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http://www. startribune.com/local/southl97903 949.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3 LGDiO7aiU <br />StarTrib ne.co <br />F_ <br />°a <br />Poi nt your <br />obi le h rowsff to <br />itl <br />I <br />Plan for Internet tower in Apple <br />Valley park withdrawn after protest <br />Public opinion led city officials to nix <br />the plan for the 125 -foot WiMax <br />tower in Wildwood Park <br />Last update: July 6, 2010 - 8:11 PM <br />A Washington state firm that wanted to build <br />a 125 -foot wireless Internet tower in an <br />Apple Valley park has withdrawn its <br />application in the wake of fierce opposition <br />from a neighborhood group and a thumbs - <br />down vote from the city's planning <br />commission last month. <br />But that does not mean ClearWire Wireless <br />plans to abandon its effort to bring its "super <br />fast" WiMax Internet service to the south - <br />metro suburb. <br />The company, of Kirkland, Wash., had <br />planned to build the structure in Wildwood <br />Park as part of a network of towers to <br />provide citywide service, but it will now work <br />with the city "to find an appropriate location," <br />said spokesman Christopher Comes. <br />The Apple Valley City Council was to have <br />voted on ClearWire's application Thursday, <br />Advertisement <br />but the company rescinded its application <br />when it became clear that the council was not <br />going to approve it, Comes said. <br />The news that the company was throwing in <br />the towel was met with "great jubilation" by <br />those who live near Wildwood Park, said <br />John Hessburg, who headed the Wildwood <br />Park Alliance. <br />"We are delighted, blown away and a bit <br />surprised," Hessburg said. <br />He praised Mayor Mary Hamann -Roland, four <br />city council members and four members of <br />the planning commission who showed "guts <br />and discernment" in denying ClearWire's <br />application. "They listened to our pleas," he <br />said. <br />While plans to build the tower at Wildwood <br />appear to be dead, ClearWire has the green <br />light to build two of the four structures <br />under consideration. ClearWire will build a <br />90 -foot tower at Hayes Park, which would <br />replace an existing light pole near the skating <br />rink, and another in the parking lot of Christ <br />Church, 12925 Johnny Cake Ridge Road. <br />ClearWire's application to build a 90 -foot <br />tower in Galaxie Park is "on hold," said Bruce <br />Nordquist, Apple Valley's community <br />= <br />TUE DAY N1 HT F EE <br />9 i <br />BLACKJACK TOURNAMENT <br />TUESDAYS, JULY 20 w AUGUST 1 C <br />WIAI UP TO S2r500 EACH WEF LAKd <br />C:A51 + 1D HOTEL <br />0- 4 2r .i U. CLL■..",rl%d f ,y 5•P2 9 ; amir�ftp my !f c la ke.co m <br />Print Powered Byrid Format yn mi "' <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />http://www.startribune.com/templates/fdcp?1280445558645 7/29/2010 <br />