Explore the possibility of having the Regional Work with the TRPA Executive Director to e Planning Agency be the implementer of the policy determine if the TRPA can be the implementer of the Dig Once Policy. through their permitting process. Activity 2b Inventory and map all upcoming infrastructure projects and evaluate their potential for undergrounding utilities and conduit – placement Work with the same Dig Once organizations to List of all known bike, road and other a determine the future infrastructure projects currently infrastructure projects are inventoried or soon to be in the pipeline Mapping of all projects is complete and Map the projects and analyze them for the potential prioritization of projects most conducive to b to underground utilities and/or place conduit for the undergrounding utilities and middle mile open access fiber ring open access conduit is determined Activity 2c Work with lead agencies on implementing – As soon as infrastructure projects are the Dig Once Policy for those projects determined identified in 2b above, work with lead conducive to undergrounding utilities and placement of agency to put Dig Once into affect. conduit Activity 3: Facilitate Expansion of Cell Service Work with all Cell/Tower Companies and Facilitate the completion of the feasibility analysis by public land owners to finalize the analysis a the USFS and other public landowners and come to determination for each request cell site Each Cell/Tower Company will apprised of Report out results individually to Cell/Tower b the results of the analysis and the options companies available to them. Facilitate co-location discussion with the Cell/Tower Process will be developed and lead c companies to determine process for deciding the lead agencies decided for each communication agency for each authorized communication site site identified by the USFS. An Industry Meeting is hosted by the TPC for the USFS and TRPA to give a tutorial on d Host the Permit Process” industry meeting “Navigating the best practices for Navigating the Permit Process Activity 4: TPC Oversight and administration
e Explore the possibility of having the Regional Planning Agency be the implementer of the policy through their permitting process. Work with the TRPA Executive Director to determine if the TRPA can be the implementer of the Dig Once Policy. Activity 2b – Inventory and map all upcoming infrastructure projects and evaluate their potential for undergrounding utilities and conduit placement a Work with the same Dig Once organizations to determine the future infrastructure projects currently or soon to be in the pipeline List of all known bike, road and other infrastructure projects are inventoried b Map the projects and analyze them for the potential to underground utilities and/or place conduit for the open access fiber ring Mapping of all projects is complete and prioritization of projects most conducive to undergrounding utilities and middle mile open access conduit is determined Activity 2c – Work with lead agencies on implementing the Dig Once Policy for those projects determined conducive to undergrounding utilities and placement of conduit As soon as infrastructure projects are identified in 2b above, work with lead agency to put Dig Once into affect. Activity 3: Facilitate Expansion of Cell Service a Facilitate the completion of the feasibility analysis by the USFS and other public landowners Work with all Cell/Tower Companies and public land owners to finalize the analysis and come to determination for each request cell site b Report out results individually to Cell/Tower companies Each Cell/Tower Company will apprised of the results of the analysis and the options available to them. c Facilitate co-location discussion with the Cell/Tower companies to determine process for deciding the lead agency for each authorized communication site Process will be developed and lead agencies decided for each communication site identified by the USFS. d Host “Navigating the Permit Process” industry meeting An Industry Meeting is hosted by the TPC for the USFS and TRPA to give a tutorial on the best practices for Navigating the Permit Process Activity 4: TPC Oversight and administration