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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM Agenda Date Requested:February 1 , 2001 Requested By: Doug Kneuppe Department: Planning Report: -Resolution: -Ordinance: X Exhibits: Ordinance Easements SWBT Literature About DSL Sites Appropriation Source of Funds: N/A Account Number Amount Budgeted: Amount Requested Budgeted Item: YES NO SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION Southwestern Bell Telephone (SWBT) is expanding their Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service. To accomplish this SWBT will need to install a facility commonly called a `Yemote terminal". This is a prefabricated building that is approximately eight feet tall, ten feet wide, and twenty-four feet long (8'x10'x24'). SWBT has identified a location for this remote terminal on 4'~ Street just north of Fairmont Parkway in Block 177 owned by the City. The City's Record Storage Building is also located within this Block. SWBT is requesting three separate easements for this DSL facility. One easement, identified as TRACT 1 on the exhibit, is for the prefabricated building or remote terminal. The second easement, identified as TRACT 2,is for the placement of underground communication facilities. The third easement, identified as TRACT 3,is for vehicle access to the proposed remote terminal located in TRACT 1. If approved, access will be from the existing concrete parking lot for the Record Storage Building and no new driveway from 4~' Street will be needed. The total area of all three easements is 3,162 sq. ft. and SWBT has offered compensation to the City in the amount of $13,000 which calculates to $4.11 per sq. ft. SWBT has also committed to landscaping this facility along with the adjacent 25' by 25' site SWBT acquired in 1996 with the request that the City maintain the landscaping. This would be easily accomplished with City forces that alreadymaintain the Record Storage Building site along with the Water Plant site. Staff has reviewed the proposed remote terminal location and there would be no conflict with a future Record Storage Building expansion. Based on no identifiable building conflict, the monetary compensation and the installation of landscaping, staff recommends providing the requested easements to SWBT. Action Required by Council: Consider approving an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute three easements for SWBT telecommunication facilities. Approved for City Council Agenda Robert T. Herrera, City Manager Date