To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: License agreement for telecommunications equipment with Solano County.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute a license agreement with Solano County (Licensee), to authorize Licensee to access and use a portion of the County’s Nadeen (Cummings) Peak telecommunications facilities during an initial term of approximately five-years beginning on September 15, 2025, and ending October 31, 2030, for payment to the County at an initial annual fee of $18,372, as recommended by the Public Works Director.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Information Technology will receive an initial annual fee of $18,372. (100% General Fund)
BACKGROUND:
The County entered into a long-term lease with a private landowner (Master Lease), that expires July 31, 2081, that permits the County to maintain a telecommunications facility and tower on the property off Cummings Skyway in Crockett, identified as Assessor’s Parcel No. 354-300-007, and commonly referred to as Nadeen or Cummings Peak. The Master Lease allows for the County to sublease or sublicense to others.
To create a comprehensive microwave network, Solano County has requested to utilize space in the County’s vaults and on one of the towers at Nadeen Peak. The agreement requires Solano County to pay the County an initial annual fee of $18,372, which will be subject to an annual adjustment to reflect current rates over the term of the agreement. The term of the agreement could be extended through October 31, 2050. Either party may terminate the agreement upon advance written notice to the other party.
The agreement allows Solano to install and maintain critical telecommunications equipment used by Solano County and adequately compensates the County for the use of its facility.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
County would not receive the new revenue and Solano County would be unable to create the comprehensive network it needs.