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File Number: 18-673 <br />which was on September 26, 2018. <br />(4) Applications for siting of wireless facilities have grown dramatically among jurisdictions, <br />including the cities of Santa Rosa, Hillsborough, Palo Alto, Piedmont, Rancho Palos Verdes, <br />Monterey, Pacifica, Burlingame, South San Francisco, and various other cities and counties <br />located within the Bay Area as well as the State since small cell facilities became the most <br />preferred option of wireless providers for wireless telecommunications facilities. Applications for <br />siting of small cell facilities generally are submitted in batches for multiple locations at the same <br />or substantially the same time and thus must all be reviewed and evaluated at the same time. <br />(5) The Order provides that the trend toward small cell technology to deploy 5G and other <br />next-generation wireless services requires greater densification and pace of build-out to enable <br />widespread deployment as is sought by the wireless industry. The Order states that going forward <br />as much as 80% of all new deployments will entail small cell technology. <br />(6) The Order provides that wireless providers variably estimate that the preference towards small <br />cell facilities will likely result in ten to one hundred times the number of wireless facilities existing <br />in the nation. <br />(7) The Order is intended to facilitate the spread, growth, and accumulation of small cell facilities <br />over a short period of time in order to enable deployment of technology that the Order claims will <br />enable increased competition in such diverse areas as healthcare, Internet of Things (IoT) <br />applications, self-driving car technologies, and the creation of jobs, possibly increasing the U.S. <br />economy by as much as $100 billion by speeding up the deployment of small cells by only one <br />year. The Order reduces the “shot clock” period for cities to review, comment upon, consider, and <br />make a final determination on small cells applications for as many as 90 days for new facilities <br />and as many as 30 days for collocated and modified facilities. <br />(8) Small cell wireless facilities are primarily installed within public roadway rights-of-way and as <br />such create significant and far-reaching local concerns with respect to traffic and pedestrian <br />safety, aesthetics, protection and preservation of public property, and the health, safety, and <br />welfare of the general public. <br />(9) Installation of small cell wireless telecommunications facilities within the public right-of-way can <br />pose a threat to the public health, safety, and welfare, including disturbance to the roadway <br />right-of-way through the installation and maintenance of wireless facilities; traffic and pedestrian <br />safety hazards due to the unsafe location of wireless facilities; impacts to trees where proximity <br />conflicts may require unnecessary trimming of branches or require removal of roots due to related <br />undergrounding of equipment or connection lines; land use conflicts and incompatibilities <br />including excessive height of poles and towers; creation of visual and aesthetic blights, and <br />potential safety concerns arising from excessive size, heights, noise, or lack of camouflaging of <br />wireless facilities including the associated pedestals, meters, equipment, and power generators; <br />and the creation of unnecessary visual and aesthetic blight by failing to utilize alternative <br />technologies or capitalizing on collocation opportunities, which may negatively impact the unique <br />quality and character of the City. <br />(10) The City currently regulates wireless telecommunications facilities in the public right-of-way <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/21/2018