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A <br />%NVI =RICAN TOWER <br />April 11`h, 2005 <br />Mr. Steve Grittman <br />Planning Department <br />City of Little Canada <br />515 Little Canada Rd. <br />Little Canada, MN 55117 <br />RE: Exhausting Co- location possibilities <br />Dear Mr. Grittman, <br />As a part of our consulting services agreement with Cingular Wireless we follow a site <br />development process flowchart. When we are assigned a "search ring" for a site, as set <br />out on a map, our first step is to search the assigned area and locate all existing towers, <br />water tanks, and tall structures. <br />After investigating all the existing structures, we relay this information to Cingular in the <br />form of Lat /Long coordinates and open mounting heights for their antennas. If one of the <br />existing structures meets the coverage requirements of Cingular Wireless, we enter into <br />lease negotiations with the tower /structure owner to determine business terms to locate <br />their antennas on the structure. <br />If there are no tall structures within the search area, we determine the closest tall <br />structures just outside the search area to see if there is an outside chance it might be <br />feasible from a coverage standpoint. If not, we seek out landowners within the search ring <br />who would be willing to lease us a small parcel of land so that we can construct a new <br />communications tower. <br />Here, there is one tall structure within the search ring (see map). This is a search ring <br />with a % mile radius. The existing MNDOT monopole tower would not be structurally <br />capable of holding the proposed 12 antennas and 12 coax lines for Cingular Wireless. <br />There is one communication tower outside the Cingular Wireless search ring that is a <br />150' monopole that currently has 2 wireless carriers on it. The highest open mounting <br />spot on the tower is approximately 120'. However, deviation from Cingular' search ring <br />would leave coverage gaps in their network that would require additional new <br />communication sites. <br />With this information, and no other tall structures in the area, we began searching for a <br />landowner to lease us property for a new tower site. In searching for a site for a tower, we <br />prefer in locate towers in industrial or agricultural zoned parcels. In these areas, towers <br />AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION 11225 90TH AVE NORTH #202, MAPLE GROVE , MN 55369 763/493 -0037 FAX 763/425 -2954 <br />