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Mounds View City Council November 27, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 13 Council Member Stigney indicated that the Code requires that the tower be available for multiple uses and this proposal is not. He then said that the code requirements should be resolved prior to asking for a location. Director Ericson said his question would be whether Council supports this or not before TMobile goes through the CUP process. Carol Mueller, council member Elect, of 8343 Groveland Road asked Council not to put a lightning rod in their community park or any community park. She then said that doing so would be a safety hazard and she does not feel that the funding that the tower may provide would be worth the safety risk. Council Member Gunn agreed and said that this would open the door to others coming in. Council Member Flaherty indicated he was not big on putting it in the park but it would interest him to look further at the Arden area. He then said that putting it into a park setting may create a safety issue but he would consider looking at Arden Park. Public Works Director Lee said that TMobile said it would not work at Arden Park. Mayor Many indicated that he is not in favor of this because the parks are valuable to residents and other communities are trying to buy property for green space and this City seems to be selling it off so he is not interested. Public Works Director Lee indicated that TMobile would like to present plans to the Council for consideration. Mayor Marty indicated that he is not interested in commercializing the City's parks. Public Works Director Lee indicated that the proposal has changed based on Park Commission comments and they plan to incorporate this with the existing park building with the same block structure attached to the park building. Council Member Stigney said that would raise insurance questions but his first question goes back to whether this is single use towers or multiple use towers and until that is addressed he does not think it should move any further. He then said that if it goes there that is MV property and it should go to the general fund not just to Parks. He further said he has overriding issues of multiple towers throughout the City and the planning committee should look at that. Park and Recreation Commission Member, Cindy Palm, of 2266 Terrace Drive said that she is not in favor of this because of precedent that this may set. She then said that since the Commission met there was a new proposal from TMobile and it was 10 x 12 and now it is 12 x 15 and then in a different location as a 12x 10 and now it is a 12x20 structure right behind the • Groveland building. She further said that Park Commissioners wanted to make sure that when