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COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 26, 2000 7. Final utility, grading, and drainage plans must obtain approval from the City Engineer and Rice Creek Watershed District. 8. The City Engineer's concerns, included in his memo of April 6, 2000, must be addressed to his satisfaction. 9. A landscaping plan must meet with the approval of the City Environmental Specialist. 10. Park dedication shall be paid per City policy. Council Member Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. FIRST READING, Ordinance No. 10 — 00, PCS Tower Moratorium (4/5 Vote Required), Jeff Smyser - Staff advised on May 22, 2000, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 00 — 67, directing staff to initiate the process for adopting a moratorium on new towers for personal wireless services, such as wireless telephone services. The resolution also set a public hearin: at the June 14, 2000, Planning and Zoning Board meeting. A moratorium on new tower apwill be treated as an amendment to the zoning ordinance, which requires a 4/5 vote. O 0 — 00 established the moratorium. MN Statue 462.355 Subd. 4 authorizes a municipality the purpose of protecting a planning process when location study. This study will inventory existing where new facilities likely will be needed locations and minimize the number o The intent is to include tower one (1), consistency with th compatibility with pr standards are adequate m ordinance (moratorium) for tudy. Staff has begun a towers in the area with the goal of determining taff can do this, staff will plan for those nin': in the larger land use planning of the City to ensure: provisions of the Comprehensive Plan; two (2), e land uses; and three (3), that official controls and performance Staff advised they are as g surrounding communities to join in the study. With their cooperation, staff hopes to minimize the number -of new towers in all the communities and still provide for full PCS service in compliance with federal law. Staff is also asking for the cooperation of the providers of wireless services, such as the firms that lease space on the City's water towers. Staff hopes the study will be beneficial to all involved, including the participating cities and the wireless service providers. The City Attorney has advised that once the City Council initiated the process by directing staff to prepare a moratorium ordinance, the City can forestall approvals of applications for new towers until the study is completed. 15