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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContracts & Agreements_1A-2017 I 00119SIR$ "0010 G97 � ��,, AT'&T Uverse Decernber 20, 2016 City Clerk Sam Irvin City of Redlands 35 Cajon St#4 Redlands, CA 92373 Gear City Clerk Irvin, As you know,AT&T California was authorized by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)to provide video service throughout AT&T's video service area in 2007. AT&T's current video franchise will expire on March 30, 2017,. Today,AT&T has taken the next step by filing its application with the CPUC to renew its state-issued video franchise. A copy of our application is enclosed as a courtesy.The CPUC has up to 44 days to act on an application for renewal of state video franchises or else the franchise certificate is issued by default.. A list of specific census block,groups included in AT&T's video service area can be found online at the following link. rttgi.// I.izrie.att c orli/ awlr rra_ in nrr riga r�1 typ C�ther_ Additional information regarding the renewal process can be found on the CPUC's web site If you have any questions, please contact your local AT&T External Affairs manager,Julio Figueroa on 951- 680-8977. Sincerely, Vice President Regulatory Affairs Enclosures Ross Johnson Director aWAT&T Regulatory 430 Bush Street,5111 Floor SEE, San Francisco,CA 94108 (415)417'-5028 [jq9L7@Ak,t_gqRi December 20, 2016 Mr, Michael Morris Video Franchising and Broadband Deployment Group Communications Division California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102 Re: AT&T California's Application.for Renewal of California State Video Franchise 0002 Dear Mr, Morris: Pacific Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T California ("'AT&T"'), pursuant to Section 5850 of the Public Utilities Code and Decision (D.) 14-08-057, hereby files an application for renewal of its state video franchise 0002 for an additional 10-year period. AT&T's current franchise expires March 30, 2017. A completed application form, a CD containing completed templates, Appendices A and B, a check in the amount of$2,000 for the application fee, and a copy of the letter provided to the local entities within AT&T's franchise area are enclosed. The franchise area covered, by this renewal application is the same area as for franchise 0002 (filed Miarch 7, 20107) inclusive of AT&T's initial application and its five subsequent amendment applications (filed August 25, 2008, August 20, 2009, August 16, 2010, November 2, 2011 and, August 12, 2013 ), all of which were approved by the Commission. This renewal application includes a collection of census block groups (in response to Question 14), provided on CD in Excel format using the template provided by the Communications Division, which represents a geographic description of AT&T's Video Service Area, as approved by the Commission in the prior applications. The renewal application states that if an applicant has already reported socioeconomic data as part of the Commission's yearly Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act (DIVCA) data collection, that data does not need to be submitted again. On April, 1, 2016, the 2016 Annual Report for State Video Franchise No. 0002 was filed, and therefore AT&T indicates, "Not Applicable" to Questions 15 through 17 on the renewal application form. (gyp% APPLICATION FOR ANEW,AMENDED OR 12ENG'4"w'AL °I CALIFORNIA STATE VIDEO FRANCHISE RISE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION MrIfMFIISSION Definitions for the purposes of this Application: A. "Access"' means that the holder is capable of providing video service at the household address using any technology, other than direct-to-home satellite service, providing two-way broadband Internet capability and video programming, content, and functionality, regardless of whether any customer has ordered service or whether the owner or landlord or other responsible person has granted access to the household. If more than one technology is utilized, the technologies shall provide similar two-way broad band Internet accessibility and similar video programming. B. "Affiliate" means any company 5 per cent or more of whose outstanding securities are owned, controlled, or held with power to vote, directly or indirectly either by a state video franchise holder or any of its subsidiaries, or by that state video franchise holder's controlling corporation and/or any of its subsidiaries as well as any company in which the state video franchise holder, its controlling corporation, or any of the state video franchise holder's affiliates exert substantial control over the operation of the company and/or indirectly have