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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes -Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Page 4 1 restrictions; commercial development at Rice and C (Walgreen's new drugstore 2 location) and congestion in that development based on setback and parking 3 requirements and constraints from a signal standpoint. 4 5 Public Comment 6 Mark Connolly, 240 West County Road C (NE corner of park) 7 Mr. Connolly spoke in opposition to the request; opining that the Walgreen's site was 8 preferable, with two single-family homes recently demolished and one site available 9 for sale and a potential option for tower location. Mr. Connolly advised that he would 10 prefer not to have the views from his home, currently surrounded by frees, being 1 1 impacted by installation of a tower. 12 13 Mr. Connolly questioned whether a tower was visually appealing; did ft maintain park 14 value; would it significantly affect adjacent residential property values; y+ill it attract 15 residents to Acorn Park; and opined if the equipment isn't fenced, it will become a 16 graffiti magnate. Mr. Connolly opined that Lady Slipper Park on South Owasso is 17 swampy, with few adjacent residential homes, and would serve as a better location for 18 a tower. Mr. Connolly further opined that a more detailed i~nap needed to be made 19 available to the public showing gaps or overlaps in coverage areas, indicating where 20 actual needs existed. 21 22 Mr. Connolly referenced the staff report, Sections 7.3 c) and d) .and questioned if the 23 information was staffs interpretation or factual in nature as it related to aesthetics, 24 value of wireless Internet service as a residential amenity, and affects on property 25 values; and requested supporting data for these assumptions. 26 27 Mr. Connolly further referenced some "secondhand information" provided by a 28 neighbor related to the original donation of Acorm Park to the City, perhaps by the 29 Applebaum family and whether there were existing covenants related to commercial 30 use of that park property. 31 32 Richard Schaeffer, 323 Brooks Avenge (south side of park) 33 Mr. Schaefer spoke Ira apposition to the request, opining that it would be similar to 34 installing a wind turbine in Acbrn Park. Mr. Schaefer further opined that the 35 Walgreen's site would #~ more appropriate for a tower location; that there was no 36 reason to lose green space within Acorn Park for this purpose; and questioned why 37 the Planning Commission was even considering this as possibly feasible. Mr. 38 Schaeffer opined that, no matter the potential revenue, the residential tax burden 39 would not tie reduced, nor would homeowners adjacent to the park realize any of the 40 revenue, but it would go into the City's General Fund and "disappear." Mr. Schaefer 41 advised that he was opposed to locating a tower in Acorn Park, or any other park. 42 43 Bob Pankonin, (south side of park) 44 Mr. Pankonin suggested that there was lots of information that the public had not been 45 made privy to, and asked individual Commissioners why they would support this 46 request; and' why it was important for the community to have this tower located in the 47 middle of Acorn Park. 48 49 Art Dickson, 2573 Western Avenue 50 Mr. Dickson spoke in support of the request; opining that the community needed to 51 support additional communications systems; and even though he would be able to 52 see if from his home, he was not opposed to it. 53 54 Lee Drodely (SP?), 330 W Brooks Avenue