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Ordinance 1993-59 ORDINANCE NO. I/~ ~a1 AN ORDINANCE WHEREBY THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AND GTE SOUTHWEST INCORPORATED AGREE THAT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPERATING ITS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS, THE TELEPHONE COMPANY SHALL CONSTRUCT, ERECT, BUILD, EQUIP, OWN, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN , ALONG, UNDER, OVER AND ACROSS THE STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS, BRIDGES, VIADUCTS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS OF THE CITY, SUCH POSTS, POLES, WIRES, CABLES, CONDUITS AND OTHER APPLIANCES, STRUCTURES AND FIXTURES NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT FOR RENDITION OF TELEPHONE AND OTHER COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN SAID CITY AND FOR CONDUCTING A GENERAL LOCAL AND LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE BUSINESS; PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE TELEPHONE COMPANY'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS; PRESCRIBING THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION DUE THE CITY UNDER THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING AN INDEMNITY CLAUSE; SPECIFYING GOVERNING LAWS; PROVIDING FOR ASSIGNMENT; PROVIDING FOR A PERIOD OF AGREEMENT; PROVIDING FOR FUTURE CONTINGENCIES; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR EXCLUSION OF VIDEO SERVICES; PROVIDING FOR RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS UNDER PRIOR ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION; PROVIDING FOR A LIMITATIONS PERIOD; WYLIE2.NEW 1 12/13/93 PROVIDING FOR VENUE; PROVIDING FOR METHOD OF ACCEPTANCE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, GTE Southwest Incorporated, hereinafter referred to as the Telephone Company, is now and has been engaged in the telecommunications business in the State of Texas and in furtherance thereof, has erected and maintained certain items of its physical plant in the City of Wylie, Texas, hereinafter referred to as the City, for many years pursuant to such rights as have been granted it by and under the laws of the State of Texas, and subject to the reasonable exercise of the police powers granted by and under said laws to the City; and WHEREAS, the Telephone Company has operated its telecommunications business in the City under successive ordinances of the City, the last of which was Ordinance Number 80-17, adopted November 11, 1980, which provided compensation to the City for the superintendence of that agreement based upon a percentage of gross receipts/revenues received by the Telephone Company from certain local services rendered within the corporate limits of the City; and WHEREAS, it is recognized by the parties hereto that changes in the telecommunications industry, changes in technology, changes in state and federal law, and changes in the accounting practices mandated by the Uniform System of Accounts promulgated by WYLIE2.NEW 2 12/13/93 the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") , along with regulatory requirements of the Public utility Commission of Texas ("PUC"), have caused the traditional method of determining the amount of compensation to municipalities to become impractical for telecommunications utilities. In order to address these issues in a manner beneficial to both the City and the Telephone Company, the City and the Telephone Company have chosen the method of determining the amount of compensation provided for in this Ordinance to eliminate the expense and time related to audits, to achieve administrative simplicity, to provide the City with predictable revenues and an opportunity for growth and to avoid the expense and delays of litigation which could be necessary to resolve any issues in controversy between the parties; and WHEREAS, it is to the mutual advantage of both the City and the Telephone Company that an agreement should be entered into between the Telephone Company and the City establishing the conditions under which the Telephone Company shall maintain and construct its physical plant in the public rights-of-way within the City's corporate limits in the future; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, THAT: WYLIE2.NEW 3 12/13/93 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS Whenever used in this Ordinance, the following words and terms shall have the definitions and meanings provided in this section: ( a) FACILITIES: All Telephone Company duct spaces, manholes, poles, conduits, underground and overhead passageways, and other equipment, structures and appurtenances and all associated Transmission Media, which are located in the City Rights-of-Way. (b) TRANSMISSION MEDIA: All Telephone Company cables, fibers, wires or other physical devices used to transmit and/or receive communication signals, whether analog, digital or of other characteristics, and whether for voice or data or other purposes, which are located in the City Rights-of-Way. (c) RIGHTS-OF-WAY: All present and future streets, avenues, highways, alleys, bridges, viaducts and public grounds within the city limits of the City. (d) CITY: The City of Wylie, Texas. (e) Teleohone Comoanv: GTE Southwest Incorporated. SECTION 2. