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Resolution of the Mayor and Council Rejecting Bid for the Lease Of Public Property for a Wireless Telecommunications Facility at the Princeton Public Library and Authorizing Revisions to Bidding Materials and Re-Advertising the Lease
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WHEREAS, Princeton is the owner of real property situate in Princeton with the street address of 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08542, known as the Princeton Public Library, and referred to as Block 27.02, Lot 77 on the Princeton Tax Map; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to a duly advertised notice to bidders authorized by Resolution 25-164, Princeton received one bid for the lease of public property for a wireless telecommunications facility at the Princeton Public Library from Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless; and
WHEREAS, the bid received took several exceptions to terms of the bidding materials and the lease which are considered material and hence nonwaivable, most notably an exception to the conditions precedent for commencement of construction of the telecommunications facility as originally required in Resolution 25-164; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 25-164 and Princeton's bidding materials instructed bidders that conditional bids shall not be accepted, only immaterial informalities may be accepted and no material changes to the lease would be made after the bid opening; and
WHEREAS, at this time, the Engineering Department and Municipal Attorney's Office recommend that the bid received be rejected as nonconforming to the bidding requirements; and
WHEREAS, the Engineering Department has confirmed that a portion of the Princeton Public Library Building's rooftop and associated areas (the "Premises") remains suitable for the placement and operation of telecommunications antennas and associated equipment, Princeton does not have a need for public use of the Premises, and to that end, it is in the public interest for Princeton to amend t...
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