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6.B. - Page 2 of 22 Engineer recommends aesthetic standards and placement of wireless facilities to the City Council (Sec. 29.104), replacing "Denial for Incompleteness" with "Rejection for Incompleteness" (Sec. 29.106), and requiring all final decisions on an application to be in writing, not just denials (Sec. 29.107). The updates to the resolution include: adding a potential waiver for undergrounded utilities (Sec. 3), explaining when installation of equipment on strands or supporting wires is permitted (Sec. 7), and clarifying noise emission requirements (Sec. 14). Updates to the ordinance and resolution are necessary to provide further clarification on the regulation of wireless facilities in order to be compliant with the new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order. The attached ordinance and resolution contain text in underlined or strikethrough format to show the updated language as distinguished from the versions previously presented to Council. FISCAL IMPACT Presently, the City is required under the California Constitution to charge market rates for private and for- profit use of City property. The current regional market lease rate is approximately $1,500 per year per pole, which is a reasonable approximation of the costs incurred. If lease rates for City -owned poles were capped at an artificially low level of $270 as the recent FCC ruling intends, the City could lose a significant amount of revenue; the exact amount of potential revenue loss is unknown at this time and would depend upon the number of new sites installed in the ROW. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This ordinance is not a project within the meaning of Section 15378 of the State of California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") Guidelines because it has no potential for resulting in physical change in the environment, directly or indirectly. The ordinance does not authorize any specific development or installation on any specific piece of property within the City's boundaries. Moreover, when and if an application for installation is submitted, the City will at that time conduct preliminary review of the application in accordance with CEQA. PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notification was achieved by posting the agenda, with the agenda items being listed, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. ALTERNATIVES The City Council may elect to not reintroduce and adopt the Ordinance Amending Municipal Code Chapter 29 to Add Article "Wireless Facilities in Public Rights -of -Way" and Resolution Establishing Aesthetic Standards for Wireless Facilities in the Public Rights -of -Way. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: Wireless Rights -of -Way Ordinance Attachment B: Chapter 29, Article VIII — Wireless Facilities in Public Rights -of -Way (Exhibit A to ordinance) City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 42