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<br />Opus Northwest. LLC. <br /> <br />, OPUS. <br /> <br />700 Opus Center <br />9900 Bren Road East <br />Minnetonka. Minnesota 55343-9600 <br /> <br />Mailing Address <br />P.O. Box 59110 <br />Minneapolis. Minnesota 55459-0110 <br /> <br />612-936-4600 <br /> <br />Fax 612-936-4529 <br /> <br />September 17, 1997 <br /> <br />Mr. Dennis Welsh <br />Community Development <br />City of Roseville <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Roseville, Minnesota 55113 <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Proposed US West Monopole <br />Gateway Business Park, Roseville <br /> <br />Dear Dennis: <br /> <br />This letter is intended to present to the City staff and the City Council the position and <br />concerns of Opus Northwest relative to the proposed US West monopole to be located on <br />City property within Gateway Business Park. I will, unfortunately, be out of town on <br />business Sunday and Monday and may not be able to attend the City Council meeting on <br />Monday, September, 22 to discuss this matter in person. <br /> <br />We have appreciated staff's efforts to provide to us information on this new technology and <br />we certainly want to support the City's desire to enhance communications availability to its <br />residents and businesses. Both US West and the City have conveyed to Opus that this <br />tower will not interfere with manufacturing processes or communications of those potential <br />tenants to be located within the park. <br /> <br />We must, however, express our concerns relative to the aesthetics of this monopole. We <br />understand that one of the reasons the City staff desires to locate the monopole within <br />Gateway rather than on an alternate site near 135 and Long Lake Road is that the monopole <br />is "unsightly" and will not be as visible to Roseville residents if located in Gateway. We are <br />greatly concerned that prospective businesses for Gateway may also find the monopole <br />unsightly, especially those users that will front Long Lake Road and face the monopole. <br /> <br />Opus has been asked to provide upgraded exteriors to provide for a high quality business <br />park for this Gateway location. While there is some City assistance for the 135 W Business <br />Center building located in the southerly portion of the park, those users in the northerly <br />section will be required to pay for the additional upgrade to provide the higher quality <br />building exteriors. We believe that requiring the business park to upgrade exteriors from <br />that typically used for light industrial buildings is inconsistent with the City's desire to <br />locate a monopole within the same business park. <br /> <br />Opus' preference would be that the City Council would choose not to locate the monopole <br />in Gateway for the reasons previously stated. Opus would strongly object to this <br />monopole should it have similar characteristics to the monopole located at the Hamline and <br />Highway 36 location in Roseville. Please note the site lines from County Road B2 on the <br />north side of Cedarholm Golf Course. This monopole is extremely visible and is not <br />aesthetically pleasing. <br /> <br />Opus Northwest. L.L.C. is an affiliate of the Opus group of companies-Architects. Contractors, Developers <br />Chicago. Columbus. Dallas. Denver. Ft lauderdale. Milwaukee, Minneapolis. Orlando. Pensacola. Phoenix. Sacramento. San Francisco. Seattle. Tampa. Washington D.C, <br />