CC 09-15-2020 Study Session Item No. 01 Small Cell_Written CommunicationsCC 09-15-20
Special Meeting
Study Session #1
Small Cell Facilities
Written Comments
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Cyrah Caburian
From:Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com>
Sent:Friday, September 11, 2020 2:14 PM
To:Steven Scharf; Darcy Paul; Rod Sinks; Liang Chao; Jon Robert Willey; City Council; Lauren Sapudar
Cc:Chad Mosley; Roger Lee; Marlene Dehlinger
Subject:Verizon Wireless Comments on Draft Cupertino Guidelines, Small Wireless Facilities - Council Study
Session September 15, 2020
Attachments:Letter to CC 09.11.20.pdf
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Dear Mayor & Councilmembers, attached please find our letter prepared on behalf of Verizon Wireless providing comment on the
draft guidelines for small wireless facilities in the right‐of‐way.
Thank you.
‐‐
Paul Albritton
Mackenzie & Albritton LLP
155 Sansome Street, Suite 800
San Francisco, California 94104
(415) 288‐4000
pa@mallp.com
MACKENZIE & ALBRITTON LLP
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Cyrah Caburian
From:
Sent:Monday, September 14, 2020 2:32 AM
To:Chad Mosley
Cc:Deborah L. Feng; Steven Scharf; Darcy Paul; Jon Robert Willey; Liang Chao
Subject:Revised Permitting Guidelines for Small Wireless Facilities
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Hi Mr. Mosley,
The local government can regulate the wireless facilities’ placement based on the revised GUIDELINES FOR
ENCROACHMENT PERMIT SUBMITTALS FOR WIRESS COMMUNICATIONS SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES ON CITY OWNED
POLE. Thank you for considering residents. The revised guidelines has now categorization of sites in order of
preference, increased the mailing public notification radius from 300 feet to 500 feet, notification period from 14 days to
21 days, and response to inquires for 48 hours to 72 hours. So that the residents can have more time to evaluate and
send our comments.
The revised guideline also has a lot more details of the small cell facility application process for carriers.
Based on City Council staff report, 4G network will help to make implementation of the next generation 5G more
effective. The small cell antenna have a small size, less construction, use the existing city owned light pole, lower power
output, smaller coverage area, and potentially higher signal frequency and faster transmission speed with 5G.
For the reasons, the small cell antenna has a lot more advantages rather than the macro cell antenna. City of Cupertino
seems to be focusing on the small cell towers rather than the macro cell towers.
Does City still need AT&T macro cell tower in Memorial Park? AT&T already built the small cell towers and will build
many more. They might focus on the small cell towers rather than the macro cell towers.
Regards,