Number
130182
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to install fiber and provide network connectivity at the expense of and for the use and benefit of the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Works to install fiber and provide network connectivity at the expense of and for the use and benefit of the Milwaukee Art Museum. This will provide the Milwaukee Art Museum access to and entry into the WiscNet/BOREAS-Net Abilene/Internet2 education community node located at the Department of Public Works Network Operations Center (DPW-NOC).
Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee wishes to promote higher educational resources, tourism, and economic development and supporting cultural exchange in the community; and
Whereas, From its roots as Milwaukee’s first art gallery in 1888, the Museum has grown today to be an icon for Milwaukee and a resource for the entire state with over 30,000 works of art, 350,000 visitors a year, and 125 years of collecting art; and
Whereas, The Milwaukee Art Museum has requested the assistance of the City of Milwaukee in obtaining high-speed network connectivity to the internet through WiscNet at its expense; and
Whereas, The WiscNet is a not-for-profit association established to further education, research, economic development and public service in the state of Wisconsin by creating and operating a digital communications network interconnecting public and private organizations including the provision of internet services; and
Whereas, Resolution File Number 051269, adopted on February 7, 2006, authorized the Commissioner of Public Works to execute an agreement between the City of Milwaukee and the WiscNet Association to establish collocation facilities within the City of Milwaukee and that made it feasible for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to become a node on BOREAS-Net; and
Whereas, This collocation fac...
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