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• Councilmember introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption, which motion was seconded by Councilmember RESOLUTION ADOPTING A POLICY STATEMENT REGARDING WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION ANTENNA AND TOWERS BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Anthony, Minnesota(the "City"), as follows: City Council Policy Statement Regarding Wireless Telecommunication Antennas and Towers This policy is established as a guide to city staff in preparing zoning and other regulatory ordinances and in the preparation of site lease agreements which would permit the location of antenna arrays and towers on city-owned or controlled real estate. To the extent that a specific inconsistent zoning or other regulatory ordinance is enacted or a site lease adopted or approved by the council,the ordinance or lease shall control and this policy shall have no binding effect, however,paragraph 2 of Article 1, "Priority of Users", and any subsequent amendments thereto shall control over subsequerit inconsistent language in individual site leases. ARTICLE 1: REGULATION UNDER CITY POLICE POWER City actions taken with regard to telecommunication activities, must comply with a • number of federal parameters established by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. For example, local actions must foster rather than discourage competition, thus the city will not discriminate against one or a group of providers in favor of another or another group of providers or potential providers. Under the same act, local actions which result in a prohibition on provision of telecommunication services are in invalid. Thus staff is directed to facilitate establishment and provision of lawful wireless telecommunications services with the following local objectives in mind: • Minimize the overall number of towers through collocation requirements; • insure that new towers will be safe and blend into their environment when possible; • that they.be placed in suitable locations with residential locations being a last resort; • that zoning ordinances and other municipal police power regulations be defensible in light of federal and state laws with special attention.paid to the new federal requirements; and • that revenue from site leases of city-controlled lands and structures be maximized consistent with achievement of the four preceding goals.