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Council OKs master ground lease with Branch Communications for towers on city property, 6-1

3686814 · June 5, 2025
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Summary

Leander approved a five-year master agreement letting Branch Communications market, build and operate telecom monopoles on city-owned land; council debated rates and asked staff for site analyses.

The Leander City Council on June 5 approved a five-year telecommunications master ground lease with Branch Communications LLC, allowing the company to market, develop and manage telecommunications facilities on selected city-owned properties.

Assistant to the city manager Sue Yasak told the council the contract is a master framework: individual ground-lease exhibits for each site will come back to council for approval and the city will determine site-by-site whether a monthly rent schedule or a lump-sum payment is more favourable. "That's an analysis…

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