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WyoLink and Broadband in Highway Rights-Of-Way Broadband Task Force Online Meeting June 8, 2020 Version 3F, as of June 5, 2020 WyoLink Re-Cap Current Situation ● Is a Land Mobile Radio (LMR) proprietary technology, is not Cell phone Long Term Evolution (LTE) - 4G or 5G technology ● Awarded in 2005 to vendor after competitive bid process ● System (core and towers) has been designed to/and allows for multiple radio vendors to operate on the system ● Currently 78 towers statewide ● Additional 15 towers under contract – construction ● 500 + users on the system daily ● 16,000 users on the system ● 12,077,923 calls in 2019; up 302,731 from 2018 (11,775,192) ● 98% statewide coverage ● $120 million invested into the system ● Designed to allow local agencies to migrate onto the system as their funding allows ● Built as inter agency (command & control) network; not as a Tactical network 2 WyoLink - Tower Locations 3 As of April 10, 2020 PCE=Portable Coverage Enhancement site WyoLink - Expansion Opportunities Current WyoLink ● Tower site sharing with Internet Service Providers ○ Have already shared tower locations with interested providers ○ Sites have to be analyzed individually ○ Concerns that get addressed: ■ Vertical separation (space available between txm & rcv dishes) ■ Size and weight of provider equipment ■ Wind analysis ■ Interference ■ Security (building and property) ● 16 New Towers ○ Under contract and under construction, utilizing Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funds: ■ General area of: Buffalo, Wright, Orin Junction, Evanston, Jackson, Rock Springs 1, Rock Springs 2, Newcastle, Alcova, Bondurant, Northern Goshen County, Sundance, Greybull (Basin), Lusk, Ten Sleep, Northern Big Horn 4 WyoLink - Expansion Opportunities Moving Forward - Future WyoLink ● Requested 12 new towers from list of 17 expansion sites ○ Under consideration for utilizing Covid-19 funds if deemed as appropriate: ■ General area of: Saratoga, Northern Sheridan County, North Albany County, South Albany ■ County, Ranchester, Flaming Gorge, South East Sweetwater County, South Uinta County ■ South Jackson/Teton, I-90 East Buffalo/West Gillette, Ethete/Dinwoody (Fremont County) ■ Southern Carbon County, Southern Sublette, U-Cross (Johnson/Sheridan County), Southern ■ Goshen County (Yoder), Togwatee, North Fork West of Cody 5 WyoLink - Tower Locations Tower Locations and Approximate Fiber in Rights-Of-Way As of April 10, 2020 PCE = Portable Coverage Enhancement site 6 WyoLink - Expansion Opportunities Moving Forward - Future WyoLink ● Additional WyoLink Towers (Could Augment State and Local Broadband Capability) - ($12,000,000) Submitted May 28 (#16) This request would provide coverage to known areas with existing coverage gaps 12 new sites at $1,000,000 each. Note: anticipate 3 could be built by December 30, 2020, contracted for other 9 sites. ● Installation of Fiber Optics at WyoLink sites (map on next slide) - ($1,000,000) Submitted May 28 (#15) This request would harden connectivity for robust reliability and would promote collocation opportunities for Broadband providers. ● WyoLink Inter Subsystem Interface (ISSI) connection - ($150,000) Submitted June 1 (#18) This request would provide expanded interoperability allowing connection with other vendor systems and technologies (LMR Land Mobile Radio /LTE Long Term Evolution 4G/5G). ● WyoLink and WYDOT Microwave/Backhaul Upgrade - ($21,000,000) Submitted May 28 (#13) This request would upgrade the end of life microwave equipment WyoLink utilizes to a state of the art (Broadband Ethernet) network capable of carrying other WYDOT technologies (i.e., cameras, VSL, DMS, etc.). 7 WyoLink - Microwave vs Fiber Tower Locations - Potential for Fiber Connectivity As of April 10, 2020 PCE - Portable Coverage Enhancement site 8 WYDOT Broadband Procedures Policy and Agreements ● Dig Once ○ Working with service providers in sizing number of conduits and number of fiber strands. Reduces the need to have to revisit additional capacity in already crowded right-of-way (ROW) highway corridors for utilities. ● Utilities Department ○ Works and coordinates with internet service providers and district engineers on broadband in ROW projects ○ Refining policies and procedures ○ Shared Resource Agreement ○ M54 Utility Agreement (standard) 9 WYDOT Broadband Procedures NEPA Requirements ● If there is no federal nexus, NEPA does not apply. ● If there is a federal nexus, NEPA does apply: ○ Projects with a federal nexus (anticipated for CARES Act) ■ Federal nexus = federal funding or action on federal land ○ NEPA document required to provide a review and disclosure of environmental impacts ○ Most WYDOT actions with federal nexus are handled with a Categorical Exclusion (CE): ■ CE used for a project that does not have a significant effect on the human environment ■ Expected time frame: 3 to 6 months • 6 months