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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL OTES JANUARY 6, 1998 M/S/P Hunt/DeLapp — to adopt Resolution No. 98-2, as amended, (Condition No. 1. The park dedication shall be a park fee of $14,700.00, Condition No. 3. Outlets A, B, and C shall be held by a conservation easement to a qualified Land Trust and the City of Lake Elmo; Condition No. 4. Outlet D shall have an open easement to the City of Lake Elmo; 2"d Paragraph, Condition No. 3. Each unit in the duplexes may be individually owned.), A Resolution approving the Final Plat for Prairie Hamlet and to direct staff to complete the developer's agreement, conservation easements and all other documentation. (Motion passed 5-0). B. Ordinance & Summary Ordinance for Wireless Telecommunication Towers Planner Terwedo reported on December 8, 1997, a joint City Council/Planning Commission/Parks Commission meeting was held to discuss and revise the Wireless Telecommunication Ordinance. Changes were made to the ordinance based on input from all who participated in that meeting. The draft ordinance was presented to the Council for their review. The City Planner had contacted a number of firms specializing in the review of structural and frequency analysis of tower proposals and recommended that the City contract with the firm of KLM Engineering, 3394 Lake Elmo Avenue N., Lake Elmo. These costs would be passed onto the applicant as part of the review process. A fee has been determined of $250.00 for the tower permit with a $2,000.00 escrow. The Council discussed Page 8 (Subd 4. Lighting) and agreed that Wireless Telecommunication Towers shall not be illuminated by artificial means. Tower representative, Bill Buell, stated they have a choice of lights, such as a dual lighting package, strobe lights during the day and red blinking lights at night. If lights are needed, the applicant could use the variance procedure. M/S/F Hunt/John — to adopt Ordinance No. 9724, as amended, (Page 7 — Add: (2) Setbacks from Lot Lines; (b) Delete "non-residential"; Page 8 (4) Lighting: Wireless Telecommunication Towers shall not be illuminated.) An Ordinance adding Section 1390 "Wireless Telecommunication Tower Permit" to the 1997 Lake Elmo Municipal Code and to direct staff to reformat ordinance to fit Lake Elmo's code before publication. (Motion failed:DeLapp could not support the tower height of 195', but indicated he could favor a compromise of 175'. Dunn could not support the tower height of 195', Conlin did not support allowing towers on parkland based on the safety issues. She could support the 195' height if this would mean less need for more towers, but would not want to see four 195' towers). M/S/P Hunt/DeLapp — to direct the staff to survey the Council to establish a date for a workshop on the Wireless Telecommunication Tower Ordinance and set date in order for all Council members to be present. (Motion passed 4-]:Dunn felt the council could have come to a compromise at this time and gets the ordinance off the table.) C. End of Year Report for Planning and Building The Council received a Planning/Building Department 1997-Year End Report submitted by the City Planner and Building Official. D. Set Meeting with Met Council Staff Administrator Kueffner and City Planner Terwedo met with the Met Council staff and they would like to meet wit the Council to discuss the Cottage Grove Interceptor with the Regional Blueprint (I-94). The Council asked that this be added as an agenda item when a workshop has been established to discuss the Telecommunication Tower Ordinance. Council member Dunn asked that this workshop be televised. 9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None 10. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS: Mayor John reported he attended the groundbreaking for the East Metro Health Clinic on December 9, 1997. John asked the staff to contact MPCA to find out if their goal is being met because he saw the well at the landfill still pumping water. LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 6, 1998 8