DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT: Funding Agreement: AT&T for Light GIG Fiber Network Coordinator
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing the execution of a Funding Agreement between the City of San Antonio and AT&T, accepting $106,000 as a reimbursement to fund the first year for a network coordinator position through September 30, 2016 with an option to accept funding on a year-to-year basis.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Beginning in June 2015, AT&T Texas started expanding its Light Gig Fiber communications network throughout San Antonio. In order to achieve full build out of its Light Gig network, AT&T Texas must install its fiber lines in City's Right of Way. To protect the health, safety and welfare of the public and minimize impact to vehicular and pedestrian traffic, the City requires personnel to coordinate and inspect the installation of AT&T Texas' fiber lines. Discussed in FY 2015, to facilitate the coordination, permitting, and inspection of AT&T Texas' fiber lines, AT&T Texas agreed to provide funding for a network coordinator position that was added as part of the FY 2016 Budget. For AT&T Texas, the network coordinator has reviewed, coordinated, and approved over 100 active Right of Way permits for Light Gig construction and is monitoring approximately 53 construction crews working within San Antonio's Rights of Way.
ISSUE:
This ordinance authorizes the execution of a Funding Agreement between the City of San Antonio and AT&T Texas, accepting $106,000 as a reimbursement to fund the first year for a network coordinator position through September 30, 2016, with an option to accept funding on a year-to-year basis.
As AT&T Texas has an aggressive, multi-year network deployment plan, the addition of the network coordinator position has provided AT&T Texas with a single, City point of contact for review of AT&T Texas' Light Gig plans, grantin...
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