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Department Approval Item Description: BACKGROUND l�'�, Jy REQUEST FOR COUNCI L ACTI ON Date: 02/08/10 Item No.: 13.d Ci ty M anager A pproval D i scussi on Regardi ng Use of Publ i c Property for Commerci al Purposes At the January 11, 2010 Ci ty Counci I mee�i ng, Ci ty Counci I members requested that a di scussi on be hel d at a f uture me�i ng to di scuss commerci al uses of publ i c property i n I i ght of the request by CI e�arwi re to I ocate a tel ecommuni cati ons tower i n Acorn Park. Per Ci ty Counci I request, staff has provided with this report the fol lowi ng chapters of the Comprehensive Plan; Land Use, Parks and Open Space, and Uti I ities. For the discussion, staff attempted to take an i nventory of commercial use.s that currently occur on I and owned by the Ci ty. I t i s i mportant to note that dependi ng on how you def i ne a ` commerci al use' ; the I i st of such use,s can be qui te I arge. Bel ow i s an i ni ti al summary of staff' s f i ndi ngs: Right-af-way—Thereisextensiveuseof theright-of-wayforcommercial use.s, primarily by uti I i ti es such as X cel and Qwest. We are prohi bi ted i n chargi ng for the use of our ri ght-of-ways by these uti I i ti es by state statutes. (We do requi re uti I i ti es to g� a permi t f rom the ci ty and are abl e to have them rei mburse the ci ty for staff ti me revi e�vi ng the permi t). There are al so bus benches and shel ters that have adverti si ng on them for whi ch we charge an annual fee. C ity H al I Campus— There i s an eaci sti ng tel ecommuni cati ons tower that has 4 provi ders on the City Hal l Campus (Spri nt, T-mobi le, Verizon, and TTM I). On January 11, 2010, another tel ecommuni cati ons tower was gi ven I and use approval to be I ocated on the Ci ty Hal I campus. There are several vendi ng machi nes to serve empl oyee,s that are owned by pri vate busi ness. ( I n the case of the soda machi ne i n the Pol i ce Department, a porti on of the sal es are donated to the Rosevi I le Pol ice Benevolent Association). Conference rooms withi n the bui Idi ngs on the campus are occasi onal I y rented out to pri vate compani es. A craft show i s al so hel d w i th i n the City Hall building annually. Skati ng Center — The Oval has several events hel d throughout the ye�ar that may be consi dered ` commerci al acti vi ti es' , mostly consi sti ng of arts and craft shows. There are al so vendi ng machi nes and cateri ng conducted by private busi n� withi n the Skati ng Center faci I ity. The Oval scoreboard al so adverti ses f or Coc�Col a. The Oval i s al so off i ci al I y named the " Gui dant John Rose M i nnesota Oval" to ref I ect a donati on by the Gui dant Foundati on. Parks— I n Reservoi r Woods Park, there i s an eaci sti ng tel ecommuni cati ons tower servi ng 5 provi ders (T-M obi l e, Spri nt, AT& T, CI e�arwi re, and TTM I). I n addi ti on, the actual reservoi r serves the St. Paul Water Uti I i ty (al though the actual I and that i s operated as the reservoi r i s sti I I owned by the St. Paul Water Uti I i ty). I n many parks, there are uti I i ty pol es and I i nes I ocated i n Page 1 of 2