Communications Site License
Agreement
THIS
COMMUNICATIONS SITE LICENSE AGREEMENT (this “License
Agreement”) is dated this 17 th of April 2003
(herein, the “Effective Date”), by and between LVH
Corporation d.b.a. Las Vegas Hilton. (“Licensor”) and,
SkyBridge Wireless Inc., a Nevada Corporation
(“Licensee”).
WHEREAS,
Licensor desires to license Licensee, and Licensee desires to
license from Licensor, all upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein, certain space on a tower operated by Licensor upon which
Licensee has mounted, or intends to mount, one or more antennas
owned and/or operated by Licensee, together with related and
ancillary equipment and certain space within building owned or
leased by Licensor in which Licensee intends to install other
equipment and devices used in connection with the operation of the
antennas; and
WHEREAS,
the parties acknowledge that, although this agreement was
facilitated by Frontier Radio, Inc. (“Frontier”), and
Frontier manages the Premises on behalf of Licensor, this Agreement
is between Licensor and Licensee only, and Frontier is not party to
this agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the terms
and mutual promises set forth herein and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledge, Licensor and Licensee hereby agree as
follows:
1.
Definitions. In addition to all other terms defined herein,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state or
local governmental, quasi-governmental, administrative, regulatory
division or authority with legal, administrative or regulatory
authority over any Person with respect to the application,
administration and/or enforcement of Rules and
Regulations.
(b)
“License Agreement” means this Communications Site
License Agreement and any and all subsequent amendments,
extensions, supplements and modifications hereto or
hereof.
(c)
“Occupant” means any Person from time to time entitled
to the use and occupancy of any portion of the Property under an
ownership right or any lease, sublease, license, concession, or
other similar agreement
(d)
“Permitee” means all Occupants and the officers,
directors, employees, agents, contractors, customers, guests,
patrons, vendors, suppliers, visitors, invitees and licensees of
Occupants insofar as their activities relate to the intended
development, use and occupancy of the Property.
(e)
“Person” means any individual, partnership, firm
association, corporation, trust, limited liability company or any
other form of business and government entity.
(f)
“Rules and Regulations” means all laws, statutes,
codes, rules, regulations, restrictions, ordinances, consents,
approvals and other requirements imposed or granted by any
applicable Governmental Authority.
2.
Premises.
(a) \
Licensor hereby grants to Licensee the following rights
(collectively, the “License”): (i) a limited
non-exclusive license to install, maintain and operate
Licensee’s wireless communications equipment and
appurtenances on a tower owned and/or operated by Licensor (the
“Tower”, including one or more antennas at a centerline
height of 310 feet above ground level on the Tower, which is
located on certain real property owned or leased by Licensor and
more particularly described on Exhibit “A”
attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (the
“Property”), and (ii) a limited non-exclusive license
to install, maintain, operate, remove and otherwise use
Licensee’s equipment cabinet or compound and related devices
owned by Licensee within a space consisting of a eight (8) square
foot portion of the Property identified as the operations site on
Exhibit “B” attached hereto (the space in which
the operations site is to be occupied by Licensee on the Property
and the Tower are hereinafter referred to collectively as, the
“Premises”.
(b)
Licensor also grants Licensee, in common with other Permittees
entitled to use the same, a non-exclusive reasonable rights of
access to the Premises twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7)
days per week during the Initial Term and any Renewal Term (as
hereinafter defined) for the purpose of installing and maintaining
the equipment (as hereinafter defined). The access is subject to
revocation by Licensor at any time and from time to time to exclude
and restrain any Person who is not a Permittee from accessing the
Premises, as well as other provision contained in the
Agreement.
(c)
The Premises are delivered in an “AS IS” condition by
Licensor. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that is has visited and
inspected the Premises and hereby accepts the physical condition
thereof. Licensee further acknowledges that no representation or
warranties have been made to Licensee or Licensor as to the
condition or suitability of the Premises, including Tower or as to
any engineering or other operational data. Licensee is solely
responsible for determining all aspects as the suitability,
acceptability, accuracy and adequacy of the Premises for
Licensee’s intended use.
