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1467 Mountain Meadow Drv., Oceanside CA 92056 2 Review of Submittal Completeness Public Safety Towers, LLC is a third-party developer for cellular sites, primarily for AT&T. FirstNet is a nationwide wireless broadband network that provides communications “tools” for public safety and emergency responders. FirstNet was created to improve public safety communications and help save lives. It was established in response to the 9/11 Commission's recommendation to provide public safety agencies with modern communication tools. The City of New York and all the cellular carriers had their communications antennas on top of the Trade Centers, when they both collapse everything went down. Thus this “New” system called FirstNet. The First Responder Network Authority is an independent federal government agency that oversees FirstNet. However, FirstNet is being deployed through a public-private partnership and service is provided commercially by AT&T. Subscribers have access to FirstNet towers and all other AT&T antennas. AT&T offers FirstNet wireless rate plans for public safety professionals, including the FirstNet Wireless Broadband Core plan, which costs $65 per month and includes up to 25Mbps speeds and 175GB of data. This site could provide service for the FirstNet, which is no more than a paid AT&T service for first responders. First responders would be issued a prioritization code per phone number so that when the AT&T system is overloaded, their call will be complete in priority manner. Thes call are all considered “Non-Emergency,” no matter who places the call. For example, a Firefighter can buy into the FirstNet wireless system and could receive a 1C24D priority code. Where as a Fire Chief buying into the same system could receive a 1A400B priority code, which in this case supersede the Firefighter’s 1C24D code. FirstNet is not free, each device on the system is paid for by the individual or the organization if so desired. The antenna equipment on this tower is identical to standard antennas used by AT&T to serve its regular, non-FirstNet customers, and the application itself says as so: “In addition to AT&T LTE-5G commercial facilities, this proposed Public Safety Tower will include facilities to support FirstNet.” (ATTACHMENT C- Attachment 7- Alternative Site Analysis.) The Alternative Sites Analysis claims FirstNet has a gap in LTE 700 in-building coverage. However, because FirstNet subscribers can utilize other bands offered by AT&T, it is not at all clear that there is in fact any gap in in-building LTE coverage offered by any band. Additionally, the Antenna Inventory shows AT&T will also install 850 MHz, 1900 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz, 3500 MHz and 3700 MHz antennas that do not address any asserted gap on 700MHz band in- building coverage. (See ATTACHMENT C- ATTACHMENT EME Report, p. 7.) The Application similarly does not discuss other means of addressing any LTE 700 in-building gap, such as with multiple small cells in the right-of-way. Given that the tower is a conventional AT&T tower and FirstNet subscribers have access to all AT&T towers, this Five-Year Plan statement (ATTACHMENT C- Attachment 7) is incomplete: Regarding future tower development in the area, aside from the currently proposed tower, PSTC has no additional projects planned for the next five years within the jurisdiction of the City or within one-quarter mile of the border thereof. The relevant consideration is not just Public Safety Tower, LLC, but rather any planned AT&T towers, as these also provide the proposed service, which are not discussed. Att B - Page 41 of 46