Number
140014
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
051269
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute 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 Wisconsin Lutheran College.
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 Wisconsin Lutheran College. This will provide Wisconsin Lutheran College connectivity to the WiscNet/BOREAS-Net Abilene/Internet2 education community node located at the Department of Admistration-ITMD Network Operations Center (ITMD-NOC).
Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee wishes to promote higher education and enhance educational resources in the community; and
Whereas, Wisconsin Lutheran College is a 4-year liberal arts college affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod located in the City of Milwaukee offering Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees with liberal arts and professional majors and several pre-professional programs; and
Whereas, Wisconsin Lutheran College has requested the assistance of the City of Milwaukee in obtaining high-speed network connectivity between its campus and its dormitory and to the Internet through WiscNet at its expense; and
Whereas, WiscNet is a not-for-profit association established to further education, research, economic development and public service in Wisconsin by creating and operating a digital communications network interconnecting public and private organizations, including the provision of Internet services; and
Whereas, Common Council 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 UW-Milwaukee to become a node on BOREAS-Net; and
Whereas, This collocation facility enables Milwaukee area educational institutions to gain access to WiscNet and the next generation internets including: BoreasNet, Abilene/Internet2 and other national and international networks, and it further enables connectivity between higher education and cultural institutions within the City of Milwaukee including: Marquette University, MATC, MAID, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee Public Television, Discovery World, Pier Wisconsin, VISIT Milwaukee, Milwaukee World Festival Inc. and Midwest Airlines Center; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee owns dark fiber and can provide network services in certain routes that would be beneficial to the extension and enhancement of Wisconsin Lutheran College to further its mission; and
Whereas, It would be in the best interests of the City of Milwaukee to facilitate connectivity within the City for Wisconsin Lutheran College; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Commissioner of Public Works is authorized and directed to install dark fiber and to provide network connectivity at no cost to the City of Milwaukee in certain routes where capacity is available to enable Wisconsin Lutheran College to connect to provide access to and entry to the Department of Admistration-ITMD Network Operations Center (ITMD-NOC).
Requestor
Department of Administration
Drafter
Teodros W. Medhin:lp
LRB152042-2
4/22/2014