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RFP for Preparation of Broadband Master
Plan
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA
Josh Erquiaga
Network Services Supervisor
j erquiag@slocity.org
Prepared by:
Jory Wolf
Magellan Broadband
jwolf@magellanbroadband.com
818-312-7768
magellanbroadband.com
PROPOSAL
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Letter of Transmittal .................................................................................................................. 3
Magellan Overview and Experience ............................................................................................ 4
References ................................................................................................................................ 9
Project Team ........................................................................................................................... 12
Scope of Work ......................................................................................................................... 15
Task 1: Kick-Off Meeting & Project Management Plan ....................................................................... 15
Task 2: Identify & Inventory Assets .................................................................................................. 15
Task 3: Needs Assessment & Goal Setting ......................................................................................... 16
Task 4: Conceptual Network Routes and Infrastructure Requirements ................................................ 17
Task 5 Technical Specifications & Cost Estimation ............................................................................. 18
Task 6: Capital Project Analysis & Grant Technical Materials ............................................................. 19
Task 7: Master Plan Compilation & Approval Process Support ............................................................ 20
Timetable ................................................................................................................................ 21
Pricing .................................................................................................................................... 22
Required Forms ....................................................................................................................... 23
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Letter of Transmittal
September 14, 2022
Josh Erquiaga
Network Services Supervisor
City of San Luis Obispo
Magellan Broadband is pleased to submit this proposal to the City of San Luis Obispo for the RFP for
Preparation of a Broadband Master Plan. Magellan provides professional consulting services to local
governments that want to develop effective digital inclusion/equity, broadband and Smart City strategies
that are unique to their communities and are based on real-world and demonstrable success.
Our team of advisors has worked with agencies throughout California and around the US to help them
develop and execute broadband strategies for their communities. We understand the challenges and
opportunities local governments face in gaining a competitive edge for economic development and
bridging the digital divide. Magellan has worked with several communities to create actionable strategies
that leverage existing infrastructure, develop strategic partnerships, create successful broadband policies
and identify smart investments to enhance services and operations of government, businesses,
education and healthcare institutions, including:
• County of Marin: Digital Marin
• County of Napa: Broadband Strategic Planning
• County of Sonoma: Broadband Feasibility
• County of Ventura: Broadband Master Planning
• County of Fresno: Broadband Master Plan
• City of Fremont: Broadband Master Planning
• City of South San Francisco: Broadband & Wireless Master Planning
• City of Concord: Broadband Master Planning
• City of San Leandro: Broadband Master Planning
As every community is unique, our goal is to deliver individually tailored strategies and guidance to you.
We strongly believe our experience makes us well suited to work extensively with your staff and
departments as well as stakeholders in your communities to understand how the City of San Luis Obispo
can best use its unique capabilities and strengths to enhance the availability of broadband throughout its
community. If you have any questions or we can be of assistance in any way, please feel free to contact
me with any questions or comments. You can reach me directly at 818.312.7768 or
jwolf@magellanbroadband.com.
Sincerely,
Jory Wolf, VP of Digital Innovation
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Magellan Overview and Experience
Magellan Broadband serves local governments nationally with offices in Texas, Colorado, Florida,
California and Missouri. Our Colorado headquarters are located at 999 18th Street, Suite 3000 Denver,
CO 80202. Magellan’s web address is www.magellanbroadband.com. Magellan Advisors, LLC was
founded in January of 2004 and has been in operation as a Limited Liability Company
since inception. Magellan’s office number is 888-960-5299. Magellan’s Federal Employee Identification
number is 65-1218484. The contact for this contract is Vice President Jory Wolf. His email
is jwolf@magellanbroadband.com and his phone number is 818-312-7768.
Magellan is the leading turnkey broadband development firm for municipalities and utilities. We
specialize in planning, designing and building fiber to the home networks for communities that need
faster, more reliable high-speed internet. With over 18 years in business and over 400 municipal clients,
Magellan is the most experienced firm for munis that want to enhance economic development,
education, healthcare and the quality of life of their communities through world-class broadband.
