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All applications to construct, operate, or maintain necessary equipment, facilities and other improvements shall be filed with the director of transportation or his or her designee. An application for the grant of an initial franchise may be filed pursuant to a request for proposals issued by the city or on an unsolicited basis. To be acceptable for filing, an original and two copies of the application must be submitted and be accompanied by the application filing fee where required.

At a minimum, each application for an initial franchise shall set forth the following information. The city may waive the requirement for submitting some or all of this information when the application is for the renewal of an existing franchise.

A. The name, address and telephone number of the applicant.

B. A detailed statement of the corporate or other business organization of the applicant.

C. A detailed and complete financial statement of the applicant, prepared by a certified public accountant, for the five fiscal years immediately preceding the date of the application. If the corporate or business entity organization of the applicant has not been in existence for a full five years, applicant shall submit a certified financial statement for the period of its existence.

D. A detailed description of all previous experience of the applicant in providing the intended service which includes a statement identifying, by place and date, all other franchises awarded to the applicant, its parent or subsidiary; the status of the franchises with respect to completion; the total cost of completion of such systems; and the amount of applicant’s and its parent’s or subsidiary’s resources committed to such systems.

E. An indication of whether the applicant, or any person or entity controlling the applicant, or any officer or major stockholder of the applicant, has been adjudged bankrupt, had a franchise revoked, or been found guilty by any court or administrative agency of a violation of a security or antitrust law, federal or state safety laws or regulations, any felony, or any crime involving moral turpitude; and, if so, identification of any such person and a full explanation of the circumstances.

F. A detailed description of the proposed plan of operation of the applicant, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

1. A detailed map indicating a proposed time schedule for the installation of all equipment, facilities and other improvements necessary to become operational, a description of the construction of the proposed system including an estimate of the above and below ground mileage and the projected total cost for construction of the system.

2. A detailed statement describing the physical facility proposed, technical design, the actual equipment, and the operational and technical standards proposed by the applicant.

G. Any other information reasonably requested by the city which is deemed necessary to evaluate the applicant or which could materially affect the granting of the franchise.

H. The city at its discretion may decide to accept less than the documentation above if it can establish through other sources that the applicant can meet the technical, financial and legal qualifications to meet all of the terms and conditions of a franchise and that the applicant is a competent operator of such systems. (Ord. 5532 § 2, 2004.)