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Mounds View City Council January 14, 2008 Regular Meeting Page 3 Ms. Asplund said that she believes that this will further impact her home's value. She then said that she is not in favor of this monopole at all. Kari Brown from TMobile addressed the Council and said that they have done may studies concerning monopoles in residential areas and she does not have the studies with her but the studies have not come back with any adverse effects whatsoever. She then offered to submit them for reference. Ms. Brown explained that the picture of the tower shows that the monopole would be visible but not the lower portion of the tower and it is a distance from the pole. Ms. Brown indicated that this is a co-location tower with room for two other carriers. Mike Read of 2208 Lois Drive asked whether there would be a beacon on top of the pole because this is close to the flight path of the airport. It was intended that the pole would not have any lights. Hearing no further public comment, Mayor Marty closed the public hearing at 7:40 p.m. Council Member Flaherty asked why this particular location because the north side of County Road J would not be visible to residents. Ms. Brown from TMobile explained that with the height requirement to get into the neighborhood of Groveland Park area moving the tower gets too far away to cover the objective area. Ms. Brown indicated that they had moved the tower across the compound to accommodate Sysco and the FAA study came back that they would lose footage by moving the tower. Ms. Brown explained that moving the tower creates issues with elevation and height requirements of the FAA. Ms. Brown indicated that moving to the north side means that they do not have enough coverage of the objective area. Council Member Mueller indicated it appeared that the location of the proposed tower would be blocked by the billboard. Ms. Brown indicated that it appeared that a portion of the pole would be blocked by the billboard and also by the trees. Mayor Marty indicated that he is not going to question the FAA but it seems to him that a light on the pole would make the tower more visible to aircraft. Mayor Marty said that he originally felt no qualms about this proposed location because the FAA regulations were met but, he understands the concerns of Ms. Asplund having to look at the monopole. Mayor Marty asked if there is anywhere else in town that this tower could be located. Ms. Brown indicated that they have looked extensively and there is no where else in town where this tower could be located and meet their coverage objectives. Council Member Flaherty asked what the citizens of Mounds View would get as a benefit of this tower. Ms. Brown indicated that residents could make 911 more reliably with the additional coverage.