Our staff understands the goals of local governments that recognize broadband as a policy issue. In our
feasibility studies, we help educate, inform and direct municipalities to the most feasible options for
solving local broadband issues. We work with internal and external stakeholders to build a profile of your
community to determine the current state of broadband and identify key issues. Based on real-world
solutions, we help you determine the best opportunities to close gaps and position your community for
the future. We believe that every community is unique and customized broadband strategies are
essential in every project we undertake. In every case, we have helped municipalities find and implement
the right solutions to enhance local broadband.
We are the only firm that creates custom tailored broadband networks to achieve municipal objectives.
Our networks deliver the fastest internet services at the lowest cost, while giving municipalities a
platform to deploy smart city innovations that help them manage their communities. We’ve led the
planning, funding, construction and management of over 50 fiber broadband networks passing over 1
million households and connecting more than 1,000 schools, hospitals, government offices and
community organizations and totaling $1 billion in investments. Magellan has helped more communities
successfully plan, implement and manage broadband networks than any other firm in the market.
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Magellan provides fiber engineering, consulting and network implementation to municipalities and
utilities whose goal is to improve broadband in their communities. Over 400 municipalities, utilities and
cooperatives have used Magellan to develop their fiber and broadband networks.
Our mission is to connect every community, one at a time, to the digital economy so that no one is left
behind. Our work ensures that communities can access every opportunity the internet has to offer so
they can thrive in the connected world.
Our turnkey broadband solutions allow our clients to maintain a single partner that fulfils every aspect of
planning and deploying broadband networks, with seasoned experts guiding their deployments every
step of the way. Our success is based on our clients’ success and our fiber to the home solutions enable
our clients to serve their citizens most pressing broadband needs in the digital age.
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References
FIBER DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION REFERENCE: CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CA
CONTACT
Fred Lyn
Utility Division Manager
P: 909.477.2740 ext. 4035
E: fred.lyn@cityofrc.us
“Today this infrastructure plays a crucial role in Rancho Cucamonga, not only in economic development,
but will be pivotal in the long-term sustainability and future planning of the City. Rancho Fiber has
arrived.” -Fred Lyn, Utilities Division Manager
CHALLENGE
City leadership recognizes that fiber-optic infrastructure is an important part of the Rancho
Cucamonga community. They understand that in today’s world, connectivity affects every aspect of
the community - whether in municipal operations, public safety, education, healthcare, quality of life,
entertainment and commerce. To realize leadership’s vision, the City needed a partner that could
develop and manage the expansion of fiber-based broadband across the City in a measured
approach that achieved the City’s financial constraints while expanding access in year-by-year
deployments across the City.
MAGELLAN’S SOLUTION
In 2016, Magellan worked with the City to develop a fiber master plan and engineering assessment
that laid out a multi-year plan for new aerial and underground fiber deployment throughout the City,
totaling $12 million over 6 years. Since adopting the master plan in 2017, Magellan has designed and
built the first three phases of the fiber to the premises network. In this work, we have provided full
engineering, fielding, utility assessments, pole and make ready planning, construction prints and bid
packages. We also manage construction as an owner’s representative for the City in the fiber build,
ensuring that the construction contractor meets our engineering specifications developed for the
City, with tight quality control and within the budget.
OUR CLIENT’S SUCCESS
Today, the City has connected neighborhoods and business corridors, enabling gigabit broadband
services to residents and businesses across the City. Residential customers receive gigabit service
for $69.99 per month, giving them nearly 5 times the bandwidth for a lower cost than is available in
the market today. Businesses have competitively priced internet on City fiber that has replaced slow
and unreliable DSL, and cable internet services.
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FIBER DESIGN ENGINEERING REFERNCE: CITY OF GLENDALE, CA
CONTACT
Craig Kuennen
Deputy General Manager
P: 818.548.3369
E: ckuennen@glendaleca.gov
“Today this infrastructure plays a crucial role in Rancho Cucamonga, not only in economic development,
but will be pivotal in the long-term sustainability and future planning of the City. Rancho Fiber has
arrived.”