substantial financial interests in the company exercised through means other than ownership. C. "Applicant" means any person or entity that files an application seeking to provide Video Service in the; state pursuant to a State Video Franchise, D. "Application"means the form prescribed by the Commission through which an.Applicant may apply for a State Video Franchise,a+amend its Video Set-vice Area,or a12121v for a State Video Franchise renewal. E. ``,Application Fee" means any 'fee that the Commission imposes to recover its actual and reasonable costs of processing an Application./ F "'Area" means a set of contiguous (i) Collections of census block groups or (ii) regions that are mapped using geographic information system technology. G,"Broadband"or"Broadband Service"means any service defined as Broadband,or having advanced telecommunications capability,in the most recent Federal Communications Commission inquiry pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996(P.L. 10)4-1074).2 Fl, "Census Block Group"has the same meaning as used by the U.S.Census Bureau.1. "Census Tract"has the same meaning;as used by the US.Census Bureau-3 J. "Census 'Tract Basis" means pursuant to the reporting standards articulated in Appendix D and Appendix F;,Section 11 of D.07-03-014. K. "Commission",means the Public Utilities Commission. L. "Company"means the Applicant and its Affiliates. I CAL_. PUB, UTLL. CODE § 5840(c). This fee is not levied for general revenue purposes, Consistent With Public iltili es Code§ 5840(c). 2 Ind.. at # 5830(a). The Federal Communications Commission currently uses the term-broadband"and"advanced telecommunications capability"tri describe services and facilities with an upstrearra(customer-ter-provider)and downstream (provider-to-customer) transmission speed of more than 200 kilobits per second.FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION,AVAiIaABILITY 01,' ADV.ANC,ED , ELEC OMlMUNIC`A,r]ONS CAPABJI- TY IN TfIE UNITED STATES,ES,FC UR,rlr REPORT`O CONGRI.�;SS,FCC 04-2018, 10(Sept. 9,20 04). This definition,however, is under review by the Commission,and it may evolve in response to rapid technological changes in the marketplace. Id 3 CAL.P1JB./"I'll.,.CODE,at§59601(a). 1 of 8 PLEASE TYPE ALL INFORMATION UNLESS INSTRUCTED OTHERWISE. Type of Application 1. Check as appropriate: F]New Franchise FAmd Franchise(Please indicate type of amendment below) Increasing Video Service Area ❑Decreasing Video Service Area I./ (Franchise Renewal Applicant Information 2.Applicant's State Video Franchise number(if seeking an amended or renewal Franchise): 0002 Pacific Bell Telephone Company dlbla SBC Pacific Bell Telephone Company dlbla AT&T Califomia 3.Applicant's full legal name: 4.Name under which the Applicant does or will do business in California.. AT&T California 5. Legal name and contact information of Applicant's parent companies,including the ultimate parent: Parent's Full Legal Name: AT&T Inc. Address: 208 S Akard St., Dallas, TX 75202 Phone: (210)821-4105 Parent's Full Legal Name: Address: Phone: Parent's Full Legal Name: Address: Phone: 6.Applicant's principal place of business: Address: 430 Bush Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108 Phone: 415-778-1299 7. Contact information for the person responsible for ongoing communication with the Commission about Video Service business: Name: Rhonda Johnson Title: Vice President Regulatory Affairs Address: 430 Bush Street, Room 504, San Francisco, CA 94108 Phone(s): Business/Fax: 415-417-50051214-486-1580 email: rhonda.johnson@att.com Mobile 415-244-4681 8.Attach as Appendix A the names and titles of the Applicant's principal officers. 3of8 Video Service Area Information renewal Aiv icants: tf'tlze micant has already reported socioeconomic data as part of =tle early DIVCA data collection, this data does not need to be submitted agqgn, 14. a. Utilizing the template (as applicable) provided on the Communications Division's section of the CPUC's web site at wwwcp_q�:,,A� g.y provide a geographic description of the Video Service Area and input the expected date for the deployment of each Area in the Video Service Area. Please select the method by which the geographic description shall be detailed: .............. U.S. Census Bureau Census Block Groups, or , 0 IJ' Ap plicant chooses "a, " then download and complete the electronic template available on the Communications Division's section of the CPUC`s web site A geographic information system dl-g"it—al'"B,-o--u-""n-d�-ar—y"-,-me,-eting or exceeding national map accuracy standards. 