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24 4.O BACKGROUND 25 4.1 City of Roseville owns the property at 286 County Road C, which has a Comprehensive 2s Plan designation of Park & Open Space (POS) and an identical zoning classification of 2� Park & Open Space (POS). 28 4.2 This cotvD[T�otvAL usE request has been prompted by the applicant's desire to erect the 29 tower, convey it to the City, and lease space for their telecommunication equipment on 3o and at the base of the tower, which makes the City a potential partner in the application in 31 addition to being the landowner. 32 5.0 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMENTS 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 4f3 49 �o 51 52 53 �a �5 56 5� 5� J� 5.1 During staff discussions, Terrence Heiser, Director of Information Technology, 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 in addition to several within Roseville's boundaries. 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 whether such towers will appear and more about where they will be installed and how continuous the wireless network will be. 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 specific 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 125-foot-tower in the proposed location within Acorn Park would satisfy Clearwire's minimum height requirements but, without the possibility of increasing the height of the pole, such height would most likely preclude other service providers from co-locating on the tower. And although none of the area's cellular providers indicated to Mr. Heiser an immediate interest in installing transmission equipment in Acorn Park, the current location was selected as a place in which additional providers' equipment could be installed in the future with minimal marginal impact on the aesthetics or functionality of the surrounding park. 00 C).O PARKS AND RECREATION COMMENTS <�? 6.1 Aside from suggesting the presently-proposed location as being most out-of-the-way with 02 respect to park users, Parks and Recreation Director, Lonnie Brokke, has indicated that s3 the Parks and Recreation Department is generally supportive of a tower in the proposed 6� Acorn Park location as long as: PF09-032 RCA 011110 Page 2 of 7 • , C