-Fred Lyn, Utilities Division Manager
CHALLENGE
Glendale Water & Power currently owns and operates approximately 98 miles of dark fiber network
within Glendale’s city limits. The majority of connections are for municipal communication systems
with limited commercial access. To meet increasing demand for fiber in the City, City Council
authorized the development of a Fiber Optic Business Plan. This plan is currently under
implementation to provide improved commercial network infrastructure and necessary business
organization required to expand the City’s operation as a provider.
MAGELLAN’S SOLUTION
In 2018, Magellan Advisors has been the City’s partner for implementation of its fiber strategy,
including design for electronics and connectivity, development of the construction documents and
strategy for deployment of an expanded fiber backbone to bring connectivity to Glendale’s electric
substations and other field equipment to serve the utility. Magellan’s strategy was to leverage the
fiber backbone expansion for as many purposes as possible across the City, utility and broadband
use cases. Magellan laid out fiber backbone routes to reach all electric substations, creating a new
ring of connectivity to improve reliability in the electric plant. The design was dimensioned to support
high-capacity broadband services as part of Glendale’s strategic plan to deploy the network.
OUR CLIENT’S SUCCESS
Today, the City has connected neighborhoods and business corridors, enabling gigabit broadband
services to residents and businesses across the City. Residential customers receive gigabit service for
$69.99 per month, giving them nearly 5 times the bandwidth for a lower cost than is available in the
market today. Businesses have competitively priced internet on City fiber that has replaced slow and
unreliable DSL and cable internet services.
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Project Team
JORY WOLF
VP of Digital Innovation: Project Executive
Jory joined Magellan after 22 years as CIO of the City of Santa Monica, CA where he launched Santa
Monica City Wi-Fi, which provides free internet services to the public through a network of 32 hot zones
and wireless coverage in most major commercial and transit corridors throughout the city. He created
Santa Monica City Net, a 100-gigabit broadband initiative to support an environment for local businesses
to compete in the global economy with cutting edge network solutions. Jory has over 35 years of
experience in Information Technology, including broadband, FTTH and Smart City initiatives. Jory and his
teams have received over 50 awards for information technology projects during his career and in 2012
he received the CIO Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Business Journal. Since joining
Magellan Broadband in July 2016, Jory has led teams that have worked on 60+ government projects in
broadband master planning, feasibility studies, wireless strategic planning, 5G small cell policies, dig
once policies and smart city.
WILL MORAT
Senior Broadband Consultant: Project Manager
Will has 15 years of experience leading complex projects in government, communications, and
economic development. He has led public fiber optic network projects from the nascent stages all the
way through launch. His focus is on leveraging public assets with private investment to realize
community benefit: closing the Digital Divide, improving public services through technology, and
enhancing the quality of life and economic environment. Will brings a background in public policy, local
government administration, and cross-departmental experience in project management that
complements the critical role of broadband in community growth and development.
GREG WHELAN
Senior Broadband Consultant
Greg is a subject matter expert in broadband, fiber, digital infrastructure, mobile, 5G, cloud/edge, tele-
communications, and IoT. He was a pioneer in broadband and created the project the led to the first
broadband modem chipset in the industry. He was a co-founder and vice president of the original
Broadband Forum and participated in early international broadband standards organizations. He was
part of the team that architecture one of the first Open Access Broadband networks in the USA and a
was early in connecting private funding and open fiber networks in the USA. Prior to joining Magellan
Broadband, he was an independent broadband industry analyst and advisor. Before that he led
broadband marketing and products at Cisco Systems, Cascade Communications, Analog Devices and a
number of start-ups in greater Boston.
