Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2018-4309

• Record #: O2018-4309
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 5/23/2018
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Transportation and Public Way
• Final action: 6/27/2018
• Title: Sixth amendment to private telecommunications system agreement and ordinance of July 31, 1990 with DePaul University for state-of-the-art interoffice telecommunications systems at various locations within City's public ways and tunnels
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: AGREEMENTS - Miscellaneous

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
7/6/2018		Office of the Mayor	Signed by Mayor
6/27/2018	80258	City Council	Passed	Pass
5/23/2018	77260	City Council	Referred

ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, Various person have requested permission to place two-way high-speed interoffice telecommunications systems consisting of fiber optic and copper cables for internal use and not for sale, resale, exchange or lease in the public ways of the City of Chicago, Illinois (the "City"); and
WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the City to provide permits facilitating the development of state-of-the-art interoffice telecommunications systems in the City; and
WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the City that the City receive fair and reasonable compensation from persons using the public assets of the streets and ways for interoffice telecommunications; and
WHEREAS, The City wished to provide uniform terms and conditions to the greatest extent possible for qualified persons who have requested permission to place interoffice telecommunications systems in the public ways for internal use and not for sale, resale, exchange or lease; and
WHEREAS, DePaul University (the "Grantee"), is an Illinois not-for-profit corporation which is authorized and engaged in the endeavor of providing higher education in Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Grantee received permission and authority to maintain and operate as constructed a two-way high-speed private line telecommunications system in the public ways of the City for internal use and not for sale, resale, exchange or lease to third parties nor with the objective of generating revenues or profits from the City Council of the City (the "City Council") by an ordinance adopted by the City Council on July 31, 1990 and published in the Journal of Proceedings of the City Council of the City (the "Journal") of such date at pages 19516 through 19542 (the "Prior Ordinance"); as amended by an ordinance adopted by the City Council on May 19, 1993 and published in the Journal of such date at pages 32454 through'32486 (the "Amendment"); as further amended by an ordinance adopted by the City Council on June 14, 1995 and published in the Journa...