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GTE Northwest, Inc. - Telephone f t CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON ORDINANCE NO. 93-CfO AN ORDINANCE RENEWING THE FRANCHISE OF GTE NORTHWEST INCORPORATED, A WASHINGTON CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, GRANTING THE RIGHT TO PLACE, ERECT AND MAINTAIN POLES, WIRES AND OTHER APPLIANCES AND CONDUCTORS AND TO LAY UNDERGROUND WIRES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY FOR COMMUNICATION PURPOSES IN, UPON, UNDER AND OVER THE STREETS, ALLEYS, AVENUES, THOROUGHFARES AND PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF THE CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON, AND TO CONDUCT A GENERAL COMMUNICATION BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OF TIGARD; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO SUCH AGREEMENT; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, The ten year franchise for the communication facilities and services provided by the GTE Northwest Incorporated, described in the title of this ordinance is now before the City Council for renewal. The Council believes that the franchise should be renewed under the terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto, and by this reference made a part hereof. THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The terms and conditions of the attached franchise agreement, Exhibit A, are hereby approved and adopted as part of this ordinance as if specifically set forth. SECTION 2. The Mayor is authorized and directed to sign the attached agreement on behalf of the Council. SECTION 3. Because of the need to have stable telephone communication and the need to have a stable revenue flow to the City from franchise fees, an emergency is declared and this ordinance shall take effect upon its passage. SECTION 4. The City Council determines that the fee imposed by this franchise is not a tax subject to the property tax limitations of Article XI, Section 11 (b) of the Oregon Constitution. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall replace and repeal the prior franchise with GTE Northwest Incorporated, Ordinance No. 82-12 adopted March 8, 1982 and any amendments thereto. PASSED: By L,lnavl(MW5 vote of all Council members present after being read by number and title only, this, ,3x-J day of fibrto-v( , 1993. Cat erine Wheatley, City Recorder APPROVED: This "13 `day of 6� 1993. r John Schwartz, Council President Approved as to form: 9410, City Attorney Date ORDINANCE No. 93-' ; Page 1 EXHIBIT "A" A franchise agreement between the City of Tigard and GTE Northwest Incorporated, a Washington corporation. SECTION 1. Subject to the other terms and conditions set forth in this document there is hereby granted by the City of Tigard to the GTE Northwest Incorporated, Inc.,a Washington Corporation, (herein referred to as "Grantee"); its successors and assigns; subject to the development ordinances and regulations of the City, the right and privilege to conduct a general communication business within the said City, or such other public property as may come within the jurisdiction of the City during the term of this agreement. This for the purpose of furnishing, as a public utility the products and services utilized in providing telephone,telegraph,and other communication products and services. This grant includes the right to erect, construct, place, replace, reconstruct, lay, maintain, and operate poles, wires, switching equipment, amplifying equipment, fixtures, facilities, appliances, structures and other devices including,but not limited to,electronic,optical and mechanical devices customarily associated with Grantee's function, and purpose of serving as a common carrier of information for communication purposes. SECTION 2. It shall be lawful for Grantee to make all needful and necessary excavations in any of said streets, alleys, avenues, thoroughfares and public highways. SECTION 3. The Grantee shall file with the City Engineer or designee maps and materials showing all proposed underground construction work to include the installation of additional facilities or relocation or extension of existing facilities within any street, alley, road or other public way or place within the corporate limits of the City. The City will review the materials submitted and notify the Grantee of any City requirements. For repair work or other work not considered underground construction as stated above, the Grantee shall, if possible, notify the City of the location and general description of the work before beginning work. All work shall be done in a reasonably safe manner taking into account City standard traffic control procedures and in accordance with requirements of applicable federal laws, state laws, or City ordinances. In emergencies, such filings shall be submitted with thirty (30) days of completion of emergency construction work. SECTION 4. When any excavation shall be made pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance,the Grantee shall