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AT&T urges more stakeholder review of Universal City right-of-way ordinance
Summary
An AT&T representative told the Universal City Council the proposed amendment to the city’s right-of-way rules could be "overly burdensome" and slow broadband deployment, and the company has submitted written comments asking for more stakeholder discussion.
JD Salinas, vice president of external affairs for AT&T, told the Universal City Council during the public-comment period that AT&T supports modernizing the city’s right-of-way rules but had concerns about specific provisions in the proposed ordinance. "AT&T has submitted a letter to the record and outlines our specific comments and recommended revisions," Salinas said.
Salinas said the company believes requirements related to potholing, relocation obligations and resident notification in the proposed chapter (referred to in the discussion as chapter 283) "go beyond common industry and regulatory practices" and could increase construction complexity and slow the pace of broadband deployment and investment in Universal City. He asked the council to allow additional stakeholder discussion before final action.
The council later voted to approve ordinance 536A on second reading, an amendment to the city’s telecommunications right-of-way rules. The ordinance vote was recorded as "motion carried" in the transcript; no council debate on the final ordinance language is shown in the record of this meeting.
