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SAN BENITO COUNTY

AGENDA ITEM
TRANSMITTAL FORM

Eduardo Navarro

District No. 1

Valerie Egland

District No. 2

Robert Eggers

District No. 3

 

Robert Gibson

District No. 4

 

Robert Rodriguez

District No. 5

Item Number: 10.



MEETING DATE:  11/18/2020

DEPARTMENT: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGENCY

DEPT HEAD/DIRECTOR: Benny J. Young

AGENDA ITEM PREPARER: Taven M. Kinison Brown

SBC DEPT FILE NUMBER:

SUBJECT:

Request for open discussion on how best to encourage broadband services within San Benito County.

  • Are there governmental constraints that could be refined or removed?
    • Administrative and over-the-counter Planning Approvals?
  • Should the County have design standards, or aesthetic considerations? 
  • Should the definition of "co-location" be broadened to include attaching antennas to existing tall structures, not necessarily existing telecom sites?  Barns, towers, steeples, building facades?
  • Are local ordinances consistent with State and Federal Laws? 

 



AGENDA SECTION:

DISCUSSION - REGULAR MEETING

BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:



BUDGETED:



SBC BUDGET LINE ITEM NUMBER:



CURRENT FY COST:



STAFF RECOMMENDATION:

Open a discussion on how best to encourage broadband services within San Benito County. Open the discussion to members of the public and industry representatives if available.

ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL: