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RESOLUTION APPROVING A MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THE COLLOCATION OF SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES LOCATED WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK MUNICIPAL RIGHTS-OF-WAY - CHICAGO SMSA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS
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WHEREAS, Public Act 100-585, known as the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act (50 ILCS 840/1 et seq.), acts to impose certain additional requirements on municipalities regarding the permitting, construction, deployment, regulation, operation, maintenance, repair and removal of certain defined small wireless facilities both within public rights-of-way and in other locations within the jurisdiction of the Village; and
WHEREAS, the deployment of small wireless facilities within the Village of Orland Park (the “Village”) will provide benefits to businesses and residents of the Village in the form of enhanced wireless service, including the rollout and creation of a 5G wireless network by various telecommunication providers; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village has previously approved amendments to the Village’s Code of Ordinances relative to the permitting, regulation and deployment of small wireless facilities within the Village in conformance with the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act; and
WHEREAS, the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act and the amendments adopted by the Village anticipate the execution of Master License Agreements with telecommunication providers relative to the deployment of small wireless facilities on Village right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village find it to be in the best interests of the Village to approve and authorize the execution of the “Master License Agreement for the Collocation of Small Wireless Facilities Located Within the Village of Orland Park Municipal Rights-of-Way,” between the Village and Chicago SMSA Limited Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and made a part her...
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