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Highlights of the Facilities and Transportation Committee Meeting of Wednesday, March 1, 2017.
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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
CITY COUNCIL FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
March 1, 2017
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
San Leandro City Hall
835 East 14th Street
San Leandro, California
(Sister Cities Gallery)
HIGHLIGHTS
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Pauline Cutter called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
1.A Attendance
Committee members present: Mayor Pauline Cutter, Councilmember Deborah Cox, and Councilmember Corina Lopez
City staff present: Engineering & Transportation Director Keith Cooke, Associate Engineer Vibha Deshmukh, Administrative Analyst Kirsten Foley, Planning Manager Andrew Mogensen, Principle Engineer Michael Stella, City Engineer Nick Thom
Public present: Sarah Bailey, Darren Chan of AT&T, Jennifer Johnson of Mobilitie, Jeff Knowles of Alta Planning + Design, San Francisco State News Student Qing Huang, Paul Maddox of Mobilitie.
1.B Announcements
None.
2. DISCUSSION ITEMS
2.A Discussion Regarding Wireless Facilities and AT&T Giga-Fiber Project
00:04:25
Principal Engineer Michael Stella provided a brief update about San Leandro wireless facilities and upcoming projects in the City. He introduced Jennifer Johnson of Mobilitie who presented information about their network of smaller antennas that boost cellular providers' networks. The presentation covered the following:
* Antennas can be co-located on City-owned street lights or joint utility poles in the public right-of-way, and can be permitted by City encroachment permit
* The alternative to co-located installations are new stand-alone poles with antenna constructed in the public right-of-way because Mobilitie is a utility governed by the CPUC
* Aesthetic concerns can be addressed by the City during the permitting process
* Mobilitie is under contract with Sprint for the proposed San Leadro installation project
Mayor Cutter inquired whether additional lighting for pedestri...
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