A. Implement the city’s telecommunications policy concerning use of city rights-of-way and city property by telecommunications carriers and providers;

B. Establish clear guidelines, standards and time frames with respect to the use of city rights-of-way by telecommunications carriers and providers;

C. Promote competition in the provision of telecommunications services;

D. Encourage the provision of advanced and competitive telecommunications services on the widest possible basis to the businesses, public institutions and residents of the city;

E. Permit and manage reasonable access to city rights-of-way for telecommunications purposes on a competitively neutral basis consistent with federal and state requirements;

F. Provide for the management of the limited physical capacity of city rights-of-way;

G. Assure that the city’s current and ongoing costs of allowing the presence of telecommunications facilities in city rights-of-way are reimbursed to the full extent permitted by state and federal law;

H. Assure that all telecommunications companies comply with applicable city ordinances, rules and regulations;

I. Assure that the city can continue to fairly and responsibly protect the public health, safety and welfare;

J. Enable the city to discharge its public trust consistent with rapidly evolving federal and state regulatory policies, industry competition and technological development;

K. Work cooperatively with telecommunications companies to encourage the co-location of telecommunications facilities wherever and whenever practical; and

L. Work cooperatively with telecommunications companies to coordinate and consolidate construction activities so as to minimize the number and frequency of disturbances to city streets. (Ord. 5061 § 2, 1998.)