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provider must demonstrate that this criterion is satisfied in requesting approval by the Council <br /> and regional park implementing agency to place a tower on Regional Parks System land. The <br /> only exception to this condition is that a tower for the Metropolitan Emergency Radio System <br /> may be placed on Regional Parks System land even if it could be placed on private land <br /> instead, upon meeting the following mitigation conditions: <br /> - If there is no feasible alternative to placing the tower on park land, the tower's impact on <br /> the Regional Parks System land must be minimized. <br /> - The tower must be screened from view of regional park/trail users as much as possible <br /> through tower placement and design features agreed to by the regional park implementing <br /> agency. <br /> - The tower must be located on land that has already undergone regional park or trail <br /> development and is accessible through the existing park road system. Land in park <br /> reserves or regional parks conserved for habitat restoration and interpretation must be <br /> avoided. <br /> • Co-location of antennas on one tower is preferred over constructing several towers if co-location <br /> has less visual and other environmental impacts on Regional Parks System land. The only <br /> exception to this condition is if co-location would result in frequency interference between <br /> antennas. <br /> • Payments for placing telecommunication towers in regional parks or park reserves should be <br /> dedicated to the regional park implementing agency that owns the land for acquisition, <br /> redevelopment, development, or operations and maintenance of its Regional Parks System <br /> units. <br /> Regional park implementing agencies must submit a master plan amendment to the Council for review <br /> that proposes a tower placement. The master plan amendment should state how the conditions listed <br /> above have been met. The Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission and Council will then <br /> review the master plan amendment for consistency with the conditions of this policy and either approve, <br /> modify or reject the master plan amendment. <br /> If the land for the tower's location has a restrictive covenant on it (required for land acquired with <br /> Council bonds), the regional park implementing agency shall amend the covenant to recognize the <br /> temporary use of the tower with any conditions required for the tower's lease and submit the amended <br /> covenant to the Council as part of the master plan amendment. <br /> The Council will consider the master plan amendment and the restrictive covenant amendment <br /> concurrently and either approve or disapprove them, based on whether the tower will negatively impact <br /> the Regional Parks System unit. If a regional park implementing agency believes that a tower should <br /> not be placed on Regional Parks System land because the tower could not meet the conditions of this <br /> policy, the regional park implementing agency has the authority to deny the application. <br /> Tower placement on Regional Parks System land shall be considered a temporary non-recreation use. <br /> As stated previously, any lease revenues for the tower easement must be used by the regional park <br /> implementing agency to further the acquisition, redevelopment, development or <br /> operations/maintenance of that regional park implementing agency's portion of the Regional Parks <br /> System. The regional park implementing agency must report the annual lease revenues to the Council <br />