The Property Facilities Committee voted to approve a proposed lease allowing AT&T to install a mini cell site on the district's North Campus.

Committee chairman Wayne Romer said the district had been in contact with an AT&T subcontractor that identified a location near the North Campus soccer field. Josh, a facilities staff member, told the committee the company would place small antennas on existing light poles and run power to a small cabinet at the pole base, similar to other mini cell sites already on district property.

The draft agreement on the table proposed $4,800 a year in rent; committee materials and discussion also referenced a monthly figure inconsistently as "$4,000 a month." Josh said AT&T would also compensate the district for power used. Chris Brown reviewed the draft and "gave his blessing," according to the transcript.

During the public meeting the committee discussed installation details and reported there would be no upfront capital cost to the district because the carrier would install the equipment and feed from existing electrical infrastructure.

At the meeting Wayne Romer moved to approve "the AT and T proposed mini cell site, the lease agreement and the cell agreement." The motion received a second and passed on a voice vote.

The committee did not provide a detailed vote tally in the public record; the motion was approved by voice vote and recorded as "Aye." The agreement contains periodic rent escalators, described in the draft as a 5- or 10-percent bump at a multi-year interval and a separate escalation for electrical usage.

The district also noted existing antennas at other campuses and that the proposed installation is a small-pole-mounted arrangement rather than a new tower.

The committee did not set a final installation date at the meeting and noted that permitting and final execution of the lease remain to be completed.

The approval authorizes staff to finalize and execute the lease consistent with the draft presented at the meeting.