Title
Salt River Project Construction License for Baseline Road Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment from Loop 202 to Interstate 10 - ST89360036 (Ordinance S-47886)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a Construction License with Salt River Project for fiber optic installations on Baseline Road from Loop 202 to Interstate 10. Further request the City Council to grant an exception pursuant to Phoenix City Code 42-20 to authorize inclusion in the documents pertaining to this transaction of indemnification and assumption of liability provisions that otherwise should be prohibited by Phoenix City Code 42-18.
Report
Summary
The purpose of this license is to allow the City to install fiber optic cable that will require 39 irrigation crossings, 1 canal crossing, and include 8 pull boxes as well as 13,325 feet of cable that will run parallel with Salt River Project irrigation facilities. This work is in conjunction with City Project ST89360036 Baseline Road Fiber Optic Cable and Equipment Loop 202 to Interstate 10.
Contract Term
The term of the Construction License is one year, effective when the City begins construction, expected to be late August 2021.
Financial Impact
There is no financial impact to the City of Phoenix for this license.
Location
Baseline Road from Loop 202 to Interstate 10.
Council Districts: 6, 7 and 8
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Street Transportation Department.