HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1741 - Verizon Wireless LeaseCITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHINSON
COUNCIL BILL NO. 11
ORDINANCE NO. 1741
Series 2022
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SITE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH
VERIZON WIRELESS FOR USE OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING
CELLULAR TOWER
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado (the “City”), is a Colorado home
rule municipality, duly organized and existing pursuant to Section 6 of Article XX of the
Colorado Constitution and governed by its elected City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has authority to approve leases for uses of City
property; and
WHEREAS, the Council wishes to approve a lease with Verizon Wireless for use
of the municipal building cellular tower, subject to terms and conditions of said lease; and
WHEREAS, the initial term of the lease agreement shall be five (5) years
commencing on the first day of the month following acceptance by the City of the new
monopole tower on the facility; and
WHEREAS, the initial term shall automatically renew for two (2) successive
renewal terms of five (5) years each, with the opportunity for successive five (5) year
terms thereafter with the with mutual and written agreement of and with both parties; and
WHEREAS, upon the commencement date, Verizon Wireless shall pay the City of
Wheat Ridge rent in the amount of three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) per
month.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO:
Section 1. Lease approved. The lease between the City of Wheat Ridge and
Verizon Wireless attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby approved, and the Mayor and
City Clerk are authorized and directed to execute the same, in form approved by the City
Attorney.
Section 2. Effective date. This Ordinance shall take effect upon adoption and
signature by the Mayor, as permitted by Section 5.11 of the Charter.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on this 13th
day of June 2022, ordered published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the
City of Wheat Ridge, and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set for June
27, 2022 at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge,
Colorado as a virtual meeting and in Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat
Ridge, Colorado if allowed to meet in person on that date per COVID-19 restrictions.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by
a vote of 8 to 0, this 27th day of June 2022.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 5 day of July, 2022.
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Bud Starker, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Stephen Kirkpatrick, City Clerk
Approved as to Form
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Gerald E. Dahl, City Attorney
First Publication: June 16, 2022
Second Publication: June 30, 2022
Jeffco Transcript
Effective Date: June 27, 2022
Published:
Jeffco Transcript and www.ci.wheatridge.co.us
EXHIBIT A
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