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Initial Proposal and Recommendation At your November 2, 2009 meeting you recommended to the City Council that they approve the single provider concept (Wi-Fi only), with the specific guidelines as outlined. In the same recommendation, you suggested that a co-location scenario would have a much greater impact to the park and its aesthetics and use, and something that you were uncomfortable with being in the park, especially given how active Acorn Park is and that the City is in the process of updating the Park and Recreation System Master Plan. Subsequent Proposal and Recommendations At your January 5, 2010 meeting, you recommended to the City Council that they deny the co- location tower, primarily because of the: aesthetics, potential disruption of use of the park, timing of the Master Plan process and the potential of future re-tasking the park and the tower and mechanical space being a disruption and something that would need to be planned around. At the January 6, 2010 Planning Commission meeting, they also recommended to the City Council that they deny the request, largely because of the Master Plan effort going on and the inappropriateness of a large tower in a park setting. At this meeting the planning staff recommended approval based on the co-location code interpretation. At the January 11, 2010 City Council meeting, Clearwire proposed to install a 125 foot tower with the necessary ground space (directly South of the tennis/basketball court parking lot cul- de-sac), with capabilities of future expansion to allow for co-location. At this meeting, the City Council tabled the item to allow staff to discuss with Clearwire the option of extending the 60 day condition to allow further review. Before the City Council at this meeting was the recommendation from the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Planning Commission to deny the request. At this meeting the planning staff recommended approval based on the co- location code interpretation. At the January 25, 2010 City Council meeting, with agreement from Clearwire, a 60 day conditional use extension for the tower in Acorn Park was approved. At this meeting the City Council referred the item back to the Parks and Recreation Commission for further review, discussion and recommendation. Specifically, the City Council is interested in further analysis, review and recommendation on: Placement alternatives Criteria considerations Potential impacts Suggestions on the use of revenues from the lease This item is expected to be discussed at your February and March meetings with a final recommendation to the City Council formulated in March. Included in this packet is a correspondence from Mark Connolly, a neighbor of Acorn Park. Based upon your previous discussions I have included in this packet, for discussion purposes, an outline of: possible general conditions (guide) for communication towers in parks, possible conditions if in Acorn Park specifically and possible use of revenues if towers are located in parks. If you have any questions or need clarification, please do not hesitate to give me a call over the weekend (651-792-7101 or 651-633-4972). Requested Commission Action: To formulate a recommendation for the City Council as they requested.