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<br />19 <br />Agreement shall be automatically effective upon Licensee’s installation of any fiber-optic cables on <br />the License Area, and Licensee shall designate and mark the six fiber strands in any conduit that <br />serves the License Area for the City’s use at the time it installs such fiber-optic cables. Licensee <br />further agrees that, at the time this Master Agreement expires or terminates, Licensee shall <br />transfer to the City title and ownership of any fiber stands marked for use by the City by quitclaim <br />or bill for sale at no cost to the City and in addition, shall continue to grant the City the right to use <br />all related infrastructure, as described above. <br /> <br />8 ALTERATIONS <br />8.1 Licensee’s Alterations. <br />Other than installation in accordance with Approved Plans, Licensee shall not make or <br />permit any alterations to the License Area or anything that is part of, installed on, or appurtenant <br />to the License Area, except with the City’s prior consent in each instance, which the City may <br />grant or withhold in its sole discretion. The City may condition its consent reasonably in each <br />instance based on the scope and nature of the alterations to be made. All alterations must be at <br />Licensee’s sole expense in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the City and <br />be performed only by duly licensed and bonded contractors or mechanics. <br />8.2 Title to Improvements and Removal of Licensee’s Equipment. <br />Except as otherwise provided in this Master License, the City has no claim of ownership <br />of Licensee’s Equipment installed on the License Area, but any structural improvements to a City <br />Pole, replacement of a City Pole, installation of an Integrated Pole, or installation of fiber-optic <br />cable owned by Licensee, as approved by the City, made by Licensee will become City Property <br />and remain on the Pole Location should Licensee vacate or abandon use of the City Pole. <br />Licensee may remove all of its Equipment (which excludes structural improvements to or <br />replacement of any City Pole) from the License Area after 30 days’ prior notice to the City, <br />subject to Section 7.10 (Fiber-Optic Cables), Article 25 (Surrender of License Area), and Article 27 (Special Provisions), unless the City has previously elected to require Licensee to remove at <br />Licensee’s sole expense all or part of any structural improvements to the License Area or City <br />Pole, whether made by the City or Licensee. <br /> <br />9 CITY WORK ON POLES OR LICENSE AREA <br />9.1 Repairs, Maintenance, and Alterations. <br />City will: (a) maintain and repair the City Poles as needed, in its sole judgment, for its <br />street light, utility, or municipal operations; and (b) correct any immediately life-threatening or <br />hazardous condition. Except as specified in Article 27 (Special Provisions), neither City work on <br />the City Poles, nor the condition of the City Poles, will entitle Licensee to any damages, relieve <br />Licensee of the obligation to pay the License Fees and Additional Fees or perform each of its <br />other covenants under this Master License, or constitute or be construed as a constructive <br />termination of this Master License. <br />9.2 Notice to Licensee. <br />The City reserves the right at any time to make alterations, additions, repairs, removals, <br />and improvements to all or any part of the License Area for any operational purpose, including <br />maintenance and improvement of street lighting services, City compliance with mandatory <br />regulations or voluntary controls or guidelines, subject to: (i) making good faith efforts to give <br />Licensee 72-hour prior notice of City work that requires manipulation of Licensee’s equipment in <br />accordance with Section 9.3 (Licensee’s On-Call Representative); (ii) allowing a representative <br />of Licensee to observe the City’s work; and (iii) taking reasonable steps not to disrupt Licensee’s <br />normal use of Equipment on the License Area. Licensee’s use of the License Area may not