0 IJ'Applicant chooses ­b, " then submit the geographic infbrination system digital boundary as a polygon shopefile (shp), in State Plane coordinate system in digital firmat electronically to the Commission b. If a consultant was used to compile the geographic description data, please provide the following: Consultant Company's Full Legal Name: N/A Address: N/A Phone: N/A 15. Socioeconomic status information of residents within the Video Service Area (,' i,qot Applicable a­Tf-aTP-17c-a-@e, the Applicant shall provide this information utilizing the templates available on the Communications Division's section of'the (71"UC's web site at w,wa. c. g y a. Provide the following baseline description of residents in the Video Service Area: i. Number cif` Households: The number of Households in each Census Tract included in the Video Service Area. Utilize the most recent U.S. Census projections of households available as of January I of the year the Application is submitted to determine the number of Households. ii. Number of Low-Income 1-fouseholds: The number of Low-Income Households in each Census Tract included in the Video Service Area. Utilize the most recent U.S. Census projections of low-income households available as of January 1, 2007 to determine the number of Low-Income Households. NOTE:AT&T's proposed Video Service Area is its current incumbent telephone service area within the Census Block Groups provided in the template document. 5 of 8 F in each Census Tract included in the Telephone Service Area. Utilize the most recent U.S. Census projections of low-income households available as of January 1, 2007 to determine the number of Low-Income Households. b. If the Applicant or any of its Affiliates is a Telephone Corporation, provide or attest in the attached Affidavit that Applicant shall provide, no later than 90 calendar days after the date of the Commission's issuance of a State Video Franchise to the Applicant, the following description of residents in the Telephone Service Area: i. Wireline Broadband: 1. The number of Households in each Census Tract to which the Company makes wireline Broadband available. 2. The number of Households in each Census Tract that subscribe to wireline Broadband that the Company makes available. ii.Non-Wireline Broadband: 1. If the Company uses non-wireline technology to provide Broadband, specify the type(s) of technology used in each Census Tract. 2. The number of customers in each Census Tract that subscribe to non- wireline Broadband that the Company makes available. 3. Using geographic information system digital boundaries that meet or exceed national map accuracy standards provide maps that delineate (i) Census Tract boundaries and (ii) where the Company typically makes non-wireline Broadband available. iii. Video service: The number of Households in each Census Tract that are offered Access by the Company. iv. Low-Income (Utilize the most recent U.S. Census projections of low- income households available as of January 1, 2007 to determine the number of Low-Income Households): The number of Low-Income Households that are offered Access by the Company. 17. If a consultant was used to compile the geographic description data, please provide the following: lot Applicable Consultant Company's Full Lega Name: NIA Address: NSA Phone: NIA Financial, Legal, and Technical Qualifications 18. a. New Applicants must provide or attest in the attached Affidavit that Applicant shall provide a copy of a fully executed bond in the amount of$100,000 per 20,000 households in the Video Service Area,with a$100,000 minimum and a$500,000 7of8 Appendix A AT&T California Principal Officers Ken P. McNeely—President April J. Rodewald—Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Marc D. Blakeman—Vice President- External Affairs Rhonda Johnson—Vice President—Regulatory Affairs Loretta Walker—Vice President—Externa I Affairs and Employee Engagement and Communications Sherri L. Bazan—Treasurer AFFIDAVIT STATE OF California COUNTY OF San Francisco My name is Kenneth) P. McNeely T am President (Title) of AT&T California (Company). My personal knowledge of the facts stated herein has been derived from my employment with AT&T California (Company). I swear or affirm that I have personal knowledge offfie facts stated in this Application for a California State Video Franchise to provide Video Service, I am competent to testify to them,and I have the authority to make this Application on behalf of and to bind the Company. New,Transfer and Renewal Applicants. I further swear or affirm that ame of Appliegna is not in violation of any final non-appealable order relating to either the Cable Television and Video Providers Customer Service and Information Act (California Public Utilities Code Article 3.5 (commencing with § 53054) of Chapter I of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code) or the Video Customer Service Act (California. Public Utilities Code Article 4.5 (commencing with §.53088) of Chapter I or Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code) or the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006 California Public Utilities Code§$_5800 et seq.). I further swear or affirm that court of com etent jurisdiction has /(as no circle one found AT&T(:'a l iforn ia................._ pp order. ame o A scant m violation of that,,,,,,,,,.,.,.