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AL KAMUDA
Design Team Lead
Al Kamuda is a seasoned telecommunications and GIS professional with over 20 years’ experience in
telecommunications engineering, mapping, design and outside plant construction. Prior to joining
Magellan, Al was the Senior Design Manager for the Central Florida region at Spectrum (Charter
Communications), where he led the planning, project management and implementation of outside plant
design for various company growth projects including residential, commercial, cellular backhaul and
metro WIFI. His extensive experience with the telecommunications industry, CAD platforms and
geospatial expertise along with his strategic forward thinking provides an extremely diverse skill set that
allows him the valuable insight needed to understand the client’s objectives in all aspects of
telecommunications construction and design processes.
MATTHEW SOUTHWELL
Associate Project Manager – Design
Matthew Southwell has over 13 years in the telecommunications field. Matthew’s career began as a
U.S. Army Sergeant where he worked on tactical communication systems, Sat-Com radio systems, and
deploying weekly COMSEC key changes OTAR (Over the Air Rekeying) with newly deployed radio systems
during two Operation Enduring Freedom deployments. Matthew’s private sector work includes work
with a Motorola radio distributor and contractor where he supported many Federal, State, and local
County entities to include: Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Drug Enforcement Administration, Florida Highway Patrol, Greater Orlando Airport Authority, Orange
County Sheriff’s Office, and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Matthew joined Magellan Broadband in
2016 as a telecommunication analyst where he has contributed his knowledge and technical expertise
to over 65 broadband projects. Matthew’s current role within Magellan includes analysis of client GIS
data and mapping, creating conceptual network designs and costing estimates for future fiber builds.
Matthew is a Certified Fiber to the Home Professional (CFHP) and holds a Business Management Degree
with High Honors from Keiser University in Orlando, FL.
PRESTON YOUNG
Senior Broadband Consultant
Preston Young has many years of experience in the telecom industry, specializing in program
management of large-scale fiber optic construction over builds. He has experience managing many
projects of all sizes, working with major telecom and wireless providers in managing all aspects of the
projects including contract management, budget analysis, high-level design, low-level design,
construction, milestone reporting, and government and municipality management. Preston is a very
detailed program manager with a tenacious quest for success and learning, results driven leadership
and analytical thinking. He thrives on efficient on-time projects that meet or are under budget.
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TAMARA MANN
Project Management Analyst
Tamara has several years of experience in the Information Technology industry. Her background is in
data analytics, business intelligence, and project coordination in software automation and
implementation. Tamara has a history of crafting customized reports based on the detailed analysis of
complex data sets. She has played a critical role in tracking project milestones, timelines, budgets, and
risks to ensure effective completion of project deliverables within target parameters. She has experience
in leading and supporting multiple projects at a time, as well as program / portfolio management.
Tamara is an enthusiastic Project Administrator dedicated to professional development and growth. She
is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in business
intelligence and analytic management from DeVry University.
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Scope of Work
TASK 1: KICK-OFF MEETING & PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN
Our team will begin the project by developing a Project Management Plan (PMP) for the project, including
a schedule for all tasks, deliverable dates, progress reports, and other milestones. After submitting the
draft PMP to the City, we will conduct a virtual or in-person kickoff meeting in coordination with the City.
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss project goals, processes, and timelines, and to review and
update the PMP to ensure alignment of our team with yours and that the final deliverables will meet your
expectations. Based on the feedback received from the City, Magellan will revise the PMP and deliver a
final version within seven (7) working days following the kickoff meeting.
TASK 2: IDENTIFY & INVENTORY ASSETS
We will conduct a comprehensive asset inventory of the current broadband assets in the public right-of-
way including conduit, fiber, antennas, poles, towers, abandoned facilities, active facilities, and other
infrastructure to determine their usefulness for expanding broadband within the region. This effort will
provide a realistic assessment of assets available for expanding broadband connectivity.
