Cable in ROW Crawford St & Graves Blvd
LICENSE AGREEMENT
This License Agreement made this 27th day of March ,2000, by and between the CITY
OF SALINA, KANSAS, a municipal corporation (referred to as "the City") and TWIN V ALLEY
TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC., (referred to as "the Licensee").
RECITALS
A. The Licensee has informed the City of its desire to install one (1) underground fiber
optic telecommunication cable in a location identified as "Crawford Street and Graves Boulevard,"
involving the placement of approximately 3,200 lineal feet of cable (the "Cable) within the
Crawford Street right-of-way and the Graves Boulevard right-of-way, all as depicted on the
attached and incorporated Exhibit A (the "Right-of-Way").
B. The City has found that the granting of a license to the Licensee to install the Cable
in the Right-of-Way as shown on Exhibit A will not interfere with the City's or its franchisees'
current use of the Right-of-Way.
C. The City has found it to be in the public interest to grant a license to the Licensee to
install the Cable, subject to the terms and conditions outlined below.
THE PARTIES THEREFORE AGREE:
1. Grant. The City hereby grants a license (the "License") to the Licensee to install
and maintain the Cable in the Right-of-Way, subject to the terms ofthis License Agreement.
2. Limitation regarding Cable Service. The License does not authorize the Licensee
to provide Cable service either as a Cable operator or through carriage arrangements with any other
entity.
3. Fees and Charges. Licensee agrees to pay to the City a one time administrative fee
of$500 and a one time right-of-way use charge of $480 (3,200 feet at $.15 per lineal foot) for total
fees and charges of $980, payable upon execution of this License Agreement.
4. Use of Right-of-Way. In the use of the Right-of-Way under this License
Agreement, the Licensee shall be subject to all rules, regulations, policies, resolutions, and
ordinances now or hereafter adopted or promulgated by the City and is subject to all applicable
laws, orders, rules, and regulations adopted by governmental bodies now or hereafter having
jurisdiction. In addition, the Licensee shall be subject to all rules, regulations, policies, resolutions,
and ordinances now or hereafter adopted or promulgated by the City relating to permits and fees,
sidewalk and pavement cuts, utility location, construction coordination, beautification, and other
requirements on the use of the public right-of-way and shall comply with the following:
a. The Licensee's use of the Right-of-Way shall in all matters be subordinate to
the City's use of the Right-of-Way for any public purpose. The Licensee shall coordinate
the placement of the Cable in a manner which mInImIZeS adverse impact on public
improvements, as reasonably determined by the City. Where placement is not otherwise
regulated, the Cable shall be placed with adequate clearance from such public
improvements so as not to impact or be impacted by such public improvement.
b. All earth, materials, sidewalks, paving, crossings, utilities, public
improvements, or improvements of any kind injured or removed by the Licensee in its
activities under this License Agreement shall be fully repaired or replaced promptly by the
Licensee at its expense and to the reasonable satisfaction ofthe City or owner thereof.
c. All of the materials, plans, and installation of the Cable shall be approved by
or as directed by the City Engineer.
d. The Licensee shall keep and maintain accurate records and as-built drawings
depicting accurate horizontal and vertical location of the Cable as constructed or
reconstructed in the Right-of-Way after the date hereof. All points of the Cable shall be
horizontally located from street centerline, or section or quarter section lines or comers.
V erticallocations or all points of facilities shall consist of elevations in either City datum or
United States Geological Survey datum.
e. Prior to construction, reconstruction, or relocation of any facilities in the
Right-of-Way, the Licensee shall submit to the City Engineer for approval, plans and
specifications of the proposed installation. Such approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld, delayed, or conditioned.
f. The Licensee shall cooperate promptly and fully with the City and take all
measures necessary to provide accurate and complete information regarding the nature and
locations, both horizontal and vertical, of the Cable located within the Right-of-Way when
requested by the City or its authorized agents for a public project. Such location and
identification shall be at the sole expense of the Licensee without expense to the City, its
employees, agents or authorized contractors. The Licensee shall have a person familiar
with the facilities, who is responsible for timely satisfying information needs of the City and
other users of the Right-of-Way.
g. The Licensee shall promptly relocate or adjust the Cable located in the
Right-of-Way for any project planned or undertaken by the City or any governmental entity
for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or repair of public facilities or public
improvements, or any other purpose of a public nature. Such relocation or adjustment shall
be performed by the Licensee at its sole expense without expense to the City, its employees,
agents or authorized contractors and shall be specifically subject to rules and regulations of
the City not inconsistent with this License Agreement pertaining to such.
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h. It shall be the sole responsibility of the Licensee to take adequate measures
to protect and defend the Cable in the Right-of-Way from harm or damage. If the Licensee
fails to accurately or timely locate the Cable when requested, it will have no claim for costs
or damages against the City and its authorized contractors or any other party authorized to
be in the Right-of-Way unless such party is solely responsible for the harm or damage by its
negligence or intentional conduct.
i. The Licensee shall notify the City not less than three (3) working days in
advance of any construction, reconstruction, repair, or relocation of the Cable which would
require any street closure which reduces traffic flow to less than two (2) lanes of moving
traffic. The City shall follow its policies in the grant or denial of such street closure, which
shall not be unreasonably delayed. In addition, all work performed in the traveled way or
which in any way impacts vehicular or pedestrian traffic shall be properly signed,
barricaded, and otherwise protected. Such signing shall be in conformance with the latest
edition of the Federal Highway Administration's Standards and Guideline for Work Zone
Traffic Control.
j. All technical standards governing construction, reconstruction, installation,
operation, testing, use, maintenance, and dismantling ofthe Cable in the Right-of-Way shall
be in accordance with applicable present and future federal, state, and City law and
regulation, including but not limited to the most recent editions of the National Electrical
Code, the National Electrical Safety Code and the Fiber Optic Cable Installation Standard
of the Telecommunications Industry Committee, or such substantive equivalents as may
hereafter be adopted or promulgated. It is understood that the standards established in this
paragraph are minimum standards and the requirements established or referenced in this
ordinance may be additional to or stricter than such minimum standards.
