said by TBBroadband:Only decision making that was done was Google saying this is what is going to happen or you don't get anything.
False. Google negotiated for 10 months and OP essentially had the best contract out of anyone who has signed a deal. Towns are able to negotiate just fine with google.
OP made the mistake of trying to deal on a point google could never concede. The point of contention is that OP wanted google to pay for any damage OP accidentally causes to google lines.
Google can't accept that kind of unlimited liability. Google wants the town to be responsible for paying them to repair lines if the city causes the damage.
Without the clause, OP could just destroy google fiber lines while doing any of their infrastructure projects and not give a shit about avoiding the line or working with google to handle moving lines that need to be moved.