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'` .. ? better tenants for the City. Which would generate higher income tax and higher property tax's which benefits all the residents of North Olmsted. There is some merit to the proposal but the effect on the residential area in this location is a concern. Mr. Hreha commented that he felt the proposal should be tabled and Mr. Wanamaker should bring the owners of Teligent, and experts on the antennas. Mr. Koeth agreed with 1VIr. Hreha and requested that the owners of Teligent be present to address questions about the R F waves and exactly how long, wide, what.happens if it is deflected or out of alignment? What is the R F waves ranges? They will also need to be prepared to answer the resident's questions. Mr. Allan indicated that he strongly agreed with Mr. Asseffs comments. Mr. Dubelko commented that the Planning Commission has addressed issues regarding the telecommunication antennas over the last few years now. It is important for the residents as well as the Planning Commission to understand that under the federal telecommunications act of 1996 local municipal corporations have limited authority to regulate placement. He recommends that the issue be sent back to the Law department`to look at this issue applied to this type of technology. Generally speaking the City can not take into account the health issues in making decisions on positioning these antennas, that is federal law which preempts us. The City is limited to site issues, Teligent has been before this board before and it is a different technology and kind of falls between the cracks. The Law Department should be asked to look into this issue to look at the basic issue as to whether or not the Commission has any authority to make recommendations based on health concerns. Mr. Spalding questioned if he understood the Assistant Law Director to be saying the Commission could not consider health issues when addressing these antennas. Mr. Dubelko indicated that that is what needed to be looked into. Mr. Holly suggested that he believed that the federal code covered general population usage and this is singular use for these two buildings only, no other buildings can access the antennas it is a single use. Mr. Dubelko commented that ,the he would be looking further into that issue and the City hired an expert whom he will address his questions to regarding this type of antenna. R. Tallon motioned to table Technology Park 1& II (Teligent, Inc.) which consists of installing a 24-inch microwave antenna on a two- (2) story building for use with fixed wireless telephone technology. The Planning Commission will send the issue back to the Law Department to look into the technology with respect to being so close to residents. There should be an R F expert with the applicant the next time he returns so that they can answer the boards and residents questions. In regards to questions pertaining to leakage, what means of testing is done on site to make sure the beam stays in alignment. Is there any type of screening in today's technology to screen the R F waves from leaving the site. Finally are there any alarms that will alert someone if the beam is out of alignment. If there is some type of equipment that will be used to test the equipment annually, if not the board will request the company will annually do, maintenance checks on the equipment as part of the approval. The motion was seconded by, K. O'Rourke and unanimously approved. Motion Caa-ried. Note: Mr. Wanamaker indicated that he wanted on record that their company had been before the commission before and had three other antennas on other buildings in the City. Mr. Tallon sited the buildings the other antennas were placed on and indicated that none of the buildings were two story they where no lower then 4 stories high therefore, quite different from the current proposal. 2. Technology Park II (Teli ent Inc.) 25209-25249 Countrv Club Blvd.: Proposal consists of installing a 24-inch microwave antenna on a two- (2) story building for use with fixed wireless telephone technology. Note: height variance will be required. 4