HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2016-82 - Verizon Wireless Master License Agreement - 07/19/2016 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY,MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2016-82
A RESOLUTION APPROVING MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
VERIZON WIRELESS AND THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA
WHEREAS, small cell technology is becoming increasingly essential to provide the public with
adequate mobile cellular service; and
WHEREAS, small cell facilities work as a companion to large mobile macro sites traditionally
scene on water towers, high-rise buildings or stand alone antennae; and
WHEREAS, small cells sites help offload targeted traffic from a mobile network by providing the
first and last 1,000 feet of transmission, and are then connected via fiber optics to macro sites
where the transmission can then go global; and
WHEREAS, small cell sites provide the needed coverage in dark areas that lack coverage or in
high traffic areas that need additional support infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, small cell facilities are permitted to be located within the right-of-way; and
WHEREAS,this master license agreement would allow for the co-location of public utility
facilities within the right-of-way which is in the interest of the public; and
WHEREAS, in many cases the small cell installation will result in the removal of an existing high
pressure sodium street light that will be replaced with a new energy efficient LED street light.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Eden Prairie City Council:
1. This master license agreement details the general conditions for future Verizon Wireless
small cell site installations on city infrastructure or on city property.
2. Prior to the construction of a small cell site, Verizon Wireless and the city would need to
enter into a license supplement agreement that would detail specific design components at
that location.
3. In exchange for allowing Verizon Wireless to locate on a city street light, the city will
receive lease payments for each license supplement agreement executed.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on July19, 2016.
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ATTEST: SEAL
Kathle Porta, City Clerk