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF TELEPHONE PLANT AND SERVICE Pursuant to the laws of the State of Texas, the Telephone Company has the non-exclusive right and privilege to use and occupy the WYLIE2.NEW 4 12/13/93 public rights-of-way ~n the City for the operation of a telecommunications system. The Telephone Company's facilities and Transmission Media used in or incident to the provision of telecommunications service and to the maintenance of a telecommunications business by the Telephone Company in the City shall remain as now constructed, subject to such changes as under the conditions prescribed in this Ordinance may be considered necessary to the public health and safety by the City in the exercise of its lawful police powers and such changes and extensions as may be considered necessary by the Telephone Company in the pursuit of its telecommunications business. The terms of this Ordinance shall apply throughout the City, and shall include the provision of telecommunications services in any newly annexed areas upon the effective date of such annexation. SECTION 3. SUPERVISION BY CITY OF LOCATION OF POLES AND CONDUITS All poles to be placed shall be of sound material and reasonably straight, and shall be so set that they will not interfere with the flow of water to any gutter or drain, and so that the same will interfere as little as practicable with the ordinary travel on the street or sidewalk. The location and route of all poles, stubs, guys, anchors, conduits, cables and any other facilities to be placed and constructed by the Telephone Company in the construction and maintenance of its telecommunications system in the City, and the location of all conduits to be laid by the Telephone Company within the limits of the City under this Ordinance, shall be WYLIE2.NEW 5 12/13/93 subject to the reasonable and proper regulation , control and direction of the City Councilor of any City official to whom such duties have been or may be delegated. Nothing in this Ordinance is intended to add to or detract from any authority granted by the Legislature of the State of Texas to the City. SECTION 4. ATTACHMENTS TO POLES AND SPACE IN DUCTS Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be construed to require or permit any pole attachments for electric light or power wires or communications facilities or systems not provided by the Telephone Company to be attached to the Telephone Company's poles or other physical plant or placed in the Telephone Company's conduit. If the City desires pole attachments for electric light or power wires or communications facilities or systems not provided by the Telephone Company, or if the City desires to place communications facilities or systems not provided by the Telephone Company in any Telephone Company duct, then a further separate, noncontingent agreement shall be prerequisite to such attachment(s) or such use of any duct by the City. Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall obligate or restrict the Telephone Company in exercising its rights voluntarily to enter into pole attachment, pole usage, joint ownership or other wire space or facilities agreements with light and/or power companies or with other wire-using companies which are WYLIE2.NEW 6 12/13/93 authorized to operate within the City. SECTION 5. STREETS TO BE RESTORED TO GOOD CONDITION The surface of any street, avenue, alley, highway, viaduct or public ground within the City disturbed by the Telephone Company in building, constructing, renewing, or maintaining its telecommunications system shall be restored to substantially the same state and condition as the same existed prior to disturbance by the Telephone Company within a reasonable time after completion of the work in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Code of Ordinances and maintained to the satisfaction of the City Council, or of any City official to whom such duties have been or may be delegated, for a period of one (1) year following completion of the restoration, after which time responsibility for the maintenance shall revert to the City. No such street, avenue, alley, highway, viaduct or public ground shall be encumbered for a longer period than shall be necessary to execute the work. SECTION 6. TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF AERIAL WIRES The Telephone Company on the request of any person shall remove or raise or lower its wires within the City temporarily to permit the moving of houses or other bulky structures. The expense of such temporary removal, raising or lowering of wires shall be paid by the benefitted party or parties, and the Telephone Company may require such payment in advance. The Telephone Company shall be given not less than forty-eight (48) hours advance notice to WYLIE2.NEW 7 12/13/93 arrange for such temporary wire changes. The clearance of w~res above ground shall conform to the basic standards of the National Electrical Safety Code, National Bureau of Standards, united States Department of Commerce, as promulgated at the time of erection thereof. SECTION 7. TREE TRIMMING In the pursuit of maintaining its telecommunications system, the Telephone Company, its contractors, agents, successors and assigns shall have the right to trim trees upon and overhanging the streets, avenues, alleys, bridges, viaducts and public grounds of the City, so as to prevent the branches of such trees from coming in contact with the wires, cables or other facilities of the Telephone Company, and when so ordered by the City, said trimming shall be done under the supervision and direction of the City Councilor of any City official to whom said duties have been or may be delegated. SECTION 8. COMPENSATION TO THE CITY (a) As compensation for the Telephone Company's use and occupancy of the City's rights-of-way and for the City's oversight and