Title
Adoption of Incorporated County of Los Alamos Ordinance No. 730 An Ordinance Ratifying and Authorizing Amendment of a Lease with Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless for Replacement of Existing Antenna Collocation and Facilities at 280 North Mesa Road, Los Alamos, on the North Mesa Water Tower
Recommended Action
I move that Council adopt Incorporated County of Los Alamos Ordinance No. 730 An Ordinance Ratifying and Authorizing Amendment of a Lease with Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless for Replacement of an Existing Antenna Collocation and Facilities at 280 North Mesa Road, Los Alamos, on the North Mesa Water Tower; I further move that, upon passage, the Ordinance be published in summary form.
Utilities Managers Recommendation
The Utilities Manager recommends that Council adopt Incorporated County of Los Alamos Ordinance No. 730.
Board, Commission or Committee Recommendation
The Board of Public Utilities introduced Ordinance No. 730 at their regular meeting of February 21, 2024 and recommends that Council adopt as presented.
Body
Verizon Wireless has been a tenant operating cellular telephone equipment attached to the North Mesa Tank since 2005, a copy of the endorsed original Lease is included with this report. The original Lease was extended by five years and included an increase in the Lease use-fee in conformance with the escalator terms. In 2010 the Lease was again extended another five years and Verizon requested an amendment to the Lease to upgrade their equipment, approved and effective April 30, 2011 (see included Amendment 1). In 2015, Verizon again desired to extend the Lease and change and upgrade their equipment, through a Second Amendment which was approved and made effective October 1, 2015. In 2020 Verizon requested another extension of five years, as allowed by the Lease, which was granted per the terms of the Lease without amendment, but Verizon also underwent an operating change, with Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Veri...
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