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CITY OF NOR'I'H OLIVISTED "TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIF'FERENCE" ARCHI'I'ECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MINUTES - APIaIi, 16, 2003 CONFERENCE ROOM 5:30 P.M. 1. ROLL CALL: Chairman Zergott called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. PRESENT: B. Zergott, K. Schulz, J. Nader, and M. Yager ALSO PRESENT: Assistant Building Cominissioner T. Rymarczyk, Assistant Law Director B. O'Malley, and Assistant Clerk of Commissions A. Kilbane II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MINiJTES: The Architectural Review Board minutes dated February 19, 2003 have been submitted for approval. M. Yager made a motion to npprove the minutes as submitted. The motion was seconded by B. Zergott. lZoll call on the motion: K. Schulz - lbstain, J. Nader, M. Yager, and B. Zergott - yes. MOTION CARRIED. III. SIGNS: IV. OLD BUSINESS: V. NEW BUSINESS: 1. T 1VIobile Wireless Communication Tower; North West corner of Brooknark &Clague Road PP#237-23-030 & 031 Proposal consists of installing a permitted wireless communication tower in the I-480 state right of way. Note: Planning Commission motioned that the proposal would go to Board of Zoning and Development after meeting with the Architectural Review Board. Applicnnt's Presentation: Mr. John Sindyla and Mr. Alex Forest came forward on behalf of T-Mobile. Mr. Sindyla said they are proposing to put in a tower at a compound that is 60x60. The city imposed the requirement of a fence, although the type of fence was not specified. He said O.D.OT. requires board on board fencing at this type of installation. He said code requires the fence be 6-8 feet tall but O.D.OT. requires 7 feet. They will have a 7-foot high board on board fence. It is pressurized wood. The code also requires that they retain as much of the existing vegetation as possible. He referred to the plans and explained how they wlll work with the existing vegetation. Mr. Sindyla said they are abutting fairly dense vegetation. He said the code requires that they plant 6-foot tall evergreens around the compound. He added that O.D.OT. requires that they build a berm around the compound. In the plans that were approved by the city engineering department, it shows a 2-foot high earth berm surrounding the fenced area. He said they would typically install arborvitae which is a generic evergreen tree however O.D.OT. requires something along the lines of Austrian pines. He said there will be 22 evergreen trees on top of the 2-foot high berm and they are staggered so there is a 2-row affect. The canvas that they use is a non-traditional shelter. With companies like Nextel, Verizon, or AT&T, there are 10-foot tall shelters. They use equipment cabinets about the size of a small refrigerator. The cabinets are about 6 feet and the cables come out the top of the cabinets and go into the side of the tower. The existing fence on the site is chain link and it will remain; they are going inside of that area. Mr. Sindyla said they are using the existing fence and gate which O.D.OT. uses to haul material in and out. Board Member's Ouestrorzs crnd ('onamerrls: Mr. Zergott asked if O.D.OT. will continue to use that area. Mr. Sindyla said that he understands they will continue to use it as a staging area. He said O.D.OT. asked that T-Mobile keep to the side so they can still get in and out. Mr. Zergott asked what the land on the west side of the compound could be