supervision of such use and occupancy, in consideration for all other agreements and promises made herein by the City and in lieu of and in full compensation for any lawful tax, license, charge, right-of-way permit fee or inspection fee, whether charged to the WYLIE2.NEW 8 12/13/93 Telephone Company or its contractor(s), or any right-of-way easement or street or alley rental or franchise tax or other character of charge for the use and occupancy of the rights-of-way within the City, except the usual general ad valorem taxes, special assessments in accordance with State law or sales taxes now or hereafter levied by the City in accordance with State laws, the City hereby imposes upon the Telephone Company, and the Telephone Company agrees to pay, an annual fee (the "Annual Fee".) The amount of the "Annual Fee" for the first twelve month period ("year") following the effective date of this Ordinance shall be $50,000. In no event shall the "Annual Fee" be less than the above amount for each year this Ordinance is in effect, except as provided in the case of disannexation as set forth in paragraph 8(e), or as provided in Section 13 herein. The Telephone Company will bill the "Annual Fee" pro rata, to its customers residing within the corporate limits of the City. The ,\,. pro rata charge to each customer shall be calculated as follows: Not later than the date the Telephone Company accepts this Ordinance, and three months prior to each subsequent anniversary date of this Ordinance, the Telephone Company shall determine the "Customer Fee." To determine the "Customer Fee", the "Annual Fee" shall be divided by twelve (12); the result shall then be divided by the sum of the weighted local exchange access lines as determined by applying appropriate allocation factors to the number of access lines in each class of service. The resultant will be WYLIE2.NEW 9 '\\' the "Customer Fee." For purposes of this calculation, "local exchange access lines" shall be defined as residence, single line business, multi-line business, Centrex, Centranet, key lines and PABX trunks. The number of such access lines shall be determined for the end of the month prior to the month in which this agreement is finally passed by the City. Each residential customer shall pay for each residential local exchange access line, a monthly amount ",. equal to the "Customer Fee." Each business customer shall pay for each business local exchange access line a monthly amount weighted and calculated according to the business customer's class of service. The Telephone Company shall annually adjust its billings to customers to account for any undercollection or overcollection of the "Annual Fee" due the City. '\\' For the second and subsequent years while this Ordinance remains in effect, the "Annual Fee" shall be increased by a Growth Factor of six (6) percent per year. This adjustment for the Growth Factor will be made effective as of each anniversary date of this Ordinance. (b) The "Annual Fee" for each year shall be paid in four equal payments. The due dates shall be February 28, May 31, August 31 and November 30 of each year. The first payment under this Ordinance is due on May 31, 1994. In the event of any over or WYLIE2.NEW 10 .\" undercollection from customers, then the Telephone Company may make a pro rata credit or charge to the customer billing for affected customers at the end of each calendar year. No such adjustment may be made more than 150 days following the date of expiration of this Ordinance. If, however, it is impractical to credit any overcollection to customers, then such overcollection shall be paid to the City and credited to the next year's "Annual Fee", and the Customer Fee appropriately adjusted to reflect such credit. (c) Payment of the "Annual Fee" shall not relieve the Telephone Company from paying all applicable municipally-owned utility service charges. Should the City not have the legal power to agree that the payment of the foregoing charge shall be in lieu of the taxes, licenses, charges, rights-of-way permit or inspection fees, rentals, rights-of-way easements or franchise taxes as described in Section 8(a) above, then the City agrees that it will apply so much of such payments as may be necessary to the satisfaction of the Telephone Company's obligation, if any, to pay any such taxes, licenses, charges, rights-of-way permit or inspection fees, rentals, rights-of-way easements or franchise taxes. (d) In the event that either (1) territory within the boundaries of the City shall be disannexed and a new incorporated municipality created which includes such territory or (2) an entire, existing incorporated municipality shall be consolidated or annexed into the WYLIE2.NEW 11 12/13/93 City, then notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the Annual Fee shall be adjusted. To accomplish this adjustment, within sixty (60) days following the action effecting a disannexation/annexation as described above, the City shall provide the Telephone Company with maps of the affected area(s) showing the new boundaries of the City. In the event of an annexation as described above, the Annual Fee paid to the City will be adjusted to include the amount of the Annual Fee paid by the Telephone Company to the existing incorporated municipality being annexed. In the event that the annexed municipality had no ordinance imposing an Annual Fee or in the event of a disannexation, then the adjustment to the Annual Fee will be made based on the City's net gain or loss of telephone subscribers using the same methodology prescribed in section 10(a) above. The effective date of the adjustment shall be within 120 days following the annexation/disannexation action by the City, provided that the City will have supplied the appropriate annexation/disannexation maps to the Telephone Company in accordance with the provisions herein. SECTION 9. