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Routes 2 and 5 are preferred by the Water Works, one route being in Columbia Heights and one route in New Approved Brighton. O’Brien asked if the City Forester could work with the Water Works to reuse some smaller trees on the site for use on a public site. After a brief discussion, Mattila said he would make a note to pass the suggestion onto the City Forester. Baker called for a vote on the motion. 5 Ayes - 0 Nays. Motion Carried. (Livingston abstained.) Zisla said he would like to clarify for the record the answer about Ingvaldson’s property values. The effect on the general community is considered in a variance request under the language in the Zoning Ordinance pertaining to the impact on public health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare. LP-321 SBA, Inc. Mattila reviewed the case report concerning an application for site plan review to construct a 100-foot cellular antenna on an existing site industrial site. Schiferl asked what assurances are there that the structure will be properly maintained. Anna Marie Solberg, of SBA, responded the maintenance issue is a part of the lease contract with Sprint. Non-performance of maintenance could jeopardize the lease. A person will check on the maintenance about once a month. There will be a contact at Sprint who can be notified anytime if there is any difficulty at the site. O’Brien asked if 20 years from now when the technology is obsolete, the tower would be taken down. Solberg responded affirmatively that is part of the lease agreement. Blomquist asked about the specific language that would trigger such an event. Solberg answered the lease is for four five-year terms. At the end of the lease, there is language in the lease that would trigger the tower being taken down and the property restored to its original state. Solberg said she could not recite the specific language. Blomquist asked what is the difference between personal communications systems and cellular phones. Solberg said the personal communications systems use digital technology and cellular phones use an analog technology. PSC uses a digital technology that affords the user with many more options with your portable phone. The digital technology affords the user more privacy, can be used for paging, faxing and many more things. The PSC uses a specific phone, not a regular cellular phone, and the technologies are not interchangeable. Solberg said she could use her PSC phone to call a cellular phone. Technology is moving toward the digital system and away from the analog system. Sprint is using digital systems throughout the country. Blomquist commented the City recently approved an analog system on a water tower. Mattila said this was the second monopole, the first one is on the Darling Rendering Plant site. Blomquist asked why this antenna would not be located on a water tower. Solberg responded Sprint can locate the antenna on a water tower and does have them on other water tower sites throughout the metro area. However, based on Sprint’s radio frequency plan, New Brighton’s water towers are too far away from where Sprint needs a site for the system to operate at its optimal level. I:\COMMISSIONS\PLANNING\MINUTES\1996\11-19-96.WPD 7