Req.#13032
O"INANCE NO. 2 8 016
AN ORDINANCE relating to cable communications and franchise services;
I amending the nonexclusive right, privilege, authority, and limited franchise
2 previously granted to the Port of Tacoma to construct, operate, maintain,
remove, replace, and repair fiber-optic communications facilities in
3 designated areas of City right-of-way, together with equipment and
appurtenances for the transmission of data within and through those certain
4 right-of-way areas, streets, and public property, adding additional areas of
City right-of-way to the franchise, together with corresponding obligations.
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6 WHEREAS, on July 13, 2010, the City Council passed Ordinance
7 No. 27898, granting to the Port of Tacoma ("Port") a limited franchise for the
8 occupancy and use of designated areas of public right-of-way for private
9 communication systems; and prescribing charges, terms, and conditions for the
10 construction, maintenance, and repair of such systems, and
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WHEREAS, on July 20, 2010, the Port accepted the grant of said franchise,
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and
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14 WHEREAS the Port now desires to amend its franchise with the City in
1 5 order to expand the boundaries of its Franchised Area, as such term is defined in
16 the franchise, and as further set forth herein, and
1 7 WHEREAS, in response to the Port's request for amendment to its
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franchise, City staff has negotiated the necessary revisions to contractual and l...
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