(d)
Licensor shall have the right, with no less that thirty (30)
days’ prior written notice to Licensee, to require Licensee
to relocate the Premises to another area within the Property, at
Licensee’s sole cash expense, provided, however, that the
area to which the Premises are relocated, wheter in the building or
on the Tower, shall be substantially similar in size and
functionality to the Premises.
3.
Use. Licensee shall use the Premises solely for the receipt
and transmission of wireless communications signals. The use
granted Licensee by this License shall be non-exclusive and is
limited in accordance with the terms and conditions of this License
Agreement.
4.
Initial Term. The Initial Term of this License shall be for
a period of Three (3) years, commencing on the earlier to occur of
the first day of May, 2003 or the date on which Licensee commences
installation of the Equipment (as hereafter defined) (the earlier
of such dates is herein, the “Commencement Date”), and
expiring on the Third (3) year anniversary of the Commencement Date
(the “Initial Term”). Licensee agrees to provide
immediate written notice to Licensor of Licensee’s
commencement of the installation of the equipment.
5.
Renewal Terms. Provided that an Event of Default has not
occurred during the immediately preceding Initial or Renewal Term
(as applicable), Licensee shall have the right to extend this
License for two (2) additional one (1) year terms (each, a
“Renewal Term”). Provided that this License Agreement
has not previously been terminated, this License shall
automatically renew for each successive Renewal Term unless
Licensee notifies Licensor of Licencee’s intention not to
renew this License at least ninety (90) days prior to the end of
the then existing term of this License. Each Renewal Term shall
be on the same terms and conditions as set forth in this License
except that consideration for this License shall increase as
provided in paragraph 6.
6.
Fee.
(a)
During the first year of the Initial Term, SkyBridge shall pay
annually to LVH the sum of Ten Thousand Eight Hundred and 00/100
Dollars ($10,800) per annum (the “Base Fee”), to be
paid in equal monthly installments of and Nine Hundred and 00/100
Dollars ($900.00), on the first day of each month in advance to
Licensor at Licensor’s address as specified
herein.
(b)
Effective on the anniversary of the Commencement Date of this
Agreement during each year of the Term, the then current Base Fee
payable by Licensee to the Licensor shall be increased by an amount
equal or greater of (i) five (5.0%) percent over the total Base Fee
payable by Licensee for the preceding twelve (12) month period; or
(ii) the percentage increase which occurred in the Consumer Price
Index (“CPI”), as defined below, for the most recent
twelve (12) month period for which the CPI is published.
(c)
CPI as used herein shall mean the Consumer Price Index published by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of
Labor, All Urban Consumers, All Items (1982-84-100), or an
equivalent successor official index then in effect. In the event
that the Bureau of Labor Statistics changes the form or basis for
computation of the CPI, a reliable governmental or other
non-partisan publication of the Licensor’s choice evaluating
substantially the same information previously used in determining
the CPI shall be used. No adjustments or recomputations,
retrospective or projective, shall be made because of any revision
which may later be made in the first published figure of the
CPI.
(d)
Appropriate proration shall be made if the Initial Term does not
commence on the first day of a calendar month, or if the date of
termination of this License Agreement is not on the last day of a
calendar month. All payments of the fee shall be made by Licensee
without deduction or offset or prior notice or demand from
Licensor. Any payment of the Fee or other amount due hereunder not
received by Licensor within ten (10) days of the date when due
shall be subject to a late payment charge of ten percent (10%) of
the amount which is overdue.
7.
Conditions. The parties’ obligations under this
License Agreement are subject to the continuing satisfaction by
Licensee that it shall secure and maintain all appropriate and
required approvals for Licensee’s intended use of the
Premises from the Federal Communications Commission (the
“FCC”), the Federal Aviation Administration ( the
“FAA”) and any other Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over Licensee’s proposed use of the Premises.
