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June 21,2001 <br /> <br />Planning Commission <br />City of Elk River <br />Minnesota <br /> <br />Wireless L.L.C. <br /> <br />426 N. Fairview Avenue Room 101 <br />St. Paul, Minnesota 55104 <br /> <br />ride t~ <br /> <br />Qwest <br /> <br />Re: <br /> <br />Coverage and capacity study for Qwest Wireless site MIN 466 located at 21475 Hwy <br />169, Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> <br />Dear Members, <br /> <br />Qwest Wireless operates a Personal Communications System (PCS) in the Minneapolis-St. <br />Paul greater metropolitan area. When choosing an appropriate location for a cell site, we try to <br />meet both the coverage and capacity objectives we want to achieve in that particular service <br />area. For cell sites located in highly residential and commercial areas, our objective as