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Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to: (1) Execute a Professional Services Agreement and a License Agreement (the "Agreements") With XG Communities, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company DBA 5 BARS Communities ("5 BARS") Each for a Term Of Five Years With Four Five-Year Extensions for Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Consulting, Marketing and Management and Services for City Assets in Exchange for a Thirty-Five Percent (35%) Share of Generated Revenue and (2) Execute Auxiliary Documents and to Perform Any and All Acts Necessary or Desirable to Permit 5 BARS to Perform the Services. (Information Technology 2611)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Adoption of Resolution to Authorize the City Manager to: (1) Execute a Professional Services Agreement and a License Agreement (the "Agreements") With XG Communities, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company DBA 5 BARS Communities ("5 BARS") Each for a Term Of Five Years With Four Five-Year Extensions for Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Consulting, Marketing and Management and Services for City Assets in Exchange for a Thirty-Five Percent (35%) Share of Generated Revenue and (2) Execute Auxiliary Documents and to Perform Any and All Acts Necessary or Desirable to Permit 5 BARS to Perform the Services.
BACKGROUND
The use of wireless data communication is growing rapidly and the expectations of continuous data connectivity from residents, businesses, and visitors are on the rise in all segments of society. The traditional approaches to increase capacity, such as large stand-alone cellular towers, are no longer adequate to meet the increased demand for wireless data. As wireless carriers look to densify existing networks, it is estimated that the wireless industry will deploy hundreds of thousands of small cells in urban areas.
The wireless industry sponsored California Senate Bill (SB) 649 will limit local control ...
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