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• <br />• <br />• <br />Planning & Zoning Board <br />January 10, 2001 <br />Page 9 <br />the hockey rink and Public Works buildings. There was no danger of the tower falling on <br />homes if it would fail. It would be designed to accommodate antennas for two additional <br />wireless providers, for a total of three. The antennae would be 135 feet high. <br />Mr. Rafferty returned at 8:02 p.m. <br />Staff stated there were more providers and it was possible more providers could approach <br />the city for towers. Staff stated it might be more practical to have all providers in one <br />area instead of spread out over the City. <br />Staff introduced the City's consultant, Gary Lysiak of Owl Engineering. Mr. Lysiak <br />stated there was a potential of five or six providers that could express an interest in tower <br />space within the City. He point out where the present tower locations were located. He <br />stated he had reviewed the City Ordinance and there was nothing within a mile radius of <br />the proposed structure. He stated with the surrounding six other facilities, there was <br />pretty good coverage in the area. He stated if the tower were not allowed, there would be <br />a gap in coverage. He stated in another scenario, if the tower was moved to the west by <br />the water tower, this also meant there was insufficient coverage. Another scenario, if the <br />tower was over by water tower 2, there was another site in that area that would conflict. <br />He agreed with the intent of the proposal in that they have demonstrated a need for the <br />new tower. He indicated there was some color issues of the tower from the neighbors. <br />He stated he had looked at all different colors and that the unpainted condition works <br />best, especially once the tower oxidized. He indicated there would be no lights on the <br />tower. He believed it would blend in very well leaving it unpainted. He stated he had <br />looked at all existing public safety communications, both City and County, and there <br />would be no impact on those facilities. The only issue they had to look at was structural <br />integrity. He stated Qwest had to make this tower to provide for the other providers. He <br />indicated there are more providers that would approach the City. He indicated they did <br />not know what the telecommunications companies were doing because they could not <br />communicate with each other regarding these issues because of anti -trust restrictions. He <br />stated the coverage in this area was lacking for Qwest. <br />Staff reviewed Qwest's need for an additional tower in the northern part of Lino Lakes <br />noting there were no water towers or existing towers in the northern part of the City. <br />Mr. Rafferty stated he could see a tower between Birch Street and Main Street and <br />Centerville and 20`". Mr. Smyser stated that was an AT &T Tower, but that would be <br />even south of the Centerville water tower, which would provide coverage in the southern <br />side of the City, but not the northern side. <br />Mr. Lyden inquired about the projected lease revenue. Mr. Smyser replied this was an <br />issue to be negotiated and they did not have all of the details yet. On the water tower sites <br />the money they were getting was worth more than leasing land for the tower because the <br />City owned the water towers. The leases on the water towers started out at $14,000.00 <br />per year and they escalated to $15,000.00 or $16,000.00 per year. Another possibility <br />would be an arrangement where the City would get the money from leasing space to other <br />