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4.O BACKGROUND � 4.1 City of Roseville owns the property at 2660 Civic Center Drive, which has a � Comprehensive Plan designation of Institutional (IN) and a zoning classification of Park � & Open Space (POS). � 4.2 This coNDiT1oNAL usE request has been prompted by the applicant's desire to erect the � tower, convey it to the City, and lease space for their wireless Internet equipment on and � at the base of the tower, which makes the City a potential partner in the application in � addition to being the landowner. For this reason, the comments of several departments � and divisions of City staff have been included in this report. � 5.O INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMENTS � 5.1 Terrence Heiser, Director of Information Technology (IT), explained that Clearwire _ provides both fixed (i.e., home) Internet access as well as mobile access. Once their _ system is deployed in the metro area subscribers will be able to take their Internet _ connection with them if they have a notebook computer, and Twin Citians will have _ another option in addition to Qwest DSL or Comcast Cable Modem for Internet access. _ To accomplish this, Clearwire will need hundreds of sites throughout the metropolitan _ area. Current tower owners were contacted first and, to fill in the holes, Clearwire is _ exploring the development of new towers, making the question less about whether such _ towers will appear and more about where they will be installed. _ 5.2 The current communication technology being used by Clearwire is being called Wi- _ Max" ; a Wi-M� antenna can cover a radius of .3 to 1.2 miles. Given this coverage it is � expected that there will be 7- 9 antenna sites in or around Roseville. Clearwire is specific � about the elevation, keeping the antennas about 120' from the ground: in Roseville (and � most suburban communities) this creates a challenge since there are very few 10-story � buildings to attach antennas. So they need to find free-standing towers. Currently there � are 5 free-standing towers in Roseville, three of which are owned by the City and the � other two owned by AT&T. � 5.3 Roseville has completed applications to co-locate Clearwire antennas on two of the � City's exiting towers: Fairview (Fire Station #2) and Alta Vista (Reservoir Woods). An � engineering analysis has indicated that the third tower — on City Hall Campus, next to the � Public Works garage — is at its structural capacity and cannot accommodate the proposed F equipment. Another tower on Campus, the former UHF/VHF transmitting/receiving F tower adjacent to City Hall, is no longer active. This tower was also evaluated but, at F only 80 feet in height, it does not meet Clearwire's needs. This is why a new tower is F being proposed. A 120-foot-tower would satisfy Clearwire's minimum height F requirements, but such height would most likely preclude other service providers from F co-locating on the tower. The proposed tower height is 150 feet, identical to the other F active communications tower on Campus. F 5.4 Mr. Heiser strongly supports the proposed tower at City Hall Campus not only because F he's routinely asked by residents about when city-wide wireless Internet service will be F available, but also because it would be of significant value in the City's own operations. F It would be used for backup wireless connections (pending funding for equipment) to the water booster station, water tower, and Dale Fire Station. The tower would also PF09-031 RCA 111609.doc Page 2 of 5