January 2017

Public Notice

Agenda

Tab 1 - Minutes of December 2016 Meeting

Tab 2 - Commission and Staff Update

• Memo to Commission

Tab 3 - Broadband Internet Deployment, Availability, and Adoption in Tennessee

• Memo to Commission
• Final Report for Commission Approval
• Appendix A - Broadband Research Questions Posed by Chairman Norris
• Appendix B - Broadband Research Answers to Questions Posed by Chairman Norris
• Appendix C - Broadband Considerations for Tennessee
• Appendix D - The Impact of Broadband Speed and Price on Small Business
• Appendix E - The State of the Art and Evolution of Cable Television and Broadband Technology
• Appendix F - Maximum Advertised Download Capacities for Wired and Terrestrial Fixed Wireless Service as of December 2015
• Appendix G - Broadband Reported by Community Anchor Institutions in Tennessee as of June 2014
• Appendix H - Tennessee Standards for Non-Metropolitan Public Libraries
• Appendix I - Tennessee Census Blocks Eligible for CAF II Grants
• Appendix J - A Guide to Broadband Funding Opportunities
• Appendix K - TVA Determination on Regulation of Pole Attachments
• Appendix L - Pole Attachment Fee Formulas Adopted by TVA and the FCC
• Appendix M - Calculation of Fees Charged under TVA Pole Attachment Fee Formula and FCC Formulas
• Appendix N - Attorney General Opinion on State Regulation of Pole Attachment Rates of TVA-Supplied Electric Cooperatives
• Appendix O - Number of Providers Reporting Download Capacities of At Least 10 Megabits per Second for Wireline and Fixed Wireless Service as of December 2015
• Appendix P - Number of Providers Reporting Download Capacities of At Least 25 Megabits per Second for Wireline and Fixed Wireless Service as of December 2015

Tab 4 - Tennessee's Court Fees and Taxes:  Funding the Courts Fairly

• Memo to Commission
• Final Report for Commission Approval
• Appendix A - Commission Survey Forms
• Appendix B - Senator Jon Lundberg's Letter
• Appendix C - Tennessee Court Clerk Commissions
• Appendix D - Knox County Civil Circuit, Civil General Sessions, and Chancery Court Fees
• Appendix E - Tennessee Court Fees
• Appendix F - Tennessee Litigation Taxes
• Appendix G - Private Acts Authorizing Tennessee Counties to Levy Litigation Taxes or Changing Tax Amounts or Earmarks
• Appendix H - Public Acts Affecting Tennessee Court Fees, Taxes, and Commissions since 2004
• Appendix I - Illinois Statutory Task Force Checklist
• Appendix J - Collection Rates Reported by the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts in 2012

Tab 5 - Tennessee Valley Authority Payments in Lieu of Taxes

• Memo to Commission
• Final Report for Commission Approval
• Appendix A - Tennessee's Allocation Formula
• Appendix B - Distribution of Counties' Share of TVA Payments in Lieu of Taxes to Tennessee by Tennessee Fiscal Year
• Appendix C - Distribution of Cities' Share of TVA Payments in Lieu of Taxes to Tennessee by Tennessee Fiscal Year
• Appendix D - TVA 2015 IRP Recommendations by Resource Type

Tab 6 - Emergency Communications Services Funding (Public Chapter 795, Acts of 2014)—Update and Panel Discussion

• Memo to Commission
• Presentation - Levoy Knowles, Executive Director, Tennessee Telecommunications Association
• CTIA Handout

Tab 7 - Southeast Tennessee Regional Water Supply Study—Information Update

• Memo to Commission
• Attachment A - News Article
• Attachment B - News Article
• Attachment C - TDEC's December 2016 Water Resources Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes
• Attachment D - Fact Sheet
• Attachment E - News Articles and Information Sheets

Tab 8 - Development Districts Overview of Infrastructure Inventory Survey Process—Information Update

• Memo to Commission