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BROOKS 11 FIBER ...gar PROPERTIES, INC. May 7, 1997 Mr. Joel R. Hanson Administrator City of Little Canada 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 Re: Little Canada/Brooks Fiber Communications Right -of -Way Agreement Dear Mr. Hanson: I am writing to you today to provide yourself and any interested members of your city council with supplemental information regarding the nature of our route of construction within the City of Little Canada. In particular, much attention has been given to Section 3 {c} of the Right -of -Way Agreement we have entered into, especially in regard to the language regarding placement of our fiber optic cable system underground unless otherwise agreed to by the City. Pursuant to this Section, we are hereby requesting approval of overhead placement based on the following information. As a matter of technical limitations we will be utilizing right -of -way by attaching to existing NSP poles as provided in the original construction map drawings we have previously made available. In particular, we will be attaching in the approved communications space allotted on the existing poles. (Please see Exhibit 1 for a Typical of Fiber Optic Cable Attachments) We have a joint pole attachment agreement with Northern States Power which allows us this particular type of access. Obviously this method of construction is less expensive than undergound placement and it can be completed in a much more timely manner. From an economic stance it makes much better business sense for our company and allows us to project completion within the tight time -frame we have for completion of our backbone loop. From solely a strict cost perspective the capital expenditure associated with the burying of cable versus aerial placement is 110% more expensive. Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc. 425 Woods Mill Road South / Suite 300 Town & Country, Missouri 63017 314 878 -1616 Fax 314 878 -3211 Page 38