What: a ten-year master marketing agreement with Verta Wireless to build monopole cell towers on city-owned property, with the city receiving 30% of subtenant rents.
Where it stands: approved 6-1 on October 8 (RS-26-158). Four initial sites were identified, including two parks, a water storage tank site and a fire station parcel.
Next: each site is to return to Council for a separate decision; these are leases, so competitive bidding is not legally required.
Sources
YouTube auto-generated captions of the October 8 City Council meeting; Legistar agenda item titles.
Approved 6-1, Councilmember Brown opposed over the lack of competitive bidding. Staff and the city attorney said each site would come back to Council for an independent determination and that leases carry no competitive-bid requirement.