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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: December 3, 2018 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:18-601 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.G. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Keith Cooke <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve a <br />Master License Agreement for Small Cell Pole Attachment Installations with <br />ExteNet Systems (California) LLC <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution to approve a Master License <br />Agreement for Small Cell Pole Attachment Installations, which includes the following: <br />·Adoption of a Resolution that approves a Master License Agreement (MLA) for Small Cell <br />Pole Attachment installations with ExteNet Systems (California) LLC (“ExteNet”); <br />·Acceptance of administrative and license fees pursuant to the MLA; <br />·Authorization for the City Manager to execute the MLA; and <br />·Authorization for the City Manager to execute all subsequent Pole Licenses. <br />The MLA will allow ExteNet to install cellular wireless equipment on City-owned street lights and <br />similar City-owned utility poles. The MLA and subsequent Pole Licenses will provide authority for <br />the City to review and permit each site location and to charge ExteNet appropriate processing <br />and license fees. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Historically, large telecommunication antennas (“macro towers”) have been installed to support <br />wide geographic areas and thousands of devices at once. However, these antennas are <br />expensive to build and operate. Mobile device usage has grown rapidly in recent years, requiring <br />more bandwidth and placing heavy demand on existing network infrastructure. As a result, mobile <br />service providers are beginning to supplement their current 4G networks with small cellular base <br />stations (“small cells”) to increase bandwidth and capacity on their networks. A small cell is <br />generally considered any device that is not a “macro” site and acts similar to a mobile hot spot in <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/27/2018