Public Works Agency
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Item # 26
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
November 7, 2023
TOPIC: Municipal Facilities License Agreement with T-Mobile West LLC
AGENDA TITLE
Approve Municipal Facilities License Agreement with T-Mobile West LLC
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with T-Mobile West LLC for the use of certain City facilities for a ten-year period, with provisions for two automatic five- year extensions, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney (Agreement No. 2023-XXX).
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes
DISCUSSION
In response to telecommunications advancements and increased consumer demand for network data capacity, wireless providers have increasingly sought to place small cell antennas and equipment on existing infrastructure located within the public right-of-way.
Typically, a small cell antenna is attached to a streetlight or utility pole, or placed mid- span on wires between utility poles. Wireless providers place these small cells in locations that are densely populated in order to provide additional network capacity, such as in downtown areas and around heavily used traffic corridors. The small cell antennas are also deployed in areas that cannot be effectively served by a traditional macro cell.
T-Mobile West LLC seeks to enter into an agreement (Exhibit 1) with the City for the installation of small cell antennas on City-owned street lights. This will increase network and data capacity for their subscribers in the areas surrounding the antennas.
The agreement applies only to wireless telecommunications installations on City facilities in the public right-of-way. Installations on City facilities not in the public right-of- way (such as cell antennas placed on water facilities or within parks, etc.), will continue to require separate agreements.
An application fee of $1,877 will be collected for each City-owned facility licensed under this agreement during FY 2023-24, after which the fee will be applied based on the City Council-adopted Miscellaneous Fee Schedule for future fiscal years.
Approve Municipal Facilities License Agreement with T-Mobile West LLC November 7, 2023
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FISCAL IMPACT
Revenues from the agreement will be deposited in the Public Works revenue account (no. 01117002-53740) and will be budgeted for expenditure in future fiscal years.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Agreement
Submitted By: Nabil Saba, P.E., Executive Director – Public Works Agency Approved By: Steven Mendoza, Acting City Manager