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have Sprint come back with other possible locations for the tower and they did not do it. Ms. Habinski <br />said they have been talking about it all night. Mr. Koeth said the Commission asked for different <br />locations. The Commission has a map with one dot showing one recommendation. He said since they <br />did not receive anything from Sprint, they actually had the Assistant City Engineer indicate on a map all <br />of the locations on the site that meet the 300 foot setback, as was previously requested. It is the green <br />strip on the map. He said he would like to request, again, from Sprint, other site locations on the school <br />property. He wants them to consider other options. Ms. Habinski said she would like some clarification <br />on what they consider another site to be. She asked if they need to submit a site plan. Mr. Koeth said <br />no, they did not give the Commission anything, other than the one location. He marked an "X" on the <br />map he has and said that could be another spot. He said they can go farther down even though Mr. <br />Hyland said the north end of the stadium would not be a good location. There could be another spot <br />closer to the building that could be another consideration. That is what the Commission is asking for. <br />They will not deny the applicant the chance to have a tower but the Commission is looking out for the <br />safety of the children, the neighbors, and other people that go through that area. He said come back and <br />give them a couple different locations. They still might not agree on them, or they might. Ms. Habinski <br />said they have been through that property so many times and the only other potentially feasible location is <br />the soccer field, which they agreed would not work. Mr. Koeth said the Commission did not get <br />anything from Sprint and they want options. Ms. Habinski said Sprint's viewpoint on this is they came <br />to the City with a pretty good application, and have submitted everything that was requested of them. <br />Mr. Koeth strongly disagreed. Ms. Habinski said she feels like the Commission wants them to look at <br />every single square inch in the green area of the map. Mr. Yager said yes, they should. Ms. Habinski <br />said there is a Board that has signed a lease, and there is the facilities manager saying the proposed <br />location makes sense. Mrs. Hoff-Smith said that was all done before meeting with the Planning <br />Commission. Her suggestion would be not to go back on their own but meet with the School Board with <br />the Coinmission's recominendations in mind, and find a location they can both live with. Mr. Hreha <br />asked why Ms. Habinski is so unwilling to do this. Ms. Habinski said she is not unwilling but she is <br />frustrated with the sense she gets from people that Sprint doesn't care or try. They are trying to do <br />something that will benefit the schools.. The school will get annual income, monthly income from this <br />and they are getting rather bashed. Her only problem with looking at another site is that it adds time to <br />this process. Mr. Koeth said if they would have come tonight with the different sites that were <br />requested, they could have talked about it. 1VIs. Hlbinski said she doesn't have another site. Mr. Hreha <br />said he hears Ms. Habinski saying how cooperative Sprint is and that they have given the Commission <br />everything requested, yet he hears the chairman saying we did not get what was asked for and the <br />treasurer of the Board of Education is saying they never had an opportunity to consider a different site. <br />Ms. Habinski said he does not speak for the Board of Education. Mr. Hreha said he would really like to <br />see Sprint consider some other sites, and work with the Board of Education and come back. Ms. <br />Habinski said she would be very interested in having as many Commission members as possible join <br />them in visiting the site. Mrs. Hoff-Smith said she does not have a problem with the proposed location <br />if it turns out to be the best one, but the discussion here has brought forth that maybe it is not. Mr. Kevin <br />Adams, the construction manager on the project, came forward to address the Commission. He said he <br />sees the different points of view on this. He said when Ms. Habinski speaks of the frustration it has to do <br />with going in circles, on the other side, they would like to do what they can to make it right. His <br />suggestion is they take a step back and take a look and find if they can agree on one, two, or three <br />candidates in the green area the Commission has shown. This is with the understanding that when they <br />do take a walk out there it will be with the maintenance rep, the Board of Education, and any other boards <br />they might run into. He would be out there on the construction side and Ms. Habinski is an attorney and <br />understands the process really well and they can agree on something. Mr. Yager said this is ideal now <br />because what he is hearing is now being done and that is they will evaluate one more time and look at an <br />alternative. He said they talked about marking the site previously. He would be interested in seeing that <br />before the meeting if they can stake as close to the trees on the other side of the creek as possible to get it <br />away from the activities they spoke about at the last meeting. Then when they get together, if anyone on <br />7