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, , . • =. it. Mr. Tallon preferred that they maintain all the landscaping and would like the landscaping presented to the architectural review board.. Mr. Bradford again explained that they are leaving enough room for the second carrier. He noted that, if another carrier goes on the pole, there would be room for anothe equipment shelter. The equipment shelter is 12 by 18 by 10 feet fabricated in aggregate stone. The pole is galvanized steel and only one.pole would be constructed in each location. If the pole exceeds 190 feet, they have to have a lattice type structure, so they normally use the monopole. He reiterated that the foundation is about 30 feet deep. There would be no danger if a child flew a kite into the pole. The neighbors spoke at this time. Mr. J. Scott asked if the aggregate stone, which is concrete block, would have a color to it or will the masonry material show. Mr. Bradford responded that it would be a tau block. He fiu-ther advised him, that if such a pole becomes obsolete, it is stated in their lease that they would remove it and restore the property to its original condition. Mr. Scott questioned if an 8 foot fence would keep children out since there is a lot of vandalism and questioned why they wanted the pole in a park where there were childreu. Mr. Bradford stated that they do normally locate the antennas on top of bu.ildings, but they need a pole in this area. Mr. Rhevus presented a signal plot, and pointed out their site locations in North Olmsted. He explained that the red areas indicated signal strength of using a mobile phone inside a bu.ilding, the green would represent using a phone in a car and getting the same quality call, and the blue represented using a phone outside. The white areas are where there could not be a high quality call. If the Clague Park site was removed, there would be a hole where calls could not be made. As they build sites they have to locate where they need coverage which is the case at Clague Park, and they are mandated by the FCC to provide coverage in this market. Mr. Bradford stated that he did look at a church site, but there was not much room, but the primary reason he looked at Clague Park was that it was quite a way from houses and there was good screening for- the pole, at.least in the summer. •Mr. Scott asked why they did not try Tri-City in Westlake. Mr. Bradford responded.that just moving a mile away would make a d.ifference. He clarified that this system is not turned on as yet, the,- will be turning it on in a few months. He clarified that the white portion right next to the Corporati Center where they have an antenna was the valley, and in order to cover it, they would have to cover the valley. The higher the antenna, the more coverage. On neighbor asked what would prevent otlier carriers coming in and asking for more poles and wondered if it would not be better if they built a taller pole to service three carriers. Mayor Boyle responded that the city is looking into whether a 120 foot tower to allow fewer towers is a reasonable idea and are studying how it should be done. They do not want to get two carriers on this pole and then have three more camers wanting another tower in Clague Park. He clarified that the city has to provide them access, but they can regulate where they can go, but Clague Park might be an area where a pole has to be. AT&T cannot really answer this, the city has to answer it. Do they want it to be 120 feet that would accommodate.more carriers, as opposed to three poles to accommodate more carriers. Mr. Brad.ford explained that they did have to abide by FAA regulations and the Mayor stated that the Federal Government has the final say on the height of the pole. Any pole lower than 200 feet does not need lights on the top at this particular site. Ms. Reely explained that there are a number of licenses being auctioned by the FCC, for northeast Ohio there are two carriers already operating, GTE Mobilenet and Air Touch. In addition there are two major licenses, operating in a larger area, AT&T Wireless and Ameritech. These four carriers are going.to cover the major area of Northeast Ohio, but there are going to be others auctioned off for carriers that will have smaller geographic areas and smaller frequency bands, but these carriers will not be building out as far as AT&T will be, and will probably want to locate on existing poles. Again, this pole would only allow for two carriers, there is a trade off on height and the number of carriers on a pole. Also the other carriers footprints may not actually match theirs, but. they will come into an area and look for all the tall places first, but by that time AT&T's and Ameritech's tall structures will akeady be here. Mr. Mannin; wondered if a major carrier would use their pole, or want to put up his own. Mr. Bradford noted tha_ they would have other options and could locate on higher roof tops, etc. and if they wanted to come 12