AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 4/17/2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Community Development Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration of CUP2018-0012, a Conditional Use Permit application to establish a 49-foot high wireless telecommunications facility designed as a mono-pine tree at Kellogg Park located at 1635 Kellogg Avenue in the P (Park) Zone, and consideration of the Negative Declaration regarding potential environmental impact of the project. (Applicant: Tiana Madon with MD7, LLC)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
1. Take no action, thereby affirming the Planning and Housing Commission's action granting CUP2018-0012, based on the findings contained in the staff report and conditions of approval.
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2. Set the item for review at a subsequent meeting.
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ANALYSIS:
Conditional Use Permit 2018-0012 is an application by MD7, LLC on behalf of Sprint to construct a 49-foot high mono-pine for wireless telecommunications purposes at Kellogg Park located at 1635 Kellogg Avenue. Kellogg Park previously contained a 48-foot high mono-pine that accommodated telecommunications antennas for Sprint and T-Mobile. The previous facility was approved by CUP10-020 in 2011. In 2016, the mono-pine was decommissioned and removed from the site; however, the building shelter which housed equipment associated with the wireless telecommunications facility remained in place. CUP2018-0012 intends to re-establish the mono-pine at a height of 49 feet at Kellogg Park.
The purpose of the mono-pine is to increase the capacity, speed, and reliability of Sprint's existing cellular phone coverage and data network in an area that is currently experiencing a gap in 4G-LTE network coverage. Propagation maps were submitted to the city showing Sprint's existing facilities and coverage. The three closest facilities to the project site are located to the south, southeast, and southwes...
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