Agenda - Council - 04/24/2001 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I I I I I I I I of the building. Staff is recommending that the fence be constructed out of a wood material or materials that closely match the exterior wall fin/shes on the building. The is proposing to utilize an existing driveway to access the equipment building. There personnel stationed at the site on a permanent basis. She advised that the discussed this application at a recent work session and would like to h/re to determine how many more users can go onto this tower and explore of constructing an equipment building to accommodate all possible future :the process of finding a consultant to conduct that study. She advised informed of this and the City's willingness to consider a such time that a permanent building is constructed. The City g th proposed lease agreement from Verizon Wireless. Verizon lease agreement with the City of Ramsey for water tower $12,732 annually. City staff recommends approval of landscape plan, the fence being constructed out of surrounding properties, and the City entering into a Citizen Input I I I Chairperson Nixt questioned the ability to create or reasonableness screening. Jim Nelson, of Buell Consulting andrepreSen~g:,¥enzon he has been working with City staff on this k~i~;a~on. 7d::k~ihe,,has some about the potential for the Czty to bmld thezr own ~qmpme~mldmg. ?:?;~!/~j::';?~:, ..... Chmmerson N~xt asked ~. Nelson to m~,::~,o~t on the ~g~pment bml&ng. Mr. Nelson stat~7~}~4ipment building i~nstmcted to be a climate con,oiled smcmre to. house the rad~4::~d~trolle3':~huipment. ~e'~tro~s ~e maintained on a monthly basis to assure eve~g is operati~Co~ectly. He :~h~t secud, would be an issue for Vehzon Co~u~iCa{ions and ~ey ¢°dld not be corn h wire placing thek equipment into ~ open area ~af:"i;,;:accessible to:~¢kfi~rs. With r~ to ~e potential of ~e CiW cons~cting the equip~ent b~iimng, thg(i~::~:~7 ~S¢~u~iew but it is Ns past experience that would be an unusual sim~i:og~,3:,~. Nelson s{~'d?~e is unsure what the issues are since .he was not in ':'-2..3 '~,:~ . . _ ~?~aflend~ce at the C0mm!, meeting but beheves ~ey ~e probably related to aesthetic. - ' ~? ;:~7" Chmcerso~'N~xt stated that would also be ~s assumption ~ven t~s location in a predomnantly ~ residential ~ea~, ,~E~;,¢;~ Co~uniW DeEetopment Assist~t Wald stated the Ci~ Council did not w~t four different ffi '~}~?}}~buildings at th4~:~b~se of this prope~, due to aesthetics, ~d since it is su~ounded by residential. '~ :.~Chai~erso~}N[xt asked if these ante~as will also provide pa~ng so ~o~er user may not be ' legible due (o conflicting sisals. ~;.~ .,.~;~ ~r~ ~elson stated he is not an en~neer but it is ~s underst~d~g ~at Vehzon's first thought was to locate on the top of the tower ta~. However, a~er revisbg thek coverage ~ea, it was Planning Commission/April 3, 2001 Page 3 of 18 -189-