restore the portion of the street, alley, road, or public way or place to the same condition to which it was prior to the excavation. All such work shall be done in strict compliance with the rules, regulations, ordinances or orders which may be adopted from time to time during the continuance of this franchise by the City Council or City Engineer or as may be otherwise provided by law. The City shall have the right to fix a reasonable time within which such repairs and restoration shall be completed and upon failure of such repairs and restoration being made by grantee,City shall cause such repairs to be made at the expense of grantee. SECTION 5. The Grantee hereby agrees and covenants to indemnify, save harmless and defend the City and its officers,agents and employees from any and all damages,costs and expenses or claims of any kind whatsoever, or nature, arising from any injury to persons or property by reason of the negligent act or omission of the Grantee, its agents or employees in exercising the rights and privileges granted hereunder and by this franchise. ORDINANCE No. 93- 64' Exhibit "A" Page 1 of 3 SECTION 6. The City, by its properly constituted authorities, shall have the right to cause the grantee to move the location of any pole, underground conduit or equipment belonging to grantee whenever the relocation thereof shall be for public necessity, and the expense thereof shall be paid by the grantee. Whenever it shall be necessary for public necessity to remove any pole, underground conduit or equipment belonging to grantee or on which any wire or circuit of the grantee shall be stretched or fastened, the grantee, shall, upon written notice from the City, or its properly constituted authorities, meet with the City Engineer and agree in writing to a plan and date certain to remove such poles, underground conduit, equipment,wire or circuit, at grantee's expense, and if the grantee fails, neglects or refuses to do so, the City, by its properly constituted authorities, may remove the same at the expense of the grantee. SECTION 7. All notices and approvals required under this Agreement shall be in writing. The Grantee shall provide the City with the name, position and phone number of Grantee staff that can be contacted for administration of this Agreement and for contact with construction-related questions and comments. Such notices and approval shall be directed to the City as follows: City Engineer, City of Tigard 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, Oregon 97223 (503) 639-4171 SECTION 8. Upon request of the City, the grantee shall provide available plans and locate any underground conduit or equipment belonging to grantee, as required for the preparation of construction drawings. SECTION 9. Whenever it becomes necessary to temporarily rearrange, remove, lower or raise the wires,cables or other plant of grantee for the passage of buildings, machinery or other objects, grantee shall temporarily rearrange, remove, lower or raise, its wires, cables or other plant as the necessities of the case require; provided, however, that the person or persons desiring to move any such buildings, machinery or other objects, shall pay the entire actual cost to grantee of changing, altering, moving, removing or replacing its wires, cables or other plant so as to permit such passage, and shall deposit in advance with grantee a sum equal to such cost as estimated by grantee and shall pay all damages and claims of any kind whatsoever, direct or consequential, caused directly or indirectly by changing, altering, moving, removing or replacing of said wires, cables or other plant, except as may be occasioned through the sole negligence of grantee, grantee shall be given not less than ninety-six (96) hours written notice by the party desiring to move such building or other objects. Said notice shall detail the route of movement of such building or other objects over and along the streets, alleys, avenues, thoroughfares and public highways and shall bear the approval of the City. Such moving shall be with as much haste as possible and shall not be necessarily delayed or cause grantee unnecessary expense or waste of time. SECTION 10. In consideration of the rights and privileges hereby granted, City shall have, and grantee hereby grants to it, the right and privilege to suspend and maintain wires and necessary control boxes on poles placed by the grantee in the streets, and other places aforesaid, or if such wires are placed underground, to place/maintain in the pipes or conduits of grantee, if space therein is available, wires which City may require for fire, police and traffic signal purposes. All such wires shall be placed on the poles or in conduits so as not to interfere with communication service and shall not carry currents or voltage dangerous to telephone plant or telephone users and all installation, ORDINANCE No. 93- Exhibit "A" Page 2 of 3 maintenance ano repairs shall be subject to the rules, regulations and supervision of the grantee. City agrees in