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ATTACpLMENI' B Richard. Varnes asks how important use of structures is to industry? The City Council may have concerns broadening the use beyond buildings. New towers would be very problematic. Jill Jelinek says that new poles are not on the table, only existing structures. (Speaker?) re -states that we would not be putting up new poles, but putting antennas on existing structures. Larry Storms with SASI (277-9090) says he feels; that we are limiting creativity. He has worked on many changes and is trying to create a means of control to disguise facilities. They are also trying to set up a system that provides a competitive system for citizens Larry also says that in #5 the ordinance states that all equipment is required to be operated inside of the building below the roof. He says that this is no longer the need since industry has gone digital and they are now using cabinets. They are able to set them on the roof and shouldn't preclude that option. Is it visually protrusive? Richard Vannes stated that we need to define size, noise, and we also need dimensional information on base stations. Larry says that we could do this with conditions, i.e. either be screened or add to the roof. He is also concerned with #7 in the ordinance where it states that no antenna may be placed on property that has been designated as a City landmark. He gives us one example of a colonial mansion where they took the columns and replaced them with fiberglass RF neutral of the exact size and shape and said they are indistinguishable from the originals. They would not want to have that precluded because he feels it would be a lost opportunity. Corey Ford Vice President of base station development for the US West wireless group wanted to thank the City for their effort made to accommodate the industry. He thinks that the City has done a great job in a short amount of time on a complirgr d issue. They would like to refine the ordinance, and would propose that the City would continue to engage all members of the industry on these issues, and he has provided a draft revision to ordinance. Richard Varnes states that he has not yet received this draft revision and that staff has not had time to look at it. Corey Ford says he would be glad to have it served as a vehicle for discussion. One of his concerns is the issue of building above the height of existing buildings. He said it is a practical necessity and they need to have antennas above the edge of buildings and they can blend in with the color and the style of the building. He agrees that the concept of having a base station facility inside is not necessary. He also says that PCS can be contained in a cabinet about 5x5x10 next to a building on the ground and it's easier to maintain them on the ground with out having to climb on top of a building. Corey also says that standard radio emissions should be based on FCC