Title
Staff Report for City Council to Approve a Master License Agreement for Small Cell Wireless Facilities Installation and for Use of Associated Facilities; Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Agreement; Establish the Small Cell Administrative and License Fees; and to Discuss, Consider, and Take Possible Action on Introduction and Adoption of an Urgency Ordinance Amending Articles 1, 2, and 3 of Chapter 5-1, "Encroachments", of Title 5 of the San Leandro Municipal Code to include regulations for Small Cell Wireless Facilities and Related Infrastructure in the Public Right-of-Way and Finding this Action to be Exempt from Environmental Review Under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(B)(3), 15301,15303, and 15305.
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving the Master License Agreement (MLA) for Small Cell Wireless Facilities and Associated Facilities, approving administrative and license fees proposed pursuant to the Agreement, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the Agreement.
Staff also recommends the City Council introduce and adopt an Urgency Ordinance of the City of San Leandro amending Articles 1, 2, and 3 of Chapter 5-1, "Encroachments", of Title 5 of the City of San Leandro Municipal Code to include regulations for Small Cell Wireless Facilities and Related Infrastructure in the Public Right-of-Way and finding this action to be exempt from environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(B)(3), 15301,15303, and 15305.
BACKGROUND
Under existing federal and state law, local municipalities retain certain authority to regulate wireless telecommunications facilities in the public right-of-way. This includes the safe use of the public right-of-way, the authority to regulate the aesthetic qualities of the facilities and the appropriateness of the size and location of equipment within each neighborhood. The authority also grants the City the right to charge fees associated...
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