Number
020553
Version
SUBSTITUTE
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution to grant permission to Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District to either attach telemetry antennae to City light poles or install their own poles with antenna both including the installation of any necessary conduit and/or cabling as a part of their Conveyance Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Project in various Aldermanic Districts.
Analysis
This resolution gives permission to Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District to either attach telemetry antennae to City light poles or install their own poles with antenna both including the installation of any necessary conduit and/or cabling as a part of their Conveyance Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Project.
Body
Whereas, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) has planned, designed, constructed, established, maintained, and operated a sewerage system for the collection, transmission and disposal of all sewerage and drainage of the sewerage service area, including the collection, transmission and disposal of storm water and groundwater; and
Whereas, MMSD has constructed and established its sewerage system, in part, on, under, and through various public rights-of-way and real estate owned by the City of Milwaukee; and
Whereas, MMSD has ascertained that establishment of a system of directional radio antenna facilities will allow MMSD to improve its ability to effectively and efficiently control its system and monitor flows within that system; and
Whereas, MMSD has proposed to locate the sites for each antenna in proximity to the telemetry boxes to be controlled thereby, consistent with avoidance of loss of signal, for the maximum benefit to the public; and
Whereas, These above-ground boxes are predominantly located either within the street "tree border" or street median; and
Whereas, The decision on where to place an antenna is dependent upon the ability of the antenna to...
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