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• the Joint Security Complex located on Avon Street Extended. The Company's obligations hereunder shall include provision of the necessary access or "drops" at each of these two locations. B. Maintenance and Splicing. As long as the City Fibers remained sheathed with network fiber strands, leased or owned by Company, the City Fibers shall be maintained at no cost to the City and Company or Company's Lessor shall be the only one allowed to perform required splicing of the City Fibers. Such splicing, if required as ordinary maintenance or as a result of an accident, shall also be at no cost to the City. In all other events Company or Company's Lessor shall be reimbursed for splicing at its costs plus an administrative fee of five (5) percent. C. Ownership. From the outset, the City shall own fee simple title to the City Fibers, but despite that ownership the City shall not do anything to alter the Company or Company Lessor's sheathing or the network fiber strands leased or owned by Company. Company agrees that should it sell, lease, or assign its assets, including network fiber strands it leases or owns, Company will make certain that the purchaser, lessee, or assignee assumes Company's obligations hereunder with regard to the City Fibers. lease of fiber capacity shall provide that sale or transfer of the leased fiber by Lessor will be subject to any obligations to the City. D. Lighting. City shall be responsible solely for the cost of lighting the City • Fibers. Equipment needed to light the City Fibers shall be purchased from Company or Company's Lessor at Company's or Company's Lessor's costs plus an administrative fee of five percent (5 %); provided that in no event shall the net costs to the City exceed competitive pricing. If the latter situation were to occur, the City may purchase needed equipment on the competitive market so long as the equipment meets industry standards. This pricing agreement must in all events be implemented in accord with applicable Virginia procurement law. The same arrangement shall apply to the City's purchase of maintenance service to maintain its lighting and other equipment needed to service the City Fibers. E. Use of City Fibers. Services provided via the City Fibers are to be consistent with the operation of City Government and are not to be leased or resold to other businesses without the written consent of Company or Company's Lessor. F. Cable Television Services. Under current law, Company is not allowed to provide cable television services via its network fiber strands. If and when that prohibition is lifted, the parties agree that franchise fees due from Company to the City with respect to the Company's furnishing of Cable Television services shall be negotiated at that time and shall be equal to what the City is then receiving from other cable television franchisees. G. Taxes. The payments made hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any business license tax, real or personal property tax, or other tax of general application to which the Company may be subject. •