if wetland, cultural, etc. clearances needed ■ Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement would take longer ● WYDOT utility permit (required to construct in highway right-of-way) ○ Approval time frame - 2 weeks ■ Final NEPA document (if applicable) required for permit approval 10 WYDOT Broadband Procedures Right-of-Way Acquisition and Eminent Domain ● General Right-of-Way Acquisition Information: ○ Engineering & Appraisal - 100 business days or 5 months ○ Easement or Deed (requires land survey) - 100 business days ○ Landowner negotiation estimate - 60 days ○ Unwilling landowner move to eminent domain (W.S. 1-26-501) ■ WYDOT could condemn for installation of fiber to WyoLink tower ■ Statute requires 90 days for landowner to consider offer ■ WYDOT process: • Initial Offer - 65 day letter • Final Offer - 15 day letter • File condemnation paperwork - 10 days • Landowner served - unknown • Court sets hearing date - unknown ○ With court delays caused by COVID-19, getting a court date will be late 2020 / early 2021 ○ Not feasible to acquire property prior to December 30, 2020 11 Utah Broadband Procedures UDOT General Principles (see attached documents) ● Public Private Partnerships ○ Utah changed its state law in the 1990s to allow companies to lease or barter in-kind for access within interstate rights-of-way under certain conditions. ○ Underserved communities are getting high speed connectivity by partnering with UDOT. ● Value of Interstate and Federal-Aid Rights-of-Way Enables Public/Private Partnerships ○ The property value of linear highway corridors is a major incentive enabling public/private partnerships. ○ Large value of using expansive linear corridors relatively free of obstructions and other utilities. ● States and Local Agencies Control Highway Rights-of-Way ○ A secondary benefit of highway rights-of-way is accommodation of public utilities. ● Interaction with Federal Land Agencies ○ In exchange for use of UDOT right-of-way, telecoms provide fiber and conduit - allowing UDOT to communicate with its variable message signs, CCTV cameras, weather sensors, traffic sensors, traffic signals, maintenance sheds and any other device or location that needs to be connected to the traffic network. 12 WyoLink & Broadband in Rights-Of-Way Question and Answer 13 Helpful Links to Utah Code and Rules on Telecommunication Facilities & Other Items 72-7-108. Longitudinal telecommunication access in the interstate highway system https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title72/Chapter7/72-7-S108.html?v=C72-7-S108_1800010118000101 Rule R907-64. Longitudinal and Wireless Access to Interstate System Rights-of-Way for Installation of Telecommunication Facilities. https://rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r907/r907-064.htm Rule R907-65. Compensation Schedule for Longitudinal Access to Interstate Highway Rights-of-Way for Installation of Telecommunications Facilities. https://rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r907/r907-065.htm Rule R930-7. Utility Accommodation. https://rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r930/r930-007.htm UDOT Fiber Map http://projects.horrocks.com/arcgis/udotfiber.html UDOT Top Ten Fiber Priorities https://uplan.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=43c32f052da8491ab565b1e42e45a1c1 UDOT UPlan http://uplan.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html Fiber Optic Trade - Requires a login http://projects.horrocks.com/UDOTTradeTicket/Login.aspx UDOT Fiber Channels – Requires a login http://projects.horrocks.com/UDOTChannels/Login.aspx?redirect=http%3a%2f%2fprojects.horrocks.co m%2fUDOTChannels%2fOverview.aspx UDOT System Health – Requires a login http://511.commuterlink.utah.gov:9090/ FIBER AND CONDUIT LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDER AND THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION This Master Agreement “Master Agreement” is entered into this ____ day of _________ 2020 by and between the Utah Department of Transportation, hereinafter designated as “UDOT”, an agency of the State of Utah, whose principal office is located at 4501 S. 2700 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119, and TELCO NAME, Inc., hereinafter designated as “TELCO”, whose principal office is located at ADDRESS, CITY, STATE ZIP. UDOT and TELCO are hereafter sometimes collectively referred to as “parties” and either may be individually referred to as a “party”, all as governed by the context in which such words are used. RECITALS WHEREAS, UDOT is the owner of several rights of way which UDOT has acquired for the development and expansion of its highway system and the preservation of transportation corridors that could be useful to TELCO; WHEREAS, UDOT and TELCO own and operate separate fiber optic systems and conduit infrastructures in Utah; and, WHEREAS, UDOT and TELCO have both
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