Title
Interstate Telecommunications Services License to MCI Communications Services, Inc. (Ordinance S-44472)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute a nonexclusive, revocable license with MCI Communications Services, Inc. to construct, install, operate, maintain and use a telecommunications system in, under, over, and across public rights-of-way in the City of Phoenix. There is no cost to the City.
Report
Summary
The license will be for a period of five years, contain appropriate insurance and indemnification provisions, require a performance bond and a security fund, provide for terms of transfer and revocation, and provide for compensation for the commercial use of public rights-of-way while permitting the City to manage the rights-of-way.
Contract Term
The request is for a five-year renewal of an existing five-year Interstate Telecommunications Services License that was granted on April 27, 2013 (Contract 136359).
Financial Impact
There is no cost to the City. Licensee will pay an annual fee based on a formula using linear footage and the Consumer Price Index.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Street Transportation Department.