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1990-05 Southern Bell Franchise for Operating Telephone Lines(2)u > u a i vc -'^'V1 . M WRNE55 Vn1ERE0F, 1 hxau m1, ha'w' std •flr~ ih< wa%~ViII~G of nn illm BNCR FIw1e.. tots dr A D. 1 L RESOLUTION NO_5-90 • Yllp~ Cork • , , -l : I t L., I L J A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE € VILLAGE OF NORTH PAIIr1 BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING • A FRANCHISE BE ISSUED SY THE VILLAGE FOR SOUTHERN • BELL TELEPHONE Cc TELEGRAPH CO~ANy Tp USE ~~•`. PUBLIC STREETS OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PAI~ ~SCTHR FLORIDA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ERECTING UCTING, MAINTAJNJNG AND OPERATING LINES OF TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH EQUIPMENT THEREON AND THEREUNDER, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE OOUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA: Section t; That a permit or permlaston, pursuant to • Chapter 26 of the Village Code of the Village of North Palm Beech, be, and the same is hereby, granted to the Southern Sell Telephone and Telegraph Company (hereinafter referred to as "Company°•), its successors and assJgns, to construct, maintain and operate Lines of telephone and telegraph equipment, including the necessary poles, conduits, cables, electrice] conductors and fiber optics end digital technology fixtures upon, along, under and over the public roads, streets, highways and rights of way of the Village bf North Palm Beach, Florida, as its business may from time to time require, provided that ell poles shall be neat and synmetricel. Section 2: The work of erecting poles and constructing underground conduits under this Resolution shall be done subJect to the supervision of the Village', and the Company shell replace or properly relay end repair any sidewalk or street that may be displaced by reason of such work, and upon failure of the Company so to do, after twenty (20) days' notice in writing given by the Mayor of the Village to the Company, the Village may repair such portion of the sidewalk or street that may have been disturbed 'by the Company, end collect the cost.ao Incurred from the company. Section 9: In consideration of the rJghta end privileges herein granted, the Company shall pay to the Village annually a sum equal to one percent (196) of the gross receJpts of the Company on recurring local service revenues for services provided ~l withtn the corporate limits of the Village by the Company, i provided lhet there she]] be credited against such sum the amount of ell taxes, licenses, fees and other imposttlons (except ad t valorem taxes and amounts for assessments for specie] benefits, such as sidewalks, street pavings end similar improvements, and _~ ~ occupational license taxes) levied or Imposed by the Village upon the Company end paid during the preceding !(seal year as defined herein. Payment shall be made to the Vtllege for each of the years that this permission is in effect and shall be based on the receipts of the Company for the preceding fiscal year. For the purposes of this payment, such fiscal year shell end on December _~ 31. The first such payment shall be calculated on the receipts for the fiscal year ending December 91, 1988, shall be made on or ! before Mey 8, 1890 ~ and shell be for the permission year October -1 19, 1988, through October 19, 1989. The second such payment shell + be calculated on the reeelpts for the fiscal year ending December { 9t, 1988, shall be made on or before May 8, 1990, and shall be 1 for the permission year October 14, 1889, through October 13, 1990. Subsequent payments will be made on or before March 7 of + each 1 year for which the permission is herein granted. Section 9: If the Village wishes to verif ! to the Village under this Resolution y the payments the Company shell permit the Village or a designated representative of the Vtllege, upon reasonable advance written notice to review the Company~s billing and payment records, upon which the payments were based, during normal business hours at the location of the Company where such records are melntaJned. However, no Company records may be duplicated or taken from the Company~s premises, and the Village j shall maintain the conftdentieltty of the Information disclosed L in these records and use the Information solely for the purposes of verifying payments by the Company. Such Company records shall be maintained Dy the Company for the period prescribed by the • Federal Communications Commissfori and/or the Florida Public Service Commtssion. . I ., Section 5: The Company shall indemnify the Village i against, and assume all ](ebllltles for, damages which may arise i or accrue to the Village for spy Injury to persons or property • from the doing of any work hereto authorized, or the neglect of the Company or any of !ts employees to com 1 P Y with any resolution ~ regulating the use of the streets of the Village, and the _i ~ acceptenee b P Y y the Com an of this Resolu~ffon shall be en agreement by tt to pay to the Village any sum of money for which the Village may become ]table from or by reason of such Injury. ~ Sectton 6: The Company shall file with the Village Clerk .~ of the Village its acceptance of this Resolution within aJxty (60) days from the date of its passage, 6ectton 7: Nothing in this Resolution shell be construed es a surrender by the Village of its tight or power' to pass ' resolutions regulating the use of its streets, com 1 Company shall __ P y with the provisions of Sectton 337.4pt through Sectton 337.909, Fle. Stet., as emended from time to tJme, ea applicable, i Sectton 8: The permJt granted by this Resolution, it 1 accepted by the Company, shall be in force and effect for a term of thtrty (30) years from end after October tq, tg8e ' Section 9: This Resolution shall take effect upon the Teter of passage or receipt by the Vi]Iege Clerk of Compeny~a • acceptenee of this Resolution. In the event such acceptenee (a not received by the Village Clerk wJthln sixty (60) days from the date of adoption of this Resolution, thta Resolution shall be rescinded eutomaticelly, PASSED AND ADOPTED T1i1S 8th 1990. DAY OF March f (Village Seal) ATTEST: ,+,~/~~A M4YOR