__ a court n has en AT&T California affirm that meof A f li�ant competent nrmal noticeoontainin lle ati nlvs that it iin violation of a final non-appealable court order. If a court of competent Jurisdiction finds thatthe Apnlicantjs in violation of a non-appealable court order, it must provide,with this Application. a further court„order or ruling demonstrating that the violation has been cured if ane exists.If no such rder exists, the Applicanj must attest to the following: I further swear•or affirm that rNamt;of Applicant] has cured the„violation of a non-appealable court order. All Applicants: I further swear or affirm that AT&T California [Name of Applicant] shall fulfill the following requirements: *These paragraphs are not applicable because no court order has found AT&T California to be to vloTabon of the aforementioned code statutes. s. 5 + b. Antidiscrimination: L If Applicant and its Affiliates together have more than 1,000,000 telephone customers in California,Applicant shall satisfy the build-out requirements set forth in Public Utilities Code § 5890(b) & (e). ii. If Applicant and its Affiliates together have less than 1,000,000 telephone customers in California, Applicant shall satisfy any buildout requirements established pursuant in Public Utilities Code § 5890(c). o. Cross-subsidization: If Applicant or its Affiliates provide stand-alone, residential, primary-line basic telephone service, Applicant shall refrain from using any increase of the rate of this service to finance the cost of deploying a network to provide video service. d. "Affiliate," as referenced herein, means any company 5 per cent or more of whose outstanding securities are owned, controlled, or held with power to vote, directly or indirectly either by a state video franchise holder or any of its subsidiaries, or by that state video franchise holder's controlling corporation and/or any of its subsidiaries as well as any company in which the state video franchise holder, its controlling corporation, or any of the state video franchise holder's affiliates exert substantial control over the operation of the company and/or indirectly have substantial financial interests in the company exercised through means other than ownership. 6.Applicant shall fulfill all other requirements imposed by the Digital Infrastructure and'Video Competition Act. 7. AT&T California [Name of Applicant] is a single identifiable entity that is qualified to do business in California and has verifiable assets. This entity shall accept service of process, either directly or through an agent, and subunit to the-jurisdiction of California courts. I swear or affirm that all of the statements and representations made in this Application are true and correct, k ,{Signature and title U f ' U� J`� ice' S v Typed or printed name and title_Kenneth P._McNeely - President CAUFORNIA JURAT WITH AFFUW STATEMENT GOVERNMENT CODE j 8202 Otee Attached Document(Notary to cross out lines 1-6 below) 0 See Statement Below(Lines 1-6 to be completed only by document signerls),not Notary) Signature of Document Signer No. 1 Signature of Document Signer No.2 any) A no"public or other officer completing this certificate verffles only the ideatity of the individual who signed the document tDwtfich Us certificate is attached,and notthe truthfulness,accuracy,orval[drty of that document. State of California Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me County of rz e.0 S C- -t:, on this day of 'D f -- . 20—L� by Date Month Year -- - - - - - (and (2)-- ANN MARIE MURTAGH Name(q)of Signer(s) commission#21301776 z Notary Public-Californiaz San Francisco County ?: proved to me on the Weis of satisfactory evidence Gomm.Ex2i Oct 16,2019t to be the person(s) who appeared before me. Slgnature��� Signature of Notary Public Seal Place Notary Seat Above —OP77ONAL Though this section is optional. completing M Wormation can deter alteration of the document or fraudulent reaffachment of this form to an unintended document. Description of Attached Document Title or Type of Document Document Date; Number of Pages:—Sign er(a)Other Than Named Above: 02016 National Notary Association-www.NatonWNotary.org-1-800-US NOTARY(1-800-816-6827). Item#5910