HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 8415 RESOLUTION NO. 8415
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION APPROVING AN EXEMPTION TO CENTURYLINK TO
AERIALLY DEPLOY FIBER OPTIC FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
WHEREAS, Section 911.05 of the Mounds View City Code requires that "permanent
replacement, relocation or reconstruction of utilities be located and maintained underground;
and,
WHEREAS, Section 911.05 of the Code provides discretion to the City Council to allow
exemptions to the requirements in situations where undergrounding is not technically or
economically feasible; and,
WHEREAS, CenturyLink asserts that it would not be economically feasible to deploy fiber
facilities underground while their copper facilities would remain above ground and requested
Council support for the exemption pursuant to Section 911.05; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council agrees that economic feasibility challenges would exist and
persist by maintaining two separate and redundant facilities in the City, one above ground and
the other below ground.
NOW,THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Mounds View City Council approves
an exemption for CenturyLink, pursuant to its authority to do so in Section 911.05 of the Mounds
View City Code, to allow for fiber optic facilities to be deployed aerially in the City, subject to the
following:
1. CenturyLink, its subsidiaries, contractors, or subcontractor working on the company's
behalf, shall obtain Right of Way Permits from the City for each contiguous build out
area, shall pay the required fees and shall work in compliance with all permit and City
Code requirements.
2. This exemption shall not apply in areas where no other aerial utilities are present.
3. This exemption shall not supersede or take precedence over any subsequent lawful
action that would otherwise require undergrounding of utilities.
4. This exemption only applies to the proposed work being conducted in 2015.
Adopted this 8th day of June, 2015.
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ATTEST:
James Ericson, City Administrator
(seal)