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• Lays out the process to deny or revoke a small wireless facility permit, including an appeal to the City Council or the Council’s designee. • Requires City inspection of permitted small wireless facilities. • Includes provisions for removal of abandoned or unauthorized small wireless facilities. • Includes mandatory insurance provisions. • Includes indemnification and defense of the City requirements. • Application fees as set forth in the FCC’s small facility wireless order. • Annual small wireless facility permit fees for small wireless facilities in the public right-of-way as restricted by state law to the recovery of the City’s right-of-way management costs. The Public Services Director is directed to determine the annual fee. • City-owned wireless support structure fees as limited by state law. This is for small wireless facilities collocated on City-owned wireless support structures in the public right-of-way. • Annual fees for use of city-owned property outside of the public right-of-way. The Public Services Director is directed to determine the fee per location and per request. • Construction of fiber optic cable and other activity in the public right-of-way remain subject to the City’s existing code and permitting requirements. • Macro-cell towers remain subject to the City’s existing zoning code. Staff met with a Verizon representative who explained the technology and approximate timeline the small wireless facilities will be installed in Lino Lakes. Verizon is estimating that it will be at least four years before 5G comes to Lino Lakes. Verizon has implemented small wireless facilities in Minneapolis. Cities like Edina and St. Louis Park will be next. Radios and antennas are typically attached to street light poles and fiber cable is threaded inside the poles and connected from the nearest power source. Each small wireless facility location has a range of 700 feet. Mike Bradley of Bradley Law will be at the work session to provide an overview of the new law and the draft ordinance. Attachments Ordinance No. 01-19 Requested Council Direction Consider approving the first reading of the ordinance at the August 12th Council meeting.