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6.H. - Page 4 of 26 <br />delineates construction and mechanical standards, aesthetic standards, insurance requirements, and <br />general procedures in an efficient and transparent manner. <br />To meet state and federal deadlines, application requirements and review processes must be clearly <br />defined. The City retains considerable discretion in determining whether to accept a permit application <br />as sufficiently complete. Once the application is accepted, however, the shot clock begins running with <br />limiting opportunities to pause it. The FCC ruling also requires review standards to be clear, reasonable, <br />and stated in writing. <br />The FCC shot clocks, including the ones subject to the "deemed approved" remedies in A1357, refer to <br />"final action" regarding a permit application. The final action is usually interpreted to mean that all <br />appeals of administrative decisions have been exhausted within either the 60 -day or 90 -day shot clock. <br />Currently, if a permit is denied, it may be appealed to the City Manager or his or her designee. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />City staff time required for processing permit applications for wireless facilities in the ROW will be at <br />cost recovery and covered by the fees collected from the applicant. The permit application fees were <br />adopted by the City Council in 2017. <br />Staff anticipates that the FCC ruling will have a negative fiscal impact on the City. Presently, the City is <br />required under the California Constitution to charge market rates for private and for-profit use of City <br />property. The current regional market lease rate is approximately $1,500 per year per pole. If lease rates <br />for City -owned poles were capped at the artificially low level of $270 as the FCC ruling intends, the City <br />would lose a significant amount of revenue; the exact amount of revenue loss is unknown at this time <br />and would depend upon the number of new sites installed in the ROW. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW <br />This ordinance is not a project within the meaning of Section 15378 of the State of California <br />Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") Guidelines because it has no potential for resulting in physical <br />change in the environment, directly or indirectly. The ordinance does not authorize any specific <br />development or installation on any specific piece of property within the City's boundaries. Moreover, <br />when and if an application for installation is submitted, the City will at that time conduct preliminary <br />review of the application in accordance with CEQA. <br />PUBLIC NOTICE <br />Public Notification was achieved by posting the agenda, with the agenda items being listed, at least 72 <br />hours prior to the meeting. <br />ALTERNATIVES <br />The City Council may elect to not adopt the Ordinance Amending Municipal Code Chapter 29 to Add <br />Article "Wireless Facilities in Public Rights -of -Way" and Resolution Establishing Aesthetic Standards for <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore <br />370 <br />