We believe that the following components should be analyzed:
Underground conduit, innerduct, empty and available conduit
Fiber cables, strand counts, splice points, terminations and utilized strands
Vault and handhole locations
Available and reserved capacity throughout the network
Construction and placement method policies
Current as-builts and documentation
Terminating locations and public facilities
GIS maps including publicly-owned property, right of way, easements
Location of capital improvement projects and economic development zones
Current and planned locations of public safety cameras and traffic signal interconnect
Magellan will request GIS files, capital projects, planning and development data from the City itself, its
cities, unincorporated communities, and anchor institutions to develop a broadband asset map. Using
this data, we propose to first build a geo-correct layer of conduit and fiber, identifying placed conduit,
type, size, status (occupied/vacant) and related information. A second layer will incorporate poles, traffic
signal cabinets and other assets to be used for expanding broadband.
A third layer may include General, Economic Development, Transportation and Capital Projects Plans to
identify strategic and cost-effective methods of deploying and expanding broadband in a planned,
organized and phased approach. We will also engage with private internet service providers to request
information about the locations of their assets. Magellan’s team will coordinate meetings with
incumbents and new entrants to understand how their existing infrastructure serves the community,
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what their plans are for the future, and what implications those plans have for the City. We should expect
that some of these companies may be reluctant to provide details about their assets and plans, but have
found that developing relationships with these organizations is a key component of broadband planning.
Task 2 Deliverable: Magellan will provide a technical memorandum assessing the inventory of assets, geo-
data files mapping out City-owned assets, and facilitate a workshop to review asset inventory and assessing the
implications for the City’s financial and business modeling.
TASK 3: NEEDS ASSESSMENT & GOAL SETTING
Magellan Advisors will perform a local random sample countywide survey that will compare to market
and census data showing demand and anticipated penetration rates. The survey will provide you with a
graphical and visual representation of the current market, based on the survey and data collected for
the market. This graphical representation will give you unique and valuable data on the actual broadband
market in the City so you can understand the following:
1. Actual speeds that residents, anchors and businesses are receiving
2. Actual pricing that residents, anchors and businesses pay for services
3. Territories for providers operating in each community
4. Customer satisfaction levels with broadband providers
5. Key issues that impact customers across the City
6. Identify Underserved and Unserved areas
We will also conduct the group meetings with representatives of key potential user groups to further
understand the needs of the community.
Magellan’s formal needs assessment will include outreach with potential users of a City network including
municipalities, businesses, large stakeholders and internet service providers. We will meet with these
stakeholders one-on-one or in focus groups to document current and future needs as well as
understanding on how joint investments and partnerships could impact operations of expanding
broadband in the City. This outreach may include:
Public/Municipal Outreach: municipal leaders across the City including IT, public works, finance and
leadership as well as other important department leaders throughout the City and its communities.
Private Providers: Magellan will hold one-on-one interviews with private retail providers allowing them
to share information on their current network, expansion and upgrade plans and willingness to partner
with the City to better serve its communities.
Anchors and Enterprise Businesses: We suggest scheduling one-on-one and group meetings with your
large broadband users, including schools, hospitals, regional government organizations and large
enterprise businesses.
Businesses: Magellan recommends conducting focus groups with small and medium businesses that are
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representative of the greater business community.
Magellan Broadband will utilize data from its survey, stakeholder outreach and census and demographic
data to determine the economic and community impact that broadband issues are having on the City.
This will include how the lack of broadband has impacted economic development, how businesses feel
about relocating due to lack of reliable and affordable broadband, and the effect poor broadband and
broadband gaps have created for residents with particular focus on ability to telecommute, utilize online
education and provide economic opportunities through online small businesses.
Task 3 Deliverable: Magellan will provide a technical memorandum summarizing the needs assessment, and
facilitate a workshop to review the assessment and implications for the City’s modeling.
TASK 4: CONCEPTUAL NETWORK ROUTES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
REQUIREMENTS
Magellan will develop a High-Level Design (Conceptual) for a network that utilizes available assets and
addresses the needs of the region. We will provide engineering services to develop the design and
specifications for construction of the new network and identify new opportunities to build that may
enhance communications and support future broadband programs. As we develop the conceptual
design, we will work with the City team to determine the best running lines, pole infrastructure and
locations where fiber should be constructed.
