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4.O BACKGROUND 4.1 City of Roseville owns the property at 286 County Road C, which has a Comprehensive Plan designation of Park & Open Space (POS) and an identical zoning classification of Park & Open Space (POS). 4.2 This CotvD[T[o1vAL uSE request has been prompted by the applicant's desire to erect the tower, convey it to the City, and lease space for their telecommunication equipment on and at the base of the tower, which makes the City a potential partner in the application in addition to being the landowner. For this reason, the comments of several departments and divisions of City staff have been included in this report. 5.0 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMENTS 5.1 Terrence Heiser, Director of Information Technology (IT), explained that Clearwire provides both fixed (i.e., home) Internet access as well as mobile access. Once their system is deployed in the metro area subscribers will be able to take their Internet connection with them if they have a notebook computer, and Twin Citians will have another option in addition to Qwest DSL or Comcast Cable Modem for Internet access. To accomplish this, Clearwire will need hundreds of sites throughout the metropolitan area. Current tower owners were contacted first and, to fill in the holes, Clearwire is exploring the development of new towers, making the question less about tit�hether such towers will appear and more about where they will be installed. 5.2 The current communication technology being used by Clearwire is being called Wi- Max"; a Wi-Max antenna can cover a radius of .3 to 1.2 miles. Given this coverage it is expected that there will be 7- 9 antenna sites in or around Roseville. Clearwire is specitic about the elevation, keeping the antennas about 120' from the ground: in Roseville (and most suburban communities) this creates a challenge since there are very few 10-story buildings to attach antennas. So they need to find free-standing towers. Currently there are 5 free-standing towers in Roseville, but the area around Acorn Park remains a critical void. 5.3 A 120-foot-tower in or around Acorn Park would satisfy Clearwire's minimum height requirements, but such height would most likely preclude other service providers from co-locating on the tower. Because a tower in this location would not provide any operational benefit to the City as would the tower proposed at the City Hall Campus, the IT Division would only advocate for a tower in or around Acorn Park insofar as it is critical to Clearwire's ability to provide alternative Internet service as well as a viable city-wide wireless signal — both of which can be viewed as amenities for Roseville's residents. 6.O PARKS AND RECREATION COMMENTS 6.1 Parks and Recreation Director, Lonnie Brokke, indicated that the Parks and Recreation Department is generally supportive of a tower in the proposed Acorn Park location as long as: a. the tower is essentially a replacement of existing hockey rink light pole, with rink lights installed at a height of approximately 40 feet, but with the proposed telecommunications equipment further up; b. the tower is limited to 120 feet in height; PF09-032 RPCA 110409 Page 2 of 5 � �