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Commissions recommendation, American Tower has revised their conditional use .Permit application and are now proposing to construct a monopole design telecommunication~._.,,toWer.:' ~"C .'-~:,.. Councilmember Anderson stated that it is already the end of January and the wate~:ioWer is to be completed in July and inquired if timing was still an issue. A!il! Community Development Director Frolik replied that timing is not the 0'g[~;'i~ssue with tt~' . x lmned that Verizon will be lacin an antenna On the ~iting water water tower Sheep P g ~ . ..... . along Dysprosium Street and placing the other tower on the new wa'ier idler will not cover all the gaps. ..,5::~?:;~'" Councilmember Anderson replied that the City is trying to'~inimize the-number of towers in the .f ;. ~i-_-.' .i-. .[ -.: . . -, Jason Hall, American Tower, stated that in order for~Verizdn it0 recdlVe'ultl~ae coverage they need a site closer to Highway gl0 than the new water tower. ':'-:"-;-:';¢:"~,:_::~ :~ Co~n~Umember ~d~on inquired if t, beze w~ ~oom to ~o-lo~a~ on'~fi~e~t~2::~t~ towe~. Co--unity Development Directd~}F~bi~k~¢~i~d-that their is cu~ent!~ 6fie ante~a on the existing water tower and she wodd'h~ge~lo ass~¢~h~:ihek is room fo~::~n;ther ante~a. Councilmember Hendfiksen inquired as~d:~hat ~h~':feiationship Wa2 be~een ~efican Tower Co~oration and Vefizon Wireless. '( :~, .;:5}f~ 477;~'F~ Mr. Hall replied ~at Am&Scan Tower is hire,to lease the land, zone the land, operate the tow, er and then leas6 Space on the fOYer. ,.:.:,>: .... ., ~,~ CouncH~e~ber Hendfikse~f~plied that xf Venzon were to co-locate on the new water tower then ~e~canT0wer woutanot make any money. He suggested that the Council speak directly with V efizon W~eless.~"~ _~':~: ~&~3:7 :~,'~_i~7~ '-. 2:~ :~ ~:'/Di~:ector of Public'Works Kapler noted that the new water tower was desired to handle ,:rf~. - ':~' ant~~)---; ~ '-:~ '";" /-. ....-' ~.z.- ' 5:"-.~:'z~' ~;-~ Mr. Hall explained that ~m~a sites have to be ve~ specific to avoid gaps in coverage. He also ~-~:._~, noted that timing is still-an issue and pointed out that the new water tower will not be able to ,_::~ -,_hold all of the ca~ers in the area. ~_ Councilmemb~; Hendfiksen inquired as to how far away the new water tower was ~om the - proposed t0w~f site. Mr2H~' replied one-half mile. I -114- City Council/January 23, 2001 Page 20 of 30 i I i I I ! I I I I: I I I I I