Finance Committee - 7/19/2017 Page 3
Ms. Osborne
It's an annual purchase. It was approved at the May BPW. It got overlooked in all of the finance meetings
prior to this. As we were establishing the purchasing orders we realized in error that it hadn’t been brought to
the finance committee yet. That’s why it has taken this long to get here.
MOTION CARRIED
UNFINISHED BUSINESS — None
NEW BUSINESS — RESOLUTIONS
R-17-114
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
APPROVING A THIRD AMENDMENT TO SITE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH NEW CINGULAR
WIRELESS RELATIVE TO ITS CELLULAR ANTENNA SITE AT MINE FALLS PARK
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN TO RECOMMEND FINAL PASSAGE
ON THE QUESTION
Attorney Bolton
Back 2 —2 % years ago, the city entered into an agreement with Verizon Wireless to build a new cellular tower
near the existing one near Mine Falls Park with the idea that it would increase capacity. It’s not the same
height but it is stronger and can hold more. The idea is to migrate all of the wireless service companies onto
the new tower. When that is done, the old tower will be removed and we will have a one tower situation. This
is another step in that process. This is essentially AT&T agreeing to a new lease, an amended lease if you
will, that changes the location of their equipment from the old tower to the new tower.
Alderman Cookson
Will this be the final change to the leases to make sure that all the original carriers on the first pole will be
moved to the second pole?
Attorney Bolton
There is one more. | suspect you will be seeing that sometime in the months to come.
Alderman Cookson
Do we not have an ordinance on the books that indicates that we cannot have a cell tower built within one mile
of an existing cell tower?
Attorney Bolton
| believe that is true.
Alderman Cookson
How does that apply to this particular situation?
