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CC - FOUR FIFTHS VOTE REQUIREMENT: (1) Approval of an Agreement with MCImetro for Use of City-Owned Fiber Optic Cable Innerducts and Facilities Between Girard Avenue and Venice Boulevard and Sepulveda Boulevard and Centinela Avenue; and (2) Approval of a Budget Amendment to Record General Fund Revenue of $696,960 in FY 2019/2020.
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Meeting Date: March 18, 2020
Contact Person/Dept: Jesse Mays, Assistant City Manager
Phone Number: (310) 253-6000
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [X] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (03/11/20, 03/16/20)
Department Approval: John Nachbar, City Manager (03/10/20)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council:
(1) Approve an agreement with MCImetro for use of City-owned fiber optic cable innerducts and facilities between Girard Avenue and Venice Boulevard and Sepulveda Boulevard and Centinela Avenue, and direct the City Manager to execute the agreement on behalf of the City; and
(2) Approve a budget amendment to record the revenue of $696,960 (a budget amendment requires a four-fifths vote).
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
On December 13, 1993, the City entered into an agreement with Metropolitan Fiber Systems (MFS) for MFS to construct, use and maintain a fiber optic conduit innerduct system within an abandoned Mobil oil pipeline that the City had recently acquired from Mobil. On May 23, 1994, the City Council amended the MFS agreement. The final, amended agreement (Attachment 1) provided the following:
* MFS's use of the Mobil pipeline was to commence at the Culver City/Los Angeles boundaries located at Girard Avenue and Venice Boulevard and terminate at Green Valley Circle and Centinela Avenue. As built, the termination of the pipeline is act...
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