Local meeting primer: Three Rivers City Commission
The Three Rivers City Commission will meet tonight Tuesday, December 19 at 6 p.m. at Three Rivers City Hall (333 W. Michigan Ave.) with an agenda that includes a request from Surf Internet to install fiber optics in the city’s rights of way.
The Three Rivers City Commission will meet tonight Tuesday, December 19 at 6 p.m. at Three Rivers City Hall (333 W. Michigan Ave.) with an agenda that includes a presentation of the planning commission’s annual report, and a request from Surf Internet to install fiber optics in the city’s rights of way.
For a full accounting of Tuesday’s agenda (as of publication time on Tuesday, December 19), see it below or visit the city’s website for further details.
Planning commission annual report
The planning commission will present its annual report Tuesday, which is expected to include details on the development of the city’s master plan, which has to be updated or reaffirmed in 2024 in accordance with the Michigan Planning Enabling Act, as it was last adopted in October 2020. The planning commission will also detail what it hopes to accomplish in 2024.
Surf Internet METRO Act Application
According to a report from Director of Public Services Amy Roth, Surf Internet has submitted an application for METRO ACT permit within the City of Three Rivers to install fiber optic within the city’s public rights of way. Surf Internet plans to provide residential fiber optic service throughout the city with the proposed installation project.
Alek Haak-Frost is executive editor and publisher of Watershed Voice.
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