U.S. Customs and Border Patrol will host two informational meetings this coming weekend for residents in Grosse Pointe Farms concerning their proposal for a radar to monitor Lake St. Clair.
Officials from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol will host two informational meetings later this week for residents of Grosse Pointe Farms and anyone else who might be interested regarding the proposed addition of a radar to the top of the 60-foot tower behind the Grosse Pointe Club. The meetings are the result of the Farms city council telling Border Patrol to meet with residents before seeking their approval for such a variance request. According to the Grosse Pointe Farms website, the first meeting is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church. The second meeting is Thursday, Feb. 28 also from 6 to 8 p.m. at Grosse Pointe Memorial. During the meeting, Border Patrol officers will explain the proposal…
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Grosse Pointe Farms city council has requested U.S. Border Patrol to meet with residents for informal informational sessions to explain their request, the impact upon the community and to answer their questions regarding a radar they want to place near La
The Grosse Pointe Farms city council told U.S. Border Patrol officers Monday that before they will consider the application to install a radar at the top of the tower on the grounds of the Grosse Pointe Club they must meet with residents. U.S. Border Patrol has filed a proposal for a variance request to allow the installation of a radar at the top of a tower built on the grounds of the Grosse Pointe Club in June 2011. Currently a camera is on top of the tower after Border Patrol put the radar request on an indefinite hold due to the negative public reaction in August 2011. The radar is intended to surveil Lake St. Clair, which is bordered by the United States and Canada, which is close enough to the Grosse Pointes and Detroit that it can …
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Todd
1:23 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
So, are they just refusing to take "No" for an answer? They haven't really satisfied those of us who are informed on basic RF and radar. "Its burst technology... well, for now. And we wont tell you if it changes." Is scary. Secondly, are they going to have a drivers license waiting for the wall jumpers if they make it past Jefferson? Pardon my politics, but this whole charade does not impress me … more ›