File #: 070800    Version: 1 Name: Public Hearing - Appeal of Categorical Exemption from Environmental Review - Citywide Wireless Broadband Internet Access Network Ordinance
Type: Hearing Status: Killed
Introduced: 6/5/2007 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 7/10/2007 Final action: 9/11/2007
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning Department dated April 20, 2007, Case No. 2007.0097E, exempting from environmental review under Categorical Exemption [State CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15301(b), 15303(d), & 15303(e); Class Numbers 1 and 3], the proposed project is an ordinance proposed by the Mayor (Board File No. 070077) that would approve one or more agreements (hereafter "the Agreement") between EarthLink, Inc. and the City and County of San Francisco. The Agreement would permit EarthLink to manage, operate, and install within the City rights-of-way a citywide wireless broadband internet access network that would provide free or affordable internet access for San Francisco residents, workers, and visitors. The project would involve installation within the City rights-of-way of a communications system consisting of two types of above-ground equipment: transmitters and backhaul devices. The Agreement does not specify proposed locations for the communications equipment, and EarthLink has not yet selected such locations. (Appellant: Jeff Hoffman, on behalf of the San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna Free Union (SNAFU).)
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