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MO S S & BARNETT A Professional Associalion Roseville City Council and Planning Commission February 6,2001 Page 2 gained via the existing driveway and parking lot. The one tree that would interfere with this installation will simply be relocated elsewhere on the site. Equipment Shelter. The equipment building that is proposed will house radio, computer and climate control equipment for this site. Our technicians must be able to have access to all sides of the equipment that will be installed in the building, so floor space is limited. We utilize a prefabricated equipment shelter in which the equipment can be installed prior to its final installation at the site to minimize the disruption caused by our construction activities at the site. The building will have a brick finish, and it meets or exceeds all building and fire code requirements, of course. This will be an unmanned building and will be operated remotely, connected to the rest of the Verizon Wireless system via buried telephone lines. Antenna Monopole. We propose to erect a 120-foot monopole to elevate our antennas to the required height for this area. We ordinarily attempt to collocate our antennas on existing structures (as we have already done on one of Roseville's water towers), but no existing structure in the area is both tall enough and in the proper location. Furthermore, because there are several adjacent cell sites whose placement cannot be altered, Verizon Wireless has a relatively limited number of options for a location. By avoiding areas that are adjacent to residential areas, Verizon Wireless RF engineers had very few lots from which to choose, and we are not in a position to require any particular landlord to allow the installation. In the nearly 20 years that Verizon Wireless (and its predecessors) has provided cellular service in the upper midwest, it has never experienced a single monopole or tower collapse. This truly is a testament to the extreme conditions that the poles are engineered to withstand in this area of the country. Because all of the antennas and equipment associated with this facility are operated remotely, there will be no measurable impact on traffic or other conditions. The site is electrically powered and produces no noise, smoke, fumes, glare or odor. The Cellular Phone System. Users of cellular telephone services include farmers, doctors, contractors and other members of the business community, as well as various areas of the public sector. Fire and police departments and other public safety agencies use cellular telephones extensively, as welL The City of Roseville itself uses the Verizon Wireless cellular phone system. The system allows police and other emergency response agencies to conduct private communication in the field. This can be important from the scene of a crime, serious car accident, fire or other emergency. Immediate, direct communication with other specialized agencies is often