Magellan’s engineering will identify and incorporate fiber alignments, placements, structures, cable sizes
and splice points for the conceptual network. Magellan will work with the City to analyze the existing
fiber backbone routes and determine the best strategy, accounting for optimal placement on existing
pole lines or within existing conduit. Minor changes in the backbone routes may be preferred to avoid
congestion or those planned for replacement in the next few years. Also, Magellan will look at
opportunities to optimize the backbone for future services and broadband applications that may give the
City advantages for expanding the network at minimal cost. The high-level design will include:
• Review of construction standards, policies and practices
• Placement of new backbone cable
• Right of way analysis
• Sites to connect on the backbone
• Laterals to targeted sites
• Interconnection with core data centers/utility sites
The High-Level Design will use a core fiber backbone to connect communities to one another and to
interconnect with internet points of presence, colocation centers and central offices. The core fiber
backbone will consist of high-count fiber using redundant rings and/or mesh architectures to support a
highly resilient backbone. It will include all outside plant fiber assets, hut locations, facility locations and
core network elements to light the network.
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As Magellan completes the high-level design, we will conduct a formal review with maps illustrating all
components of the backbone overbuild. We will present the design, alignments, sites, laterals and
connections to give City staff a first look at the preliminary design, provide feedback, and give Magellan a
chance to make any adjustments to running lines and other outside plant aspects of the network.
The information from Magellan’s Market Analysis, Asset Inventory and High-Level Design will help the City
evaluate various service models for deploying broadband services, as each has different funding
requirements, rates of return and risk profiles. Magellan will work with the City to define the most
optimal service models to evaluate for broadband deployment, which may include the following:
Retail services to a range of customer segments, including residential and/or commercial;
Retail services that leverage other utilities for outsourced content and services;
Fiber leasing arrangements;
Public-private partnerships with existing providers;
Retail services to government, education, healthcare and anchor organizations;
Dark fiber investment only, using private partners for operations and management;
Others to be determined.
We will work with the City to identify the optimal service models by analyzing the financial outcomes of
each. This process will assess the funding requirements (upfront and ongoing), revenues, operating costs,
debt service costs, renewal and replacement and related costs borne by each business model
Task 4 Deliverable: Magellan will provide a technical memorandum outlining conceptual network designs
and implications, and facilitate a workshop to discuss options.
TASK 5 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS & COST ESTIMATION
Our team will conduct a market analysis to gain an understanding of what service offerings are currently
available to businesses and residents in the City. Magellan’s market analysis will identify the services that
are available, providers, service level, pricing, and access. We will document all privately-owned networks
and research incumbent providers that currently serve the market as well as potential new entrants. This
information will come from a variety of sources, including our comprehensive broadband database,
third-party research, and information obtained from the providers themselves.
We will then analyze the current market and delineate served, underserved and unserved areas that have
a need for broadband but currently lack the necessary infrastructure. We will also work with the local
providers to understand and document their current needs, as they too are stakeholders in the region.
Magellan will utilize our Broadband Financial Sustainability Model to ensure that the City has a full
understanding of the business and financial sustainability of the proposed project and future operations.
Our financial models have been specifically developed for broadband utilities and are very similar to
electric utility rate studies. Magellan’s financial modeling tools have been utilized to plan and manage
broadband network investments for over $500 million in broadband projects nationwide. Using our
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financial tools, we propose using a 20-year period to analyze the project and develop a Pro Forma
projection that includes the following:
Develop the cost model for the network, including one-time and ongoing capital expenditures to build
the network.
Develop the cost model for operations, including O&M, network operations, field services, staffing,
billing and customer service applicable to the City and/or private partner.
Adjust projections for the customer segmentation and growth on the network, across each type of
customer (business, school, hospital, etc.).
Conduct comprehensive financial analysis on the project to determine overall financial sustainability
using key metrics such as free cash flow, debt service coverage, operating margin, and net income.
Use scenario analysis to evaluate different business models and determine which are feasible for the
City to consider.
Recommend the most feasible business model based on the City’s goals, overall business and
financial sustainability, community benefit, and long-term value to the community.
