At its July 29, 2020, meeting, the City Commission accepted the recommendation of the City Manager to approve the material terms, pursuant to Request for Proposals (RFP) 2018-233-KB, for design build, operate and maintain water, wastewater and stormwater Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) & Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), and to execute an agreement with Data Flow Systems, Inc., via Resolution No.2020-31333. 

In the context of transmission and distribution elements of utilities, this generally refers to an industrial computer system that monitors and controls substations, transformers and other electrical assets (the Project).  In this case, the City’s 6 water pump stations, 23 wastewater pump stations and approximately 49 stormwater pump stations.  City staff has been working with the City’s consultant Hazen and Sawyer to finalize a draft agreement  in order to implement the project.

The success of this project will depend highly on the City’s ability to install the proper communications equipment (antennas) in a suitable location that would provide the best possible signal for the communications equipment.

Since 1987, the City, has been the "Tenant" of Tower 41 Associations, Inc. (Tower 41), the "Landlord", for the use of an equipment room  and certain rooftop areas for the placement and operations of certain public safety communications equipment.

At its April 11, 2018 meeting, the City Commission amended Resolution No. 2017-30069, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a new lease agreement between the City and Tower 41, for the continued use of an equipment room and certain rooftop areas, at the building located at 4101 Pine Tree Drive, for a term of fifteen (15) years, commencing, retroactively, on January 1, 2018, and ending on December 31, 2032. 

At its June 23, 2021 meeting, the City Commission approved amendment No. 2 to the agreement between the City and Tower 41, via Resolution No. 2021-31740, authorizing a lease for additional rooftop areas at 4101 Pine Tree Drive (the "property"), in the annual amount of $2,500, for the installation of two additional antennas which will assist the City in monitoring and operating the City's water, wastewater and stormwater system.

Following the Commission approval, Tower 41 requested the Administration to increase the fee requirement to an additional $500, for a total annual lease amount of $3,000.