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<br />CELLULAR <br />REAL TV <br />ADVISORS, INC. <br /> <br />170179th Stree~ Su'!e 19 <br />Bloomll'l\ltO". MN 55425 <br />(6121 ese.~C7' <br />(613) (6~2) eS4~'OS Fax <br /> <br />19 November 1996 <br /> <br />Mr Mike Faulk, City Planner <br />City of Roseville <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br /> <br />RE: Site Plan Application <br />Proposed PCS Wireless Telephone Tower Facility <br />by American Portable Telecom (APT) <br />for the City of Ros.ville Fire Station <br /> <br />Dea'MrFaulk <br /> <br />This letter accompanies an application for a Site Plan Approval which will allow the locatlor: of a <br />PCS wireless communication antenna and tower at the Roseville Fire Station owned by the Clt) of <br />Roseville f have been authorized by APT to act as their representative for planning and zoning <br />matters <br /> <br />APT is a Subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems. Inc (TDS) TDS is a Chicago-base: <br />telecommunications company which provides cellular telephone, local telephone and radio paging <br />services to more than 1,9 million customers in 37 states and the District of Columbia through itS <br />subsidiaries. United States Cellular Corporation, TDS Telecommunications Corporation and <br />American Paging Inc APT is the 5l"> largest PCS license holder in the United States in terms of <br />population equivalents Last year APT was granted a license by the Federal Communications <br />CommiSSion to operate a PCS Wireless Phone System in the Twin City mal1<et area and five other <br />major markets in the United States PCS is one of the newest emerging low-power wireless <br />technologies that will compete with the cellular and local phone service, PCS will look, sound and <br />work better than traditional cellular and will also have the advantage of being able to provide paging. <br />fteet dispatch data and video transmission all with one portable handheld phone, PCS wireless is <br />digital and can handle more calls per channel than traditional cellular and transmits at lower watts <br /> <br />PROPOSED USE <br /> <br />APT is proposing to construct a 40 meter (approximately 138 feet) steel self supporting tower <br />There will be up to nine directional panel antennas (77" high x S" wide x 1,5" deep) which operate <br />within the 1,9 GHz to 2.2 GHz radio frequency range, <br /> <br />Unmanned prefabricated equipment cabinets measuring approximately S' high x 3' wide x 3' deep <br />will be located near the base of the tower Typically these weather-proof, self-contained equipment <br />cabinets are connected to the antennas by 1 5/8' cable (each antenna requires one cable run) The <br />communication equipment requires 100 amp, 220 volt, single phase electrical service <br />