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June 3, 1996 Zoning Administrator City of Little Canada Attn.: Stephen Grittman 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 RE: Application for Conditional Use Permit Proposed PCS Wireless Telephone Antenna Facility by American Portable Telecom (APT) This letter accompanies an application for a Conditional Use Permit that will allow the location of a PCS wireless telephone antenna and cell site at Donovan Construction, Inc. I have been authorized by APT to act as their representative for planning and zoning matters. APT is a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS). TDS is a Chicago - based telecommunications company which provides cellular telephone, local telephone and radio paging services to more than 1.9 million customers in 37 states and the District of Columbia through its subsidiaries, United States Cellular Corporation, TDS Telecommunications Corporation and American Paging, Inc. APT is the 5th largest PCS license holder in the United States in terms of population equivalents. Last year, APT was granted a license by the Federal Communications Commission to operate a PCS Wireless Phone System in the Twin City market area and five other major markets in the United States. PCS is one of the newest emerging low -power wireless technologies that will compete with cellular and local -phone service. PCS will look, sound and work better than traditional cellular and will also have the advantage of being able to provide paging, fleet dispatch data and video transmission all with one portable hand held phone. PCS wireless is digital and can handle more calls per channel than traditional cellular and transmits at lower watts. USE OF EXISTING STRUCTURES Whenever possible, the use of an existing structure is desired to lessen the impact of the surrounding search area. Currently APT and the city of Little Canada are in negotiations for an additional site located at Little Canada's water tank. Due to radio frequency engineering an additional site, referred to as a ground build, will be need to cover the areas of Little Canada and Roseville. The primary use of Donovan Construction, Inc. will continue and not be impacted after the proposed site is in use. A reliable PCS system Page 65