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R -22 -18 <br />A RESOLUTION AGREEING TO A MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE <br />SOUTHSIDE NETWORK AUTHORITY TO OCCUPY PORTSMOUTH'S RIGHTS -OF- <br />WAY. <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution R -19 -35 adopted by City Council on November 12, <br />2019, the City of Portsmouth is a member jurisdiction of the Southside Network Authority (the <br />"SNA "), together with the Cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk and Virginia Beach <br />(collectively, the "Member Localities "); and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution R -22 -01 adopted by City Council on January 11, <br />2022, the City entered into a Project Participation Agreement with the other Member Localities <br />regarding the financing and construction of the SNA's regional fiber connectivity ring (the <br />"Regional Ring "); and <br />WHEREAS, the Regional Ring's route will go through rights -of -way belonging to each <br />of the Member Localities; and <br />WHEREAS, it is therefore necessary for the Member Localities to enter into Master <br />Lease Agreements with SNA to allow SNA to occupy their rights -of -way; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia that: <br />1. It approves, and authorizes the City Manager to execute, a Master Lease <br />Agreement with Southside Network Authority in substantially the form attached hereto as <br />Exhibit A, with such final corrections and amendments as may be necessary and proper, such <br />necessity and propriety being conclusively evidenced by signature of the Master Lease <br />Agreement. <br />2. The City Manager is authorized to take such further actions and execute such <br />further instruments as are consistent with the purpose of this Resolution. <br />3. This Resolution shall take effect upon adoption. <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held on <br />August 9, 2022. <br />Teste: <br />City Clerk <br />