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Hessian Attorneys at Law <br /> <br />& McKasy P.A, <br /> <br /> 4700 IDS Center <br />80 South Eighth Street <br />Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-2228 <br />(612) 330-3000 Fax (612) 371-0653 <br /> <br />Jaymes D. Littlejohn <br />(a12) 330-3oo3 <br />jlittlej ohn~hessian.com <br /> <br />December 21, 1998 <br /> <br />BY HAND <br /> <br />Ramsey City Council and <br />Planning Commission <br />City of Ramsey <br />15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W. <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br /> <br />Re: <br /> <br />Appliccttion for Conditional Use Permit <br />Cellular Telephone Base Station <br />9539 Highway 10 <br /> <br />Dear City Council Board Members and Commissioners: <br /> <br /> Our finn represents Ah'Touch Communications, Inc. (formerly U S WEST NewVector Group, <br />Inc.), who provides AirTouch Cellular service to the Ramsey area and much oflvfmnesota. This letter <br />is an application for a Conditional Use Permit for a cellular telephone base station (also known as a <br />"cell site") to be located at the above address. The property owner, Frank Moody, has entered into an <br />option to lease a portion of his property to A/rTouch for the placement of the equipment on his <br />property where he currently conducts his RV service business, Frank's Service, Inc. The proposed cell <br />site will help meet the increased demands for cellular telephones in the area, enable Ah-Touch to <br />provide digital cellular service to residents of Ramsey, and enable the collocation of at least two other <br />wireless service providers without the need to build another tower in the area. <br /> <br /> The' Proposed Use. We propose to install a cellular telephone antenna site on a parcel located <br />between the railroad tracks and US Highway 10 very near the northwestern border of your city. This <br />parcel is located in a B-1 (Business) District. Every cell site has two essential elements: antennas <br />and cellular telephone radio/switching equipment. For the antenna structure, we propose to erect a <br />165-foot, self-support tower near the eastern edge of the propen'y, near the railroad tracks. The <br />cellular equipment will be housed in a 12-foot by 24-foot, equipment building near the base of the <br />tower. Access to the site vtill be gained via the existing driveway and parking lot. Because the parcel <br />is currently a parking lot our site designer has proposed no additional landscaping that would interfere <br />with the exi'sting use of the site. All of the proposed improvements to the property, as well as the <br />existing structures and property lines are depicted on the accompanying site plans. <br /> <br /> <br />