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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, January 11, 2010 Page 9 Councilmember Johnson agreed; however, expressed disappointment that the in- formation was not available sooner; and clarified that the proposed action would not eliminate his request for this information. Mayor Klausing assured Councilmember Johnson that the policy would be dis- cussed in the near future. Roll Call Ayes: Pust; Roe; Johnson; Ihlan; and Klausing. Nays: None. b. Adopt a Resolution Approving Conditional Use for Clearwire, LLC to allow construction of a 150-foot telecommunication tower at City Hall Campus, 2660 Civic Center Drive Community Development Director Patrick Trudgeon summarized the request as detailed in the RCA dated January 11, 2010; noting previous City Council action tabling this request for staff's consideration and review of other potential sites on the City Hall campus. Mr. Trudgeon noted that the original site, as proposed in November of 2009, was adjacent to the parking lot on the corner of County Road C and Lexington Avenue; and advised that since that time, a second potential site had been identified immediately outside and adjacent to the Public Works yard on Woodhill Avenue. Mr. Trudgeon advised that, from a land use perspective, this site would meet the standards of the Conditional Use, even though the public hearing held at the Planning Commission had originally been based on locating the tower on Site 1, at the corner of Lexington and County Road C. Mr. Trudg- eon noted that the City's IT Director Terre Heiser was present to address any technical or locations questions of the City Council. Councilmember Pust questioned how many sites had been approved and/or se- cured throughout the metro area to-date by Clearwire as mentioned in Section 5.1 of the staff report. Tony Vavoulis, Clearwire Representative Mr. Vavoulis advised that he was part of the team and only responsible for ap- proximately half of the 400 proposed sites, and based on weekly team meetings, estimated that approximately 60% of those he's responsible for were under lease or at similar stages of approval as with this request; and that completed leases were anticipated for 90% of the sites within the next three months. Councilmember Pust questioned if those leases were with public agencies or pri- vate entities. Mr. Vavoulis advised that the majority of them were with other cell carriers; noting that the City of Roseville was somewhat unique in that the mu- nicipality itself owned cell towers, noting that the majority of the pending leases