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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, November 04, 2009 Page 7 Sarah Heikkila, 2500 Matilda Street (south of Acorn Park) Ms. Heikkila requested if and how a tower at City Hall would improve service and if it could accommodate other service providers to avoid a tower located at Acorn Park. Mr. Heiser responded that the City Hall tower would allow them to move from the existing tower to the proposed tower, if approved; and noted that providers based their coverage needs on terrain, trees, and other buildings within their coverage radius but would not significantly affect service near Acorn Park. Mr. Heiser encouraged residents having issues or questions about their service to communicate that to Roseville’s IT staff, as the City had contact with many tower operators, and if residents were aware of dead spots, the City could alert the operators’ engineers. Mr. Heiser advised that his contact information was available on the City website, and advised he would welcome e-mails and comments from residents. Chair Doherty closed the Public Hearing at 7:43 p.m. MOTION Member Boerigter moved, seconded by Member Doherty to RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL of the CONDITIONAL USE for Clearwire, LLC to allow the construction of a 150’ telecommunication tower at 2660 Civic Center Drive; based on the information and comments of Sections 4-7, and the conditions of Section 8 of the project report dated November 4, 2009. Commissioner Wozniak questioned whether any lights were needed to avoid air traffic. Mr. Vavoulis advised that towers under 200’ did not require lights; and further advised that the proposed tower(s) were out of any restricted areas for airports. Ayes: 6 Nays: 0 Motion carried. Chair Doherty noted that the case was scheduled to be heard by the City Council at their November 16, 2009 meeting. c. Planning File 09-032 Request by Clearwire, LLC for approval of a 120-foot telecommunication tower in Acorn Park, 266 County Road C, as a Conditional Use Chair Doherty opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 09-032 at 7:47 p.m. Prior to his review of staff’s analysis of this request, Mr. Lloyd noted that the initial request, as publically noticed and published, indicated the proposed telecommunication tower would be one hundred feet (100’) in height, but that the initial request had been modified to a one hundred-twenty foot (120’) tower height. Despite differing opinions from different City departments, Planning Division staff could only recommend approving a one-hundred-fifty foot (150’) high telecommunication tower at Acorn Park as a CONDITIONAL USE to accommodate multiple users and avoid repetitive towers located within the City – if a tower is to be approved at all, pursuant to City Code Section 1013 (General Requirements) and Section 1014 (Conditional Uses). Mr. Lloyd further noted that the address on those public and published notices had been listed as 266 County Road C, when the address of Acorn Park was actually 286 County Road C and owned by the City of Roseville. Mr. Lloyd apologized to the public and the Commission for any confusion this may have created. In reviewing staff’s analysis, Mr. Lloyd clarified that Clearwire was requesting a maximum tower height of 120’, but Planning Division staff was recommending a