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The proposed facility will allow AT&T Mobility to provide_quality in-building wireless voice and data service to Bethel University and this portion of Arden Hills. AT&T has received numerous complaints from Bethel University students about unacceptable in-building coverage and AT&T has measured signal strength within the university confirming the problem. A university campus is unique in that there are numerous large brick buildings that house students and faculty for the primary purpose of education. Most students use a variety of wireless devices daily for educational research and communicating. The proposed AT&T facility will ensure that the campus is covered with sufficient system capacity and signal strength to provide coverage within the majority of the campus buildings. It is important to note that in order to ensure adequate signal strength and capacity within a university campus, a wireless facility needs to be located within the campus, if at all possible. This is due to the high concentration of users in a relatively small geographic area and the number of buildings, (most of which are of brick construction) which tends to attenuate the wireless signal. The improved AT&T coverage will also enhance public safety for Bethel University students, faculty and emergency service responders. Chapter 13 of the Arden Hills Code requires that wireless facilities be located on municipal water tower structures unless the applicant shows, to the reasonable satisfaction of the City, that none of the water tower sites can be feasibly used from an engineering standpoint. The closest water tower site to Bethel University is located approximately %a mile east of the center of the Bethel Campus at 1260 Fox Road. Even though this water tower is fairly close to the campus, it is located on high ground(945ft AMSL) as compared to the lower average ground elevation of the buildings located within the Bethel University campus (900ft AMSL). This elevation change, along with the existing trees and buildings located between the water tower and the central part of the campus attenuate the signal to the point that an AT&T facility.located on the Fox Road water tower cannot provide sufficient and reliable in-building coverage to the majority of the Bethel University campus. In particular, the numerous buildings located in northwest portion of the campus and on the west side of the campus would not have sufficient and reliable in-building coverage for voice and data wireless devices. AT&T is currently a tenant on the Arden Hills Water Tower located 1 mile to the North of I-694. This existing AT&T facility does not provide reliable in building coverage on campus. Additionally, it is our understanding that City Staff will be having Owl Engineering review this application and AT&T's network in this portion of Arden Hills. A copy of this