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Consider a memorandum/resolution approving the Fourth Amendment to the Communications Facilities License Agreement with Alltel Corporation d/b/a Verizon Wireless to host telecommunications equipment on the City-owned elevated storage tank at 2906 Lake Drive for an additional 25-year term for the sum of $1,574,197.41.
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DATE: November 17, 2026
TO: Dr. Peoples, City Manager
FROM: Holli Clements, City Attorney
SUBJECT: Fourth Amendment to the Communications Facilities License Agreement with Alltel Corporation d/b/a Verizon Wireless to host telecommunications equipment on the City-owned elevated storage tank at 2906 Lake Drive
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The City owns and maintains an elevated storage tank located at 2906 Lake Drive. Given its size and height when compared to the surrounding area, the City has long maintained relationships with all three major telecommunications carriers to host cell-tower equipment at the site. While lacking the range and power of a full-sized monopole tower site, telecommunications carriers utilize these smaller “macro” sites to provide coverage to areas where it lacks coverage.
On June 15, 2000, the City entered the Communications Facilities License Agreement for the hosting of certain telecommunications equipment on the City-owned elevated storage tanks at 2906 Lake Drive with Verizon’s predecessor in interest, 360° Communications Company of Texas Limited Partnership d/b/a ALLTEL. This original agreement had a twenty-year term, consisting of 1 five-year initial term and 3 subsequent five-year renewal terms, which would have terminated in 2020.
On August 12, 2009, the City entered the First Amendment to the Communications Facilities License Agreement. Under this First Amendment, the subsequent renewal terms were amended from 3 five-year renewal terms to 5 five-year renewal terms. As a result, the City’s agreement with Verizon is set to expire on June 14, 2030 and has entered its final five-year renewal term....
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