Broadband Partnership

Last updated by Addendum #2 on Nov 27, 2023 10:04 PM

Request For Information

Economic Development

5173, 51731, 517311, 517919, 54

Project ID: 2023-RFI-222

Release Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2023

· Due Date: Friday, December 1, 2023 5:00pm

Posted Wednesday, November 8, 2023 11:12am

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Question & Answer

Questions and clarifications about the project

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Nov 14 2023 at 4:55 PM
City of Palm Desert
From an AF standpoint, what would you estimated Aerial/UG ratio to be?
Nov 14 2023 at 4:57 PM
City of Palm Desert
The fiber ring network design does not include any aerial fiber. The design is an all-underground design.

Nov 14 2023 at 4:55 PM
City of Palm Desert
Is the utility pole owner Dessert Community Energy? In other words, who would we need to get a PAA from?
Nov 14 2023 at 4:57 PM
City of Palm Desert
If the fiber ring network design included aerial fiber, then Southern California Edison (SCE) would be the pole owner.

Anonymous Nov 8 2023 at 11:41 AM
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Will this project need temporary fencing?
Nov 14 2023 at 4:57 PM
City of Palm Desert
That is unknown at this time.

Anonymous Nov 15 2023 at 12:36 PM
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Does the city have a Bill of Materials for the proposed city ring fiber network indicating available conduit, duct size, and fiber count which it can share? We'd like to understand if there is duct that we can use if necessary, and availability of fiber strand in the city's proposed DF ring.
Nov 27 2023 at 2:03 PM
City of Palm Desert
The fiber that the City currently owns is dedicated to the traffic signal management system only, so the City is not utilizing any existing conduit or fiber in the proposed fiber ring network. The City is looking at installing 288 strands of fiber throughout the proposed fiber ring network.

Anonymous Nov 15 2023 at 12:40 PM
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Can the City provide geoJSON or ESRI Shapefile for the HLD that was previously shared as a PDF?
Nov 28 2023 at 3:29 PM
City of Palm Desert
We are working on getting those files uploaded as soon as possible.

Nov 27 2023 at 1:57 PM
City of Palm Desert
Are there capital and/or grant resources that the City is intending to bring to the table?
Nov 27 2023 at 2:03 PM
City of Palm Desert
The City of Palm Desert is reviewing the California Last Mile Federal Funding Account (FFA). This last-mile grant would increase the probability of the City facilitating infrastructure deployment to meet the connectivity needs of un and underserved residents and businesses. In addition, while the application is currently closed, the City is considering future CASF Infrastructure Account applications through the local Broadband Consortium representative to plan for future grant award rounds.

Nov 27 2023 at 2:00 PM
City of Palm Desert
Can a KMZ file of the proposed fiber ring middle-mile network be posted?
Nov 27 2023 at 2:04 PM
City of Palm Desert
The KMZ file has been added as an addendum.