5. Indemnification and Hold Harmless. The Licensee shall indemnify and hold and
save the City, its officers, employees, agents, and authorized contractors, harmless from any loss,
cost or damage, including attorneys fees, that may arise from the installation, use, or maintenance
of the Cable in the Right-of-Way by the Licensee, its agents, contractors, or employees pursuant to
this License Agreement.
6. General Liability Insurance. The Licensee agrees to procure and maintain public
liability insurance covering its use and operations on the Right-of-Way, with limits of not less than
the maximum liability for claims which could be asserted against the City for any number of claims
arising out of a single occurrence or accident under the Kansas Tort Claims Act, as it now exists or
may hereafter be amended, and will from time to time increase its limits in such amount as may be
necessary to at all times during the term of this license maintain such limits at the then maximum
liability for such claims under the Kansas Tort Claims Act. The policy shall provide that such
insurance may not be canceled by issuer thereof without at least thirty (30) days' written notice to
the City. The Licensee shall deliver to the City evidence of such insurance.
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7. Title. By granting this license the City does not warrant title to or the right to
possess and occupy the Right-of-Way. In the event that it is determined that the City is not entitled
to possess and utilize the Right-of-Way, this License Agreement shall terminate and the Licensee
shall quit and surrender its use of the Cable in the Right-of-Way in compliance with this License
Agreement.
8. Corp of Engineer Approvals. Any permission granted pursuant to this License
Agreement to install the Cable shall be subject to and conditional upon approval by the Corp of
Engineers where applicable.
9. Breach of License Agreement. In the event that the Licensee uses the Cable for
any purpose other than that specifically authorized under this License Agreement, all rights granted
hereunder to the Licensee shall immediately cease as if never granted and the Licensee shall
immediately quit and surrender its use of the Cable in the Right-of-Way. In the event that the
Licensee shall fail to comply with any other substantial term, condition or covenant of this License
Agreement within ten (10) days after written notice to do so has been mailed to them by the City, or
in the event the Licensee abandons its authorized use of the Right-of-Way, any such event shall be
deemed an immediate breach and forfeiture of the License Agreement which shall then terminate.
Upon such termination of this license, the Licensee will quit and surrender its use of the Cable in
the Right-of-Way in compliance with the terms of this License Agreement.
10. Term. The License shall commence upon execution of this License Agreement and
the payment by the Licensee of the fees and charges set forth above, and shall continue until the
earlier of:
a. The Licensee's discontinuation of its authorized use of the Right-of-Way;
b. Notification of the Licensee by the City that the public interest is best served by the
use of the Right-of-Way in a manner in conflict with the License, and that the
License shall terminate no less than 90 days following such notice; or
c. Termination of the License pursuant to paragraph 9 above.
11. Removal of Cable. Upon termination of this License Agreement, the Licensee
shall have the right to remove the Cable within a reasonable time, not to exceed one hundred twenty
(120) days. In the event the Licensee chooses to exercise the right to remove the Cable, it shall
within the permitted time period restore the Right-of-Way from which the Cable is removed to as
good a condition as existed prior to the removal. In the event the Licensee should exercise its right
to remove the Cable but fail to properly restore the Right-of-Way, the City shall have the right to
cause the Right-of-Way to be restored and to charge any reasonable costs associated therewith to
the Licensee.
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12. Notices. Any notice to either party hereunder shall be sufficient if mailed by United
States mail, postage prepaid, at the following addresses:
City of Salina, Kansas
c/o City Clerk
P.O. Box 380
Salina, KS 67402-0380
Twin Valley Telephone Company, Inc.
22 Spruce Street
Miltonvale, KS 67466
13. Assignment of License. The Licensee shall not assign this license or any interest
therein without the prior written consent of the City following consideration of a written application
filed by the Licensee and the proposed Assignee and written confirmation by the Assignee of its
acceptance all of the terms and conditions of this License Agreement. The City shall not
unreasonably withhold its consent.
14. Invalidity in Part. If any clause, sentence, or paragraph of this License Agreement
shall be held to be invalid, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this License
Agreement.
15. Binding Effect. This License Agreement shall be binding upon the parties, its
successors, or authorized assigns.
EXECUTED the day and year first above stated.
By
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TWIN VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC.
By
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STATE OF KANSAS COUNTY OF SALINE, SS:
On this ~ day of ~ 2000, before me a Notary Public in and for said state,
personally appeared Monte Shadwick Mayor of the City of Salina, Kansas and Barbara R. Weber,
Acting City Clerk for the City of Salina, Kansas, known to me to be the persons who executed the
within License Agreement and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes
therein stated on behalf of the City of Salina, Kansas.
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~ Notary Public - tat of Kansas
My Appt. Expires
STATE OF KANSAS COUNTY OF CLOUD, SS:
On this 5+.' day of ~t , 2000, before me a Notary Public in and for said state,
personally appeared Michael Foster, President of Twin Valley Telephone Company, Inc., known to
me to be the person who executed the within License Agreement and acknowledged to me that he
executed the same for the purposes therein stated on behalf of the corporation.
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