1. Initial assessment of the Township’s Cell Tower Portfolio. A report which evaluates Township’s existing Cell Tower Sites and Leasing Program and make recommendations to maximize market competitiveness and future leasing opportunities. 2. Cellular/Tower Lease Review and Negotiation. As needed, review the Township’s current tower leases to identify current financial, liability, and compliance issues, as well as future development and disposition concerns that may need to be addressed in the Leases going forward. Upon request by the Township, Consultant may be required to present, based upon a Lease and Tower Site Evaluation and comparable available rent data, a valuation of what the current rent range should be for the occupancy and use of the respective sites. Consultant shall also provide the Township general consultation regarding both immediate value of the respective site to the applicable tenant, as well as long-term value due to the expansion or contraction of the utility of the respective Site. a. Using information gained in the Lease and Tower Site Evaluation, consultant shall assist the Township in the negotiation of new or renewed leases for the sites prior to the expiration of lease terms with current tenants. b. Upon request by the Township, the Township may require Consultant to provide an analysis of the above-described evaluations, scheduled time(s) for follow-up conference call(s) that shall be for the purposes of discussion of such evaluations and the information provided therein and to assist the Township’s counsel in the negotiation of new, renewal or amended lease contracts at the site(s). c. Upon request by the Township, the Township may require Consultant to provide documentation and testimony in support of Township litigation involving cell tower tenants. 3. Cellular Tower Site Evaluation As needed by the Township, Consultant may be required to evaluate the current tower sites and surrounding areas to determine factors that include, but shall not be limited to, the following: a. The type of telecommunications equipment currently located at the respective site; The current value of such equipment to tenant based upon wireless coverage/data needs in immediate area; and potential necessity for future equipment upgrades or premises expansion; b. Characteristics of the respective site, as applicable, including carrier name, site classification, latitude and longitude data, FCC ASR Number, FAA Study Number, date installed/constructed, structure height, ground elevation, compound size; wireless carrier spectrum information; immediate population densities and wireless subscriber demographics that the site serves; c. Comparable existing or proposed structures or tower sites in the immediate area that are currently or are scheduled to be use for comparable telecommunications equipment; and an assessment of the characteristics of such existing or proposed wireless facilities and their impact on the Township’s respective sites; and d. Determination of short-term and long-term viability of the Township’s sites due to technological advancement and resulting wireless site redundancy, telecommunications industry corporate restructuring and mergers; construction of competing sites in the area, and contraction or expansion of the subject wireless network in the immediate subject areas.
