Laserfiche WebLink
<br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 8415 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING AN EXEMPTION TO CENTURYLINK TO <br />AERIAL LY DEPLOY FIBER OPTIC FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 911.05 of the Mounds View City Code requires that “permanent <br />replacement, relocation or reconstruction of utilities be located and maintained <br />underground; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 911.05 of the Code provides discretion to the City Council to <br />allow exemptions to the requirements in situations where undergrounding is not technically <br />or economically feasible; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, CenturyLink asserts that it would not be economically feasible to deploy <br />fiber facilities underground while their copper facilities would remain above ground and <br />requested Council support for the exemption pursuant to Section 911.05; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council agrees that economic feasibility challenges would exist <br />and persist by maintaining two separate and redundant facilities in the City, one above <br />ground and the other below ground. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Mounds View City Council <br />approves an exemption for CenturyLink, pursuant to its authority to do so in Section 911.05 <br />of the Mounds View City Code, to allow for fiber optic facilities to be deployed aerially in the <br />City, subject to the following: <br /> <br />1. CenturyLink, its subsidiaries, contractors, or subcontractor working on the <br />company’s behalf, shall obtain Right of Way Permits from the City for each <br />contiguous build out area, shall pay the required fees and shall work in <br />compliance with all permit and City Code requirements. <br />2. This exemption shall not apply where CenturyLink’s facilities are already located <br />underground or where CenturyLink facilities do not presently exist. <br />3. This exemption shall not supersede or take precedence over any subsequent <br />lawful action that would otherwise require undergrounding of utilities. <br /> <br />Adopted this 11th day of May, 2015. <br /> <br /> _______________________________ <br /> Joe Flaherty, Mayor <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> _______________________________ <br />James Ericson, City Administrator <br /> <br />(seal) <br />