Licensee’s inability (following all reasonable efforts) to
successfully satisfy these conditions or the occurrence of any
other event which effective prohibits Licensee’s intended use
of the Premises shall relieve Licensee and Licensor from any
obligation to perform under this License and Licensee shall remove
the Equipment and vacate the Premises as soon thereafter as
reasonably practicable, but in no event later than ten (10) days
thereafter. In the event that the Equipment is not removed within
such time period, then Licensee shall be liable to pay the Licensor
the Holdover Equipment Fee (as defined in Paragraph 8(b)) from and
after the expiration of such time period until the Equipment is
removed.
8.
Improvement by Licensee.
(a)
Plans, Structural Analysis and RF Analysis. Prior to
commencement of any construction or installation of improvements on
the Premises by Licensee, Licensee shall furnish, for review and
approval by Licensor, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld, delayed or conditioned, plans and specifications which
may be required by Licensor for such construction or installation
of such improvements. Prior to the installation of Licensee’s
Equipment or any substitution, replacements or accessions thereto,
Licensee shall upon the written request of Licensor conduct a
structural analysis and wind load analysis of the Tower at
Licensee’s sole cost and expense which shall include any
existing loads and the projected load of Licensee’s antennas,
cabling and appurtenances. Prior to the installation of
Licensee’s Equipment on the Tower, upon the written request
of Licensor, Licensee shall conduct at Licensee’s sole cost
and expense a radio frequency interference analysis (“RF
Analysis”) of the Equipment with all other equipment which is
on the Tower as of the Commencement Date. Licensee shall be solely
responsible for an shall indemnify Licensor from all reasonable
costs and expenses associated with such structural analysis, RF
Analysis and the design and construction of platforms, antenna
systems, cable runs and any other modification of any type to the
Premises. Licensee shall be responsible for securing all building
permits from any and all applicable Governmental Authorities prior
to commencement of any construction or installation. Copies of the
construction permit issued to Licensee shall be provided to
Licensor prior to commencement of construction. All work performed
at the Property in connection with the installation or modification
of the Equipment and the work described in this subparagraph (a)
shall be performed by Licensee or by one or more contractors
approved by Licensor, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed. Licensee shall require all contractors, as a condition
to their engagement, to agree to be bound to Licensee by provisions
substantially identical to those included in this Agreement,
specifically those relating to the indemnification of Licensor and
insurance requirements.
(b)
Equipment. Licensee’s communication system, including
antennas, radio equipment and operating frequency, cabling and
conduits, shelter and/or cabinets, and other personal property
owned or operated by Licensee, which Licensee anticipates shall be
located by Licensee on the Premises, is more particularly described
on Licensee’s collocation application, a copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit “C” the
“Equipment” Licensee shall attach as Exhibit
“D” to this License Agreement, copies of all FCC
operating licenses, other licenses and permits which Licensee has
been issued pertinent to this License Agreement. All of the
equipment shall be clearly marked to show Licensee’s name,
address, telephone number and the name of the person to contact in
case of emergency, FCC call sign, frequency and location. All
coaxial cable relating to the Equipment shall be identified in the
same manner at the bottom and top of the line. At Licensor’s
request, Licensee shall promptly deliver to Licensor written proof
of compliance with all applicable Rules and Regulations in
connection with the installation of the Equipment. Licensee shall
not construct or install any equipment or improvements on the
Premises or operate any operating frequency other than that
described on Exhibit “C” . The equipment shall
remain Licensee’s exclusive personal property throughout the
term and upon termination of the License. Licensee shall have the
right to remove all Equipment at Licensee’s sole expense on
or before the expiration or earlier termination of the License;
provided that Licensee repairs any damage to Premises or the Tower
caused by such removal, reasonable wear and tear to pads,
utilities, fixtures and similar items excepted. If Licensee does
not remove the Equipment on or prior to the expiration or
termination of this License Agreement, Licensee shall remove such
Equipment within a reasonable period after written notice from
Licensor thereafter and shall pay the Licensor an amount equal to
one hundred and twenty-five percent (125%) of the Fee then in
effect during such holdover period during which any portion of the
Equipment is actually located on the Tower (the “Holdover
Equipment Fee”)
(c)
Compliance with Governmental Rules. Licensee shall provide
all materials and shall pay for all labor for the construction,
installation, operation, maintenance or repair of the Equipment,
and shall cause all such work to be performed in a good and
workmanlike manner and completed in a lien-free condition. All
construction, installations and operations in connection with this
License Agreement by Licensee shall meet with all applicable Rules
and Regulations of the FCC, FAA and all other applicable
Governmental Authorities.
