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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 />