(a) Grantee shall cooperate with other grantees and the City for the best, safest, most efficient, most aesthetic and least obtrusive use of the rights-of-way, to minimize traffic and other disruptions including street cuts, and to achieve the most efficient utilization of, construction in and occupancy of the rights-of-way. Grantee shall not be required to divulge trade secrets or other competitively sensitive confidential information the release of which would cause material injury to the grantee. Any confidential information of a grantee in the possession of the City will be treated as such, to the extent determined legally appropriate by the City's Law Director.
(b) Grantee shall participate in all joint planning conferences called by the City to discuss construction projects and other matters impacting the rights-of-way. Such participation may be by telephone if suitable arrangements are made in advance.
(c) Grantee shall cooperate with other grantees in utilization of, construction in and occupancy of private rights-of-way within the City, but only to the extent the same is consistent with the grant thereof, is not additionally burdensome to any property owner or unreasonably burdensome to the grantee; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to require expenditure of funds or rearrangement of facilities by a grantee without fair compensation.
(Ord. 00-261. Passed 9-25-00.)