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5.20 Dry Utilities

Disruption of Other Utility Services
Existing AT&T facilities within the Project site may be affected through Project development
(Exhibit 5.20-2, Centennial Project – Dry Utility Improvements). Approximately 48,000
linear feet of phone lines run throughout the Project site, and access roads to these lines
within the Project site would be within future development areas. As a result, these facilities
could require relocation or removal. Project development may also necessitate the
relocation and/or removal of existing off-site AT&T facilities. Approximately 29,000 linear
feet of existing telephone trunk and distribution lines along SR-138 and Gorman Post Road
could require relocation or removal. Relocation or conversion of these facilities would be the
Project Applicant/Developer’s responsibility. As part of coordination between the Project
Applicant/Developer and AT&T, and as required by MM 20.4-1 described below, the
alternative locations for these relocated/removed telephone lines would be planned to avoid
service disruptions and to avoid Project-related impacts to these facilities.

As discussed above, development of the Project could also impact off-site fiber connections
to the Litespan 2000 cabinet and require an upgrade of the existing Central Office facility in
Lebec. AT&T’s implementation of necessary expansion and upgrades that would support the
Project would not create significant physical impacts since all such improvements would
occur within existing facility structures.

Additionally, it may be necessary to construct temporary overhead and/or underground
facilities to provide sources; change the direction of “feed” to accommodate improvement
requirements; or remove other facilities (BJ Palmer 2015). The temporary facilities are
constructed solely to facilitate installation of the permanent facilities and would be removed
with installation of permanent facilities. The location and extent of these facilities is
unknown at this time, and would be determined during installation of necessary AT&T
infrastructure. However, such temporary AT&T facilities improvements would be
constructed entirely within the development area and would therefore not create any
physical impacts beyond those addressed elsewhere in this EIR as part of the Project.

AT&T has current easements, franchise rights, and/or prescriptive claims that cover all their
existing facilities. AT&T would extend the facilities/lines within existing or proposed road
right-of-way areas whenever possible. When not possible, easements would be obtained for
facilities placed on private property within the Project site. Any permits or authorizations
required for the extension of telephone service to the Project site would be the responsibility
of AT&T.

With implementation of MM 20.4-1, there would be less than significant impacts to telephone
services and facilities during construction or operation.

Off-Site Impacts
To provide adequate telephone service for the Project, improvements to AT&T’s facilities
would occur outside the Project site on lands owned by AT&T (PDF 20.4-1). Potential off-site
impacts resulting from upgrades of the Central Office in Lebec would be confined to existing
AT&T property within the existing development footprint. The inclusion of these telephone
line upgrades were included in the Project description and were included throughout the

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