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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Municipal Pole Installation and Maintenance Agreement or Agreements with PA CLEC, LLC. ("Crown Castle") to construct and maintain distributed antenna systems ("DAS") in the City of Pittsburgh public right of way.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Pittsburgh City Code Title IV, Public Places and Property, Article II, Telecommunications, Chapter 427, Telecommunications Systems in the Public Rights-of-Way, Crown Castle has applied to amend their telecommunications license to construct and maintain distributed antenna systems in the City's public right of way; and
WHEREAS, in order to construct the distributed antenna systems, Crown Castle has proposed remove certain City street lights and to replace them with new street light poles that accommodate a DAS in the base of each light pole; and
WHEREAS, the City now seeks to enter into a Municipal Pole Installation and Maintenance Agreement with Crown Castle to set forth terms relating to the construction and maintenance of DAS street light poles; and
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works are hereby authorized to enter into a Municipal Pole Installation and Maintenance Agreement or Agreements with Crown Castle to construct and maintain 8 locations and in a distributed antenna system in the public right of way as detailed in Exhibit A. The Municipal Pole Installation and Maintenance Agreement shall be approved by the City Solicitor as to form and substance.