C - Att 7 Alternative Sites Analysis_PLN23-0031 — San Leandro City Council, January 6, 2025

TEP PHOENIX OFFICE
4710 E. ELWOOD, SUITE 9
PHOENIX, AZ 85040
480-285-0035
WWW.TEPGROUP.NET
CIVIL | GEOTECHNICAL | SURVEY | INSPECTION | STRUCTURAL | PM&E | ENVIRONMENTAL | CONSTRUCTION | SITE ACQUISITION Nationwide Since 1997
July 10, 2024
Re: Alternative Site Analysis – New Public Safety Tower/FirstNet at 440 Peralta Avenue, San Leandro, CA 94577 – Conditional Use Permit - SLEAN01 / CCL05539 To City of San Leandro Planning Department:

We are proposing a new Public Safety Tower to provide FirstNet to enhance emergency service for first responders at 440 Peralta Ave. in San Leandro. Several alternative locations were considered for this project with Commercial/Industrial corridors targeted as the preferred location.

Upon review, it was noted these potential candidates would not work for the FirstNet/AT&T coverage objective.

AT&T’s radio frequency (“RF”) engineers performed an RF engineering study, considering multiple objectives, to determine the approximate site location and antenna height required to fulfill the noted network objectives. From this study, AT&T’s RF engineers identified a “search ring” area where a wireless communications facility may be located to provide effective service in the target coverage area.

The coverage objective of this search ring requires a minimum tower height of 80’ and there are no surrounding buildings within this search ring that will allow us to collocate at that height. The need for a new tower is imperative to meet this project’s objectives. In addition to AT&T LTE-5G commercial facilities, this proposed Public Safety Tower will include facilities to support FirstNet.

As a FirstNet site, this Public Safety Tower is part of a more significant initiative by AT&T to upgrade existing wireless sites and to build new sites to support FirstNet and deploy the new frequency band for first responders (“Band 14”). Placing antennas at the minimum height necessary to reliably make and receive telephone calls and provide data service in the presence of varying signals is crucial for the efficient and effective operation of this site as a FirstNet Network site.

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TEP PHOENIX OFFICE
4710 E. ELWOOD, SUITE 9
PHOENIX, AZ 85040
480-285-0035
WWW.TEPGROUP.NET
CIVIL | GEOTECHNICAL | SURVEY | INSPECTION | STRUCTURAL | PM&E | ENVIRONMENTAL | CONSTRUCTION | SITE ACQUISITION Nationwide Since 1997
Please see the search ring illustration below that depicts the alternative sites, existing towers, and the shows the heavy residential zones that cover a majority of the search ring. Each alternative site is numbered to match the alternative list.

Existing Tower
– No available
space to
collocate
Center of
search ring with
a .3-mile radius
Existing Tower
– 1.15 miles
away & AT&T is
already on
tower.

Area (West) of
the black
outline is all
residential with
no room for
tower.

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Parcel/Address/
Coordinates Proposal Type/Reason for
Elimination
1 Siempre
Verde
Park
Contact:
(510)
577-3462
OS -
Open
Space
Parcel: 75-224-8-1
Address: 455 Park St,
San Leandro, CA 94577
Lat/Long: 37.729309,
-122.166393
New Tower / Did not meet RF
(Radio Frequency) coverage
objective requirements
2 Wheelcare
Express
Contact:
(510) 436-
5040
IL –
Industrial
Limited
Parcel: 75-224-2-3
Address:300 San
Leandro Blvd
San Leandro, CA 94577
Lat/Long: 37.730818,
-122.168439
New Tower / Did not meet RF
(Radio Frequency) coverage
objective requirements
3 Norcal
Waste
Equipment
Co./
Contact:

Anthony
Mirada
IL -
Industrial
Limited
Parcel: 75-224-4-8
Address: 299 Park St.

San Leandro, CA 94577
Lat/Long: 37.730841,
-122.167640
New Tower / Did not meet RF
(Radio Frequency) coverage
objective requirements
4 Evergreen
Nursery
Contact:
(510) 632-
1522
IL -
Industrial
Limited
Parcel: 75-224-4-6
Address: 350
San Leandro Blvd
San Leandro, CA 94577
Lat/Long: 37.730408,
-122.167332
New Tower / Property Owner was
not interested.
5 Road Bear
RV Rental
& Sales
Contact:
(510) 564-
4444
IL -
Industrial
Limited
Parcel: 75-224-6
Address: 415 Park St,
San Leandro, CA 94577
Lat/Long: 37.730122,
-122.166774
New Tower / Did not meet RF
(Radio Frequency) coverage
objective requirements
6 Alameda
County Fire
Dept.

DA4(S)TODResidentia
l Mixed
Use
(Special
Review)
Parcel: 75-57-12-3
Address: 829 Alvarado
St, San Leandro, CA
94577
Lat/Long:

37.725857627662954, -
122.16676283001111
New Tower / The future of the
parcel is unknown as the lease is
set to expire.

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TEP PHOENIX OFFICE
4710 E. ELWOOD, SUITE 9
PHOENIX, AZ 85040
480-285-0035
WWW.TEPGROUP.NET
CIVIL | GEOTECHNICAL | SURVEY | INSPECTION | STRUCTURAL | PM&E | ENVIRONMENTAL | CONSTRUCTION | SITE ACQUISITION Nationwide Since 1997
Because 440 Peralta Ave. currently sits in a significant gap for FirstNet/AT&T this location was ultimately selected and approval for the project by property ownership was obtained. This location will help to cover and serve the surrounding industrial and residential areas.

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San Leandro City CouncilJanuary 6, 2025

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