Agenda - Planning Commission - 08/05/1997

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. I APT .A MER I CAN P 0 R TAB lET E lEe 0 M A TDS COMPANY 1701 E. 79th Street Suite 19 Minneapolis, MN 55425 612-858-0000 Fax 612-851-9103 July 9, 1997 Sylvia Frolik Zoning Administrator 15153 Nowthen Boulevard Ramsey, MN 55303 RE: Application for Conditional Use Permit Proposed PCS Wireless Telephone Antenna Tower Site A10063 Dear Ms. Frolik: This letter accompanies an application for a Conditional Use Permit for a proposed Personal Communications Services (PCS) wireless telephone antenna tower and cell site at 6016 16]1h Avenue in Ramsey. Minnesota. The property at issue is owned by Bob Muller. I have been authorized by APT to act as their representative for planning and zoning matters. APT is a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS). TDS is a Chicago- based telecommunications company which provides cellular telephone. local telephone, and radio paging services to more than 1.9 million customers in 37 states and the District of Columbia through its subsidiaries. including United States Cellular Corporation, TDS Telecommunications Corporation, and American Paging, Inc. APT directs PCS technology for TDS. APT is committed to providing PCS services to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area. In 1995, APT was granted a license by the Federal Communications Commission to operate a PCS Wireless Phone System in the Twin Cities market area as well as five other major markets in the United States. APT is the fifth largest PCS license holder in the United Stated in terms'of population equivalents. PCS is one of the newest emerging low-power wireless technologies. PCS stands for Personal Communications Services and will truly allow businesses, individuals, and government services to communicate in an entirely new way. Although similar to traditional cellular systems, PCS will look, sound and work better, with the added advantage of being able to provide fax service, paging, computer data, and video 70