the
Franchise Area.
Section 22. Consequential Damages Limitation
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in no event will
either party be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, punitive, reliance,
consequential or similar damages.
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Section 23. Severability
If any portion of this Franchise is deemed invalid, the remainder portions
will remain in effect.
Section 24. Titles
The section titles used are for reference only and should not be used for the
purpose of interpreting this Franchise.
Section 25. Implementation.
The Mayor is authorized to implement those administrative procedures necessary
to carry out the directions of this legislation.
Section 26. Entire Agreement
This Agreement, as subject to the appropriate city, state, and federal laws,
codes, and regulations, and the attachments hereto represent the entire
understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the subject
matter and it supersedes all prior oral negotiations between the parties. All
previous Agreements between the parties pertaining to Franchisee's operation of
its Facilities are hereby superseded.
Section 27. Effective date.
This Ordinance will take effect and be in force five (5) days from and after
its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
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EXHIBIT "B"
STATEMENT OF ACCEPTANCE
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby
accepts and agrees to be bound by all lawful terms, conditions and provisions of
the Franchise attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC,
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On this o� lday of At , 2022, before me the undersigned, a
Notary Public in and for the State of Oregon , duly commissioned and sworn,
personally appeared, Wayne Wooten the Director of AT&T
Mobility Corporation, the Manager of New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC, the
company that executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged
the said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said company, for
the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and on oath stated that he/she is
authorized to execute said instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal
on the date hereinabove set forth.
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MY COMMISSION EXPIRES: 5/16/2023
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