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July 8th, 2005 Mr. Joel Hanson City Administrator City of Little Canada 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 A AIVI =RICAN TOW =R RE: Exhausting Co- location possibilities Dear Mr Hanson, After investigating the existing structures within the search ring as well as a reasonable distance outside the search area, we are not able to utilize these structures in order to meet our coverage objective. Within the search ring, we had identified the MNDOT monopole. This monopole is not capable of holding the proposed 12 antennas and 12 coax lines for Cingular's system. This tower was built quite some time before the design and growth of the telecommunication industry and therefore was built for a specific use and application. It is not feasible or a candidate to be rebuilt. There is one communication tower outside the Cingular Wireless search ring which is located on the Donovan property. It is a 150' monopole that currently has 2 wireless carriers on it. The first concern was to the available mounting height that would allow our system to work properly and reach our coverage objective. The second concern was meeting the tip to tip separation required with our system as well as our responsibility in meeting the requirements of separation of the existing tenants. With the scenario to invert the existing whip antenna, extending beyond the tower height, and the city allowing a height variance, the issues would be whether the change of location/rad height of that whip allow that carrier to operate their system as intended. Even with all that put aside, Cingular's RE engineers ran the studies with the later scenario. Enclosed is the map showing those results. The map clearly proves that even with the suggested relocation of the whip, the site will still not give the coverage needed to meet Cingular's coverage objective. With this information and supporting documentation, we respectfully have met the requirements asked of us from the city. The cities code #903.140, (12) states that a new tower over 120 feet must be designed to accommodate two additional users. To support the justification of a new tower site, Cingular has taken an option at it's our expense to design this tower to accommodate three additional carriers. We ask that the city approve our conditional use application for installation of a 150' four (4) carrier monopole. incerely, L Debra Weiss Eagle Peak Consulting/American Tower Office 608 -685 -2538 AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION 11225 90TH AVE NORTH #202, MAPLE GROVE , MN 55369 763/493 -0037 FAX 763/425 -2954