consideration of the establishment of this service and the furnishing of such facilities to hold grantee entirely free and harmless from all claims or liability for damage which may arise out of the operation of these special services. SECTION 11. As further consideration, grantee agrees to pay to the City five percent (5%) of the gross revenues derived from exchange access services, as defined in ORS 401.710 within the city limits. Such payments shall be made to the City every six months for the life of this agreement on or before March 15 for the six month period ended December 31, and September 15 for the six month period ended June 30. The City shall have the right to change the percentage of gross revenues set forth above at any time during the life of this agreement provided it has made such notice in writing at least 180 days prior to the effective date of any change. The City shall have the right to conduct or cause to be conducted, an audit of gross revenues as defined herein. Such audits may be conducted at two year intervals beginning two years after the effective date of this agreement. The City shall conduct the audit at its own expense. Any difference of payment due either the City or Grantee through error or otherwise as agreed upon by both the City and Grantee, shall be payable within sixty (60) days after discovery of such error. SECTION 12. The rights, privileges and franchise hereby granted shall continue to be in full force for a period of ten (10) years from the date of its passage and shall be subject to any and all State or Federal legislative enactments. However,this franchise shall be inoperative unless it is accepted in writing by the Grantee within sixty (60) days after the date of its passage. SECTION 13. This Agreement shall take effect and be in force on its day of signature, and the Grantee shall conduct its general business within the City under franchise to be granted, in full compliance with the terms hereof. DATED this r day of rxbru 1993. CITY OF TIGARD OREGON, a Mun' 'pal Co or n By: V ) John Sch rtz, Council Pre ident ATTEST: - CL /t,C � ��v Catherine Wheatley' City Recorder ORDINANCE No. 93- Exhibit "A" Page 3 of 3 ACCEPTANCE OF FRANCHISE WHEREAS, the CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON, under date of �2-3 , 1993 passed ORDINANCE NO. 0,(; entitled as follows, to wit: AN ORDINANCE RENEWING THE FRANCHISE OF GTE NORTHWEST INCORPORATED, A WASHINGTON CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, GRANTING THE RIGHT TO PLACE, ERECT AND MAINTAIN POLES, WIRES AND OTHER APPLIANCES AND CONDUCTORS AND TO LAY UNDERGROUND WIRES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY FOR COMMUNICATION PURPOSES IN, UPON, UNDER AND OVER THE STREETS, ALLEYS, AVENUES, THOROUGHFARES AND PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF THE CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON,AND TO CONDUCT A GENERAL COMMUNICATION BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OF TIGARD; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO SUCH AGREEMENT; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, GTE Northwest Incorporated, the grantee named in said Ordinance, does for itself and its successors and assigns accept the terms, conditions and provisions of Ordinance No.2.i cis and agrees to be bound thereby and comply therewith. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, GTE Northwest Incorporated has caused this instrument to be executed by its officers as below subscribed this day of 1993. GTE NORT WEST INCORPORATED By a Received by the City of Tigard this day of 1993. ACCEPTANCE OF FRANCHISE WHEREAS, the CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON, under date of ,15 1993 passed ORDINANCE NOA�3-a entitled as follows, to wit: AN ORDINANCE RENEWING THE FRANCHISE OF GTE NORTHWEST INCORPORATED, A WASHINGTON CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, GRANTING THE RIGHT TO PLACE, ERECT AND MAINTAIN POLES, WIRES AND OTHER APPLIANCES AND CONDUCTORS AND TO LAY UNDERGROUND WIRES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY FOR COMMUNICATION PURPOSES IN, UPON, UNDER AND OVER THE STREETS, ALLEYS, AVENUES, THOROUGHFARES AND PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF THE CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON,AND TO CONDUCT A GENERAL COMMUNICATION BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OF TIGARD; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO SUCH AGREEMENT; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, GTE Northwest Incorporated, the grantee named in said Ordinance, does for itself and its successors and assigns accept the terms, conditions and provisions of Ordinance No.� and agrees to be bound thereby and comply therewith. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, GTE Northwest Incorporated has caused this instrument to be executed by its officers as below subscribed this iJ day of ' 1993. GTE NORTHWEST INCORPORATED By �'ll Received by the City of Tigard this , day of ��1rC�� , 1993.