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Resolution to Approve Agreement between the City of Ann Arbor and the Regents of the University of Michigan for Right-of-Way Occupancy by Conduit Facilities within Washington Heights Street (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
The City and the University of Michigan have reached agreement on a template for a long term occupancy agreement to be used for new installations of University facilities in City rights-of-way. The University has insisted that each occupancy agreement be processed as if the document grants to the University an interest in land, even if it doesn’t. The City does not believe that the occupancy agreement grants to the University any interest in land. As drafted, it grants to the University an interest in land only to the extent it grants to the University, by its terms, an interest in land. Nevertheless, in accordance with the University’s request, but without agreeing that the agreement grants an interest in land, the document is being submitted to City Council for approval with a requirement of 8 votes as if it granted an interest in land.
The attached Agreement between the City of Ann Arbor and the Regents of the University of Michigan for Right-of-Way Occupancy by Conduit Facilities within Washington Heights Street. The purpose of the conduit is to be able to install new fiber optic cables to better serve Ronald McDonald House (RMH), which is located at 1600 Washington Heights. RMH houses families of patients admitted at the University of Michigan hospital. With the construction of the new Children & Women's Hospital, RMH wants to have a better internet connection so families can see or view their child patient from RMH instead of being at the hospital. Currently RMH has a very old and slow internet connection that does not allow internet video services. By connecting RMH with the University’s ITS fiber optic network, this objective can be achieved. The connection requires installation of a 3" ITCom conduit crossing Washington He...
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