She stressed that resolution of these issues will take time and will involve coordinating the work of different City entities to facilitate completion. Staff will schedule a briefing on these issues for the Board for the next meeting. Rona noted that Matt is working with an interdepartmental group to identify and resolve and can give the Board a briefing about them. She noted that there are some City policies to foster competition which are colliding with the realities of limited space on the poles and in City conduit. And, she noted, there aren't policies for resolving these problems and the City has limited legal alternatives for addressing the issues.
Additional issues involve universal service or partial build outs and timing for the buildouts.
Rona also noted that these providers are seeking franchises in many other City's at the same time they are applying for one here. We will need to ensure that if a franchise is granted, the grantee has sufficient capital to meet its build out obligations. Matt will talk about the pole attachment issues, and Brenda will talk about the franchise issues. Rona noted that the City has control only over the cable piece, not over the telecom or phone pieces. Rona noted that Summit's request for a Citywide franchise is still part of the equation.