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RIGHT OF WAY VALUE, COST AND FEE COMPARISON <br /> Source: Greater Metro Cable Consortium <br /> Estimated Figures for the Denver Metro Area <br /> ($000°s) <br /> — _ $5.37 Billion <br /> 5,000,000 <br /> M_ ,__�__-=T_ <br /> 600,000 <br /> .- <br /> °t- 6505 Million <br /> 500,000— $483 Million <br /> r.. <br /> 400,000 <br /> 300,000 =sz-- <br /> 200,000 <br /> 100,0008�� -= <br /> $38.5 Million * $73 Million <br /> II �a'�III <br /> p <br /> it il!� <br /> Total Local Fair Rental Fees and Charges Maintenance <br /> Acquisition Value (Annual) Paid by ROW Users Expenditures <br /> Value of ROW of Unimproved (Federal, State, <br /> (Unimproved) ROW Property and Local) <br /> * GMCC Jurisdiction <br /> General Fund Balance <br /> Share of Cost <br /> Acquisition Value: Extrapolated from actual property acquisition costs in representative cases. <br /> Fair Rental Value: 9.% of Acquisition Value. Based on estimates from regional property valuation experts. <br /> Fees and Charges: Annual revenues received from private, permanent users of the rights of way. <br /> Maintenance: Local costs estimated from actual rights of way maintenance budgets of local jurisdictions. <br /> As this graph indicates, the taxpayer-funded rights of way acquisition and maintenance costs dwarf <br /> the relatively small contribution of private occupants of the public rights of way. Competition in the <br /> telecommunications market will necessarily force these costs to increase. <br /> Without the ability to charge all users fair and reasonable rent for the use of public property, local <br /> governments will be forced to raise taxes to cover these increased costs. <br />