9.
Utilities. All utility services installed on the Premises
for the use or benefit of Licensee shall be made at the sole cost
and expense of Licensee and shall be separately metered from
Licensor’s utilities. In the event that Licensee requires an
electric power supply and/or usage different from that currently at
the Property, then Licensee shall, at its sole cost and expense,
obtain such power supply. Any work performed in connection with
connecting such power supply to the Licensee’s Equipment
shall comply with all applicable Rules and Regulations.
10.
Taxes and Assessments. Except as provided immediately below,
Licensor shall pay all real property taxes and assessments Licensor
is obligated to pay with respect to the Property. Licensee shall
reimburse Licensor for any increases in such real property taxes.
As a condition of Licensee’s obligation to pay such
Assessments, Licensor shall provide to Licensee the documentation
from the taxing authority, reasonably acceptable to Licensee,
indicating the increase is due to Licensee’s improvements. In
the event any sales, use or other tax shall be payable by Licensor
in connection with this License Agreement, Licensee shall reimburse
Licensor on demand for such payments hereunder shall be exempt from
such sales, use or other taxes.
11.
Interference: Emissions.
(a)
Licensee agrees not to install additional equipment of types and
radio frequencies which will cause material interference to normal
communications operations being conducted from the Property or the
Tower by Licensor or other occupants of the Premises which are in
place as of the commencement date (the “Pre-Existing
Users”). Licensee covenants that the Equipment installed by
Licensee shall comply with all applicable laws, ordinances and
regulations including but not limited to those regulations
promulgated by the FCC. In the event the Equipment causes such
interference to Pre-Existing Users, Licensee will take the steps
necessary to correct and eliminate the interference. If such
interference cannot be eliminated with forty-eight (48) hours after
receipt by Licensee of notice from Licensor describing the
existence of the interference, Licensee or Licensor shall reduce or
temporarily disconnect the electric power to such levels to cancel
interference and, if necessary, shut down the Equipment until such
interference is corrected. If it is determined that any such
interference cannot be rectified, then Licensor may, at its option,
terminate this License Agreement upon written notice the Licensee,
whereupon Licensee shall vacate the Premises and remove the
Equipment at its sole cost and expense as soon thereafter as
reasonably practicable, but in no event later than Ten (10) days
thereafter. In the event that the Equipment is not removed within
such time period, then Licensee shall be liable to pay the Licensor
the Holdover Equipment Fee (as defined in paragraph 8(b)) from and
after the expiration of such time period until the Equipmen is
removed.
(b)
Licensor shall impose upon future licensees a duty to refrain from
interfering with Licensee which is similar to that set forth
herein. However, in the event that the operation of
Licensee’s Equipment shall interfere with any other radio
communications systems and equipment installed at the Property
after the date of Licensee’s initial installation of the
Equipment or any future modification thereof, Licensee shall
cooperate fully with Licensor and any future Occupant injured by
Licensee’s interference (a “Future Party”) to
remedy the interference. Licensee shall do whatever Licensor deems
reasonably necessary to cure such interference, provided, however,
that all costs related to remedying such interference shall be the
responsibility of the Future Party, unless such interference is
proven to be due to failure, defects or deficiencies in
Licensee’s systems or Equipment or the installation
thereof.
(c)
Licensee hereby acknowledges that Licensor has licensed, and will
continue to license, space at and upon the Property to third
parties for the installation and operation of radio communication
facilities. Licensee accepts this License Agreement with this
knowledge and waives any and all claims against Licensor resulting
from or attributable to interference caused by present or future
equipment, facilities or methods of operation employed by Licensor
in its business on the Property. Licensee also waives any and all
claims against Licensor arising from interference resulting to
Licensee by virtue of equipment, facilities or operations employed
by any other Pre-Existing User or Future Party or other Occupant in
its business upon the Property. In the event that any such
interference oc