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0 planing in advance, what would need to be expanded later. Now you want the City of North Olmsted to change their codes to accommodate your business. The applicants should have designed it right to begin with. Mr. Richards suggested that it was not the first time approaching North Olmsted, they are mandated by the FCC, and once a license is given, there is a deadline to use or lose the license. Because we could not get a site within North Olmsted, we did what we could to get the system runnuig. Mr. Tallon suggested that the hole was left to expand and enhance the applicant's bottom line later. Now Sprint wants North Olmsted to clean up its mess. Mr. Dubelko remarked that the applicants indicated that all their towers were put in place in 1998. The City planned the Claque Pole in 1996 and put it in place in 1997 therefore, it has been available for at least 3 to 4 years. Mr. Tallon remarked that if the applicants had put the antenna on the pole in 1998 there would not be the need for a new tower now. Mr. Richards believed that it would not have made a difference. They would wazit to have at least in vehicle overlap. Mr. Tallon commented that the city has given companies such as yours enough locations to meet the demands and your company has chose not to use the designated area. Furthermore, you want the City of North Olmsted to fill in for your lack of foresight. The City designed an ordinance to meet the telecommunications act, wluch took a lot of time and money to develop. 'I'he City has offered more then ample enough space in the City of North Olmsted to meet your requirements, if you have not designed your system properly it is not the cities problem. Mr. Richards suggested that when the design was laid out it was before the designated areas where lrnown. We do not go to each City to find out each Cities layout that would be very difficult to achieve. Therefore, if we have a design that is surrounding North Olmsted and they have particular areas that they want telecommunications to go that doesn't mean that it is going to mesh in well with North Olmsted's designated area. For us as a service provider it is critical to have the coverage. Mr. Tallon indicated that the ordinance was writteii to protect the city from this type of scattered tower placement. There needs to be an orderly manor in the placement of these towers being erected. Mr. Richards questioned if the wireless ordinance was passed in January of 2000. Mr. Dubelko suggested that the process started in 1998. Mr. Richards suggested that he contacted the city a year ago and there was not a wireless overlay districts in place. He suggested that he was told that Council would be signing aii ordinance witlun a month or so. He did receive a copy of a code a month later and that is what was used. Mr. Tallon remarked that the overlay ordnance was well thought out to offer ample ways to place the antemias and meet the demands of many companies. Sprint is going to have to find a way to design their system to fall within our overlay districts to meet your demands. Mr. Koeth questioned if the applicants had tried Fairview Park. Mr. Richards suggested that they had looked at a pole in Fairview Park as well. Mr. Koeth questioned if the applicants had talked to Fairview Park about placing a second pole in their city. Mr. Richards suggested that they picked the McCormick Place because of the iinpact of the area. Mr. Tallon remarked that the applicant should find an existing spot within the overlay district that they can work with. Mr. Richards suggested that the Ordinance was put into place after their system was designed. Mr. Dubelko suggested that before the overlay was designed you had more leeway to address the City about placing a pole. An expert was hired and the City has been told that we have more theii sufficient sites to proNride for adequate telecoiruntuucation services. He questioned if the applicant looked at movulg south on I-480, as it was an overlay area or using the existing Clague Park monopole. That is two locations that are available for use and less then a mile away. Mr. Hreha questioned what would happen if the applicants used the existing pole. Mr. Richards suggested that they need to space the sites out they cannot have too much of an overlay of their facilities. Mr. Ta11on suggests the applicants need to redesign what they have to meet North Olmsted's overlay district. Mr. Richards suggested that Sprint approached the city in 1997 or 1998 with a design, which North Olmsted turned down, and the Cities overlay district had yet to be put in place. Furthennore, the license is mandated that they have to be up in a certain amount of tune to keep the license. Mr. Tallon commented that then Sprint chose to throw up antennas anywhere just to get the money and then fill it in later. Looking at the maps tonight there is not much of a difference so use an