The information from Magellan’s Model will help the City evaluate various business models for deploying
broadband services, as each has different funding requirements, rates of return and risk
profiles. Magellan will work with the City to define the most optimal business models to evaluate for
broadband deployment, which may include the following:
Retail services to a range of customer segments, including residential and/or commercial;
Retail services that leverage other utilities for outsourced content and services;
Fiber leasing arrangements;
Public-private partnerships with existing providers;
Retail services to government, education, healthcare and anchor organizations;
Dark fiber investment only, using private partners for operations and management;
Others to be determined.
Task 5 Deliverable: Magellan will provide a technical memorandum assessing the technical specifications
and cost estimates and facilitate a workshop to discuss the implications and options.
TASK 6: CAPITAL PROJECT ANALYSIS & GRANT TECHNICAL MATERIALS
Magellan’s team will screen and identify feasible grant and loan programs for the City, including rural and
non-rural opportunities. Our analysis will look at the federal FCC, USAC, EDA, HUD and USDA programs as
well as State programs that fund such projects. We will identify the program size, details, qualifications,
requirements and other key information for the City to determine the opportunity to fund some of its
service area with federal or state funds. Based on the financial analysis, we will be able to provide the
following information to the City to determine the best vehicles and organizational structures to be used
for the project. Some of the areas we will analyze include:
• State and federal grant programs
• Joint build and joint contribution projects
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• Organizational structures available, for profit, non-profit, economic development corporations, joint
powers authorities and joint ventures
• Public/private contribution models
• Total amount of funding needed for the project
• Capital versus operational funding needed for the project
• Funding term, identifying short-term and long-term portions of funding
• Optimizing public and private funding sources
Task 6 Deliverable: Magellan will provide a technical memorandum identifying shovel-ready projects and
associated costs and facilitate a workshop to discuss the 5-year CIP forecast.
TASK 7: MASTER PLAN COMPILATION & APPROVAL PROCESS SUPPORT
Magellan will deliver a final comprehensive Broadband Master Plan to the City which will detail all tasks,
goals, and recommended next steps for broadband enhancement. Magellan will take into account all
feedback provided by City staff and key stakeholders. All previous deliverables will be compiled into this
final Master Plan including technical memorandums and all recommendations from previous workshops.
Task 7 Deliverable: Magellan will provide the Final Fiber Optic Master Plan and facilitate a workshop to
discuss potential next steps; Magellan will provide support for presentations and meetings as required for plan
approval.
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Timetable
Ongoing Task
Final Deliverable
Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6 Task 1: Kick-Off Meeting & PMP
Task 2: Identify & Inventory Assets
Task 3: Needs Assessment & Goal
Setting
Task 4: Conceptual Network Routes &
Infrastructure Requirements
Task 5: Technical Specifications & Cost
Estimation
Task 6: Capital Project Analysis & Grant
Technical Materials
Task 7: Master Plan Compilation &
Approval Process Support
Project Management & Meetings
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Pricing
The total cost to the City of San Luis Obispo for the Broadband Master Plan and Policy is $99,730 and
includes all work to be completed by Magellan as stated in this Proposal. Magellan will bill the City in six
(6) equal monthly payments of $16,621.67. Magellan will bill on the first day of the month for the current
month’s services. Travel and incidental expenses are not anticipated for this project as all work will be
performed remotely. Invoices are payable on net 30 terms from the date of invoice.
Task/Description
Cost
Task 1: Kick-Off Meeting & PMP $1,180
Task 2: Identify & Inventory Assets $5,900
Task 3 : Needs Assessment & Goal Setting $17,700
Task 4 : Conceptual Network Routes & Infrastructure
Requirements
$23,600
Task 5 : Technical Specifications & Cost Estimation $14,750
Task 6 : Capital Project Analysis & Grant Technical Materials $8,850
Task 7: Master Plan Compilation & Approval Process Support $14,750
Project Management & Meetings $13,000
Total for Magellan’s Services $99,730
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