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS The rights, powers, limitations, duties and restrictions herein provided for shall inure to and be binding upon the parties hereto WYLIE2.NEW 12 12/13/93 and upon their respective successors and assigns. SECTION 10. PERIOD OF AGREEMENT This agreement shall be in full force and effect for the period beginning with the effective date hereof and ending five (5) years after such date. This Ordinance shall be extended for an additional five (5) year period unless either party notifies the other party in writing, delivered no less than ninety (90) days prior to the last day of the initial term, that it declines to renew this Ordinance. SECTION 11. MUTUAL RELEASES The City hereby fully releases, discharges, settles and compromises any and all claims which the City has made or could have made arising out of or connected with Ordinance Number 80-17, adopted November 11, 1980, and renewed or extended from time to time thereafter, and its predecessor ordinances, if any, (hereinafter referred to collectively as "Ordinance 80-17" This full and complete release of claims for any matters under Ordinance 80-17 shall be for the benefit of GTE Southwest Incorporated; its parent; its affiliates; their directors, officers and employees; successors and assigns; and includes any and all claims, actions, causes of action and controversies, presently known or unknown, arising directly or indirectly out of or connected with the Telephone Company's obligations to the City pursuant to the provisions of WYLIE2.NEW 13 12/13/93 Ordinance 80-17. GTE Southwest Incorporated, its parent, affiliates, successors and assigns hereby fully release, discharge, settle and compromise any and all claims, actions, causes of action or controversies heretofore made or which could have been made, known or unknown, against the City, its officers or its employees, arising directly or indirectly out of or connected with any matters under Ordinance 80-17. It is the intent of the City and the Telephone Company to enter into the foregoing mutual releases in order to reach a compromise that is acceptable to both the City and the Telephone Company. This Ordinance and the mutual release set forth in this Section represent a compromise of each party's claims as well as each party's defenses, and is not intended to be and is not an admission of liability or vulnerability by either party to the other with respect to either the claims or the defenses asserted or which could be asserted against the other. SECTION 12. FUTURE CONTINGENCIES Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance to the contrary, in the event that (1) this Ordinance or any part hereof, (2) any tariff provision by which the Telephone Company seeks to collect the charge imposed by this Ordinance, or (3) any procedure provided in this Ordinance, or (4) any compensation due the City under this Ordinance, becomes, or is declared or determined by judicial, administrative or legislative authority exercising its WYLIE2.NEW 14 12/13/93 jurisdiction to be excessive, unrecoverable, unenforceable, void, unlawful or otherwise inapplicable, in whole or in part, the Telephone Company and the City shall meet and negotiate in good faith to obtain a new ordinance that is in compliance with the authority's decision or enactment; and, unless explicitly prohibited, the new ordinance shall provide the City with a level of compensation comparable to that set forth in this Ordinance so long as such compensation is recoverable by the Telephone Company in a mutually agreed manner permitted by law for the unexpired portion of the term of this Ordinance. SECTION 13. GOVERNING LAW (a) This Ordinance shall be construed in accordance with the City Charter and City Codes in effect on the date of passage of this Ordinance to the extent that such Charter and Codes are not in conflict with or in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States or the State of Texas. (b) This Ordinance shall be construed and deemed to have been negotiated at arms length and drafted by the combined efforts of the City and the Telephone Company. SECTION 14. ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Parties hereto agree that any claim, cause of action or other dispute based upon or arising out of this Agreement (a "dispute") WYLIE2.NEW 15 12/13/93 shall be conducted, decided, determined and/or resolved pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this section. The parties desire to resolve disputes arising out of this Ordinance without litigation. Accordingly, in the event of any dispute hereunder, the parties hereto agree to attempt in good faith to resolve their dispute between themselves. At the written request of a party, each party will appoint a knowledgeable, responsible representative to meet and negotiate in good faith to resolve any dispute arising under this Ordinance. The parties intend that these negotiations be conducted by non-lawyer, business representatives. (b) Except for action seeking a temporary restraining order or injunction related the purposes of this Ordinance, or suit to compel compliance with this dispute resolution process, the parties agree to use the following alternative dispute resolution procedure, and also