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This arrangement would provide the greatest positive impact to the City, while leaving substantial fiber capacity that could be used to support the municipal operations of San Leandro well into the future. The additional capacity will help "future proof' San Leandro, allowing the City to take advantage of future technologies that require robust connectivity, at little incremental cost. Recommendation #7: Incorporate Broadband Strategies San Leandro should work to incorporate broadband governance strategies into the daily operations of all City departments and work with local and regional public agencies and private investors, especially for dig once and joint trench, leveraging streetlight poles for in-kind fiber swaps during small cell lease negotiations, during development review committee meetings, capital project budget considerations and during development agreement negotiations. FIBER MANAGEMENT The Plan also identified specific challenges the City currently faces in managing its fiber network. For instance, fiber tracking has historically been done on computer-aided drawing (CAD) files, spreadsheets and similar database files. However, these can become outdated overtime. In addition, fiber strands are not tracked in GIS; only conduit is. This presents difficulty when fiber is spliced or changes need to be made as previous modifications may not be known to all parties involved resulting in fiber strands not connecting where they are supposed to or not being available when they should be. Specific steps can be taken in order to improve this situation: • Conduct a fiber audit to ascertain usage throughout the entire fiber optic network. This should include cataloging connectivity of each strand and bundle. • Denote the number of strands in each section of the network. For example, some areas have 48 strands whereas others have 72 or more. • Mark all City strands within Lit San Leandro bundles. • Identify quality of fiber strands throughout the network by measuring throughput and performance. • Procure a fiber strand management software that can integrate with the City GIS system for tracking and planning purposes • Develop an in-house process with the IT Division, GIS, Public Works, and Engineering Departments for reporting all fiber installations, changes, updates, 123