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Minutes of a Meeting of The Parks and Recreation Commission May 2, 2005 Commission members and enjoyed his stay in North Olmsted and enjoyed working with all department heads and staff. He wished the Commission well and the best of fortune in the future. This concluded the Report of the Safety Director. OLD BUSINESS Cell Tower Mr. Miller asked Mr. Jesse to bring the Commission up to date on the cell tower and if any additional funds would be coming in that weren’t part of the appropriations process. He believed there was an Ordinance in the Council’s packet this week bringing more funds – 75%-25% in favor of the Rec Center this year. Mr. Jesse said that the city signed off today on a new fiber tower and agreement with Northcoast PCS for co-location on the Clague Park Tower. It was a long time in coming. There were many different negotiations. It’s now up to Northcoast to sign its side; the city has signed. Also, AT&T will sign as co-locator on that Tower. The way it is set up is that Northcoast PCS would give a $9,000 up-front payment to the city for its positioning on that tower and that the city would receive $750 per month rent on its co-location. AT&T, the master lease holder, will give $750 per month rent on that co-location. The other co-location was Fiber Tower Corporation, which is basically a utility that provides service to AT&T. They will be giving the city $300 a month, with no up-front payment. They will be replacing two dishes on the tower at the cost of $300 a month. Within the past two weeks, Mr. Jesse received a letter from Cingular, and Cingular has taken over AT&T nationwide and, as a result of that merger, there will be some overlaps. They have various entities scouring the country making proposals to existing leaseholders to change their lease agreements. Mr. Jesse presented this matter to the Law Director, who then gave his view on it, and the Mayor and the Safety Director are currently discussing it. As it stands now, the city’s lease ends at its current five-year phase in July 2007, and there are 30 days prior to that expiration when the lease can be negotiated. If it should cancel, the entity is required to take the tower down or sell it to the city for $1. There was nd another visit from another Cingular person today, May 2, who has no idea about the other Cingular people, who wanted to locate a tower on the west end of town, specifically North Olmsted Park. Mr. Jesse said the city is building a new fire station near that area, and, as far as the last row the city had with people not wanting a tower in their back yards, it might be more advantageous to include it in the fire station property. The Cingular representative felt comfortable with this. Mr. Jesse asked what it cost to build a tower, to which Cingular replied $200,000 to $250,000. Mr. Jesse considers it important to have a back-up radio tower and back up transmitter, and if that can be done courtesy of Cingular, that would be great. Mr. Jesse said to the Cingular representative that he is one Cingular person who wants to build the tower, and another wants to take the tower down, and asked if there was a chance that the two Page 16