agree not to sue any party to this Ordinance with respect to any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Ordinance or its breach prior to exhausting the procedures set out in this Section. (c) In the event of any dispute hereunder, the Parties hereto agree to attempt in good faith to resolve their dispute between themselves. If the Parties are unable to settle their dispute within sixty (60) days of the initial request, either party may, on written notice to the other party, initiate non-binding mediation before a single mediator affiliated with Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. ( "JAMS" ) in Dallas County, Texas, or another mediation service mutually agreeable to the parties. WYLIE2.NEW 16 12/13/93 Mediation is a forum in which an impartial person, the Mediator, facilitates communication between the Parties to promote reconciliation, settlement, or understanding among them. A Mediator may not impose his own judgment on the issues for that of the Parties. Unless expressly authorized by the Parties, the Mediator may not disclose to either party information given in confidence by the other and shall at all times maintain confidentiality with respect to communications relating to the subject matter of the dispute. Unless the Parties agree otherwise, all matters, including the conduct and demeanor of the Parties and their counsel during mediation, are confidential and shall be inadmissible as settlement discussion pursuant to Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of Evidence or the applicable state rules. The Mediator shall be selected by agreement of the Parties within thirty (30) days after a Party first requests mediation of the other. If a single mediator cannot be agreed upon, then each Party shall select its own Mediator from those on the JAMS or other mutually acceptable mediation service's approved list; those two mediators will then select a third independent Mediator who will conduct the mediation session ( s ) . The Mediator's fees will be borne equally by both Parties. In the event mediation is requested, the applicable statutes of limitations shall be automatically tolled until the Mediator declares an impasse. SECTION 15. LIMITATIONS PERIOD The City and the Telephone Company mutually agree that any dispute, WYLIE2.NEW 17 12/13/93 claim or cause of action one party may have against the other party arising from or in any way related to this Agreement must be brought to the attention of the other party, by written notice received no later than four (4) years from the date of the act or ~ omission giving rise to the dispute, claim or cause of action; otherwise, such dispute, claim or cause of action shall be waived and the party asserting such dispute, claim or cause of action shall be barred from pursuing the same. SECTION 16. EXCLUSION OF VIDEO SERVICES This Ordinance does not authorize the Telephone Company to provide cable television or other video programming service as a cable operator in the City. SECTION 17. INDEMNITY The Telephone Company shall indemnify and hold the City harmless from all costs, expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees) and damages to persons or property arising directly or indirectly out of the construction, maintenance or operation of the Telephone Company's facilities, to the extent such costs, expenses and damages are found to be caused by the negligence of the Telephone Company. The Telephone Company shall have no duty to indemnify the City for any costs, expenses, or damages to the extent such costs, expenses, or damages are found to be caused by the negligence of any other person or entity. This provision is not intended to create a cause of action or liability for the benefit of third WYLIE2.NEW 18 12/13/93 parties but is solely for the benefit of the Telephone Company and the City. SECTION 18. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS All other ordinances and agreements and parts of agreements and ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance, specifically including, without limitation, Ordinance No. 80-17, are hereby repealed. SECTION 19. VENUE Venue for any proceeding under this Agreement shall be in Collin County, Texas. SECTION 20. NOTICE For any purposes related to this Ordinance, notice to the City shall be to: City Manager City of Wylie, Texas P. O. Box 428 Wylie, Texas 75098 Notice to the Company shall be to: Area Manager-Municipal Affairs GTE Southwest Incorporated P.O. Box 1001 MC TXD01214 San Angelo, TX 76902 WYLIE2.NEW 19 12/13/93 Notice will be effective upon delivery at the above addresses until the City or the Company notifies the other, in writing, of a change of address. SECTION 21. PARTIAL INVALITY AND REPEAL PROVISIONS If any Section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be illegal, ultra vires or unconstitutional, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. Section 22. MOST FAVORED CITY PROVISION This ordinance governing street use may be amended at any time by the mutual written agreement of the City and the Telephone Company. It is understood that the Telephone Company is currently in the process of negotiating similar ordinances and agreements with other cities throughout the State. It is understood and agreed if an ordinance or agreement governing street use with another city in this state contains a provision which the City feels would be more advantageous to it than the terms hereof, the City may require that portion of this Ordinance be reopened for negotiation and the Telephone Company agrees to amend this Ordinance so as to provide similar provisions for the City. The intent of the parties is that the City will be entitled to treatment comparable to that which was afforded under the ordinance or agreement with the other city giving due consideration to the contextual meaning of the provision on which renegotiation is sought and the effect of the proposed WYLIE2.NEW 20 12/13/93 amendment result in a higher level produced by the methodologies utilized by the Telephone Company to calculate compensation to other cities ~n Texas nor may an amendment be applied retroactively. For the purpose of this section, the Telephone Company shall, on request of the City, provide the City a copy of any street use ordinance, franchise or similar agreement it enters into with any Texas city during the term of this ordinance. SECTION 23. ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT The Telephone Company shall have sixty (60) days from and after the passage and approval of this Ordinance to file its written acceptance thereof with the City Secretary. Upon such filing, this Ordinance shall take effect and the effective date of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be the first day of the calendar quarter in which the acceptance is filed and it shall be in force from and after such date, and shall effectuate and make binding the agreement provided by the terms hereof. APPROVED this , A.D. 19...1L. ATTEST: ~f1/~/.v City Sere ary WYLIE2.NEW 21 12/13/93 The City, acting herein by its duly constituted authorities, hereby waives the three separate meetings and hereby declares the foregoing Ordinance passed and finally effective as of this day of , 19 MAYOR Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member WYLIE2.NEW 22 12/13/93 The above and foregoing ordinance read, adopted on first reading amJ/ .Gassed to{i)e~ing bY;7it',e following votes,. this the ~day of J J , 19,. , at a regular sess~on of the City Council. ~ fli1uJ c4tUW~ 71~ ~ voting d?k /1 (/ voting ~ a~ Mayor, voting Council Member, Council Member, Council Member, voting Council Member, voting Council Member, voting The above and foregoing ordinance readiJa opted on the second re~ding ~~eeea ~e~~~reeaiR~-~ the following vot7s, th~s the day of , 19lf , at a regular sess~on of the City Council. ~ Mayor, voting Council Member, Council Member, voting Council Member, voting Council Member, voting Council Member, voting ~ II e an foregoing ordinance read, adopt the third the following votes, this the day of , 19___, at a regular session of the City Council. Mayor, voting Council Member, voting Council Member, voting Council Member, voting Council Member, voting Council Member, voting WYLIE2.NEW 23 12/13/93 STATE OF TEXAS s s s COUNTY OF COLLIN .... I, ~ ~~ , Cit.y Secret.ary of t.he City of Wylie, Texas, do er y ertify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the right-of-way rental agreement between the City of Wylie, Texas, and GTE Southwest Incorporated as indicated herein. The same is now recorded in Volume , Page ____, of the Ordinance Records of the City of Wylie, Texas. ^_ {,ITNESS MY HAND this the l!tLday of fA(1'~ A.D. 19...:flf , .... ~~t/f~ Ci S re ary (Seal) 24 12/13/93 ACCEPTANCE WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, did on the II#. day of 6/JJJUAA-.,'1 , 194, enact an Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE WHEREBY THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AND GTE SOUTHWEST INCORPORATED AGREE THAT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPERATING ITS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS, THE TELEPHONE COMPANY SHALL CONSTRUCT, ERECT, BUILD, EQUIP, OWN, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN, ALONG, UNDER, OVER AND ACROSS THE STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS, BRIDGES, VIADUCTS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS OF THE CITY, SUCH POSTS, POLES, WIRES, CABLES, CONDUITS AND OTHER APPLIANCES, STRUCTURES AND FIXTURES NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT FOR RENDITION OF TELEPHONE AND OTHER COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN SAID CITY AND FOR CONDUCTING A GENERAL LOCAL AND LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE BUSINESS; PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY FOR THE TELEPHONE COMPANY'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS; PRESCRIBING THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION DUE THE CITY UNDER THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING AN INDEMNITY CLAUSE; SPECIFYING GOVERNING LAWS; PROVIDING FOR ASSIGNMENT; FOR A PERIOD OF AGREEMENT; FOR FUTURE CONTINGENCIES; FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; FOR EXCLUSION OF VIDEO SERVICES; FOR RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS UNDER PRIOR ORDINANCES; FOR ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION; FOR A LIMITATIONS PERIOD; FOR VENUE; AND FOR METHOD OF ACCEPTANCE; and ~ WHEREAS , s~~ Ordinance was on the II day of ~NuA~V , 19~ duly approved by the Mayor of said City and the seal of said City was thereto affixed and attested by the City Secretary; NOW THEREFORE, in compliance with the terms of said Ordinance as enacted, approved and attested, GTE Southwest Incorporated hereby accepts said Ordinance and files this its written acceptance with the City Secretary of the City of Wylie, Texas, in his office. Dated this ~ day of ~~ , A.D. 1911. GTE SOUTHWEST INCORPORATED By: 25 12/13/93 Accept.anc7 f)~ in t.~ the Cit.~pecretary of Wylie, Texas, th~s day 0 A.D. 19~. ~ /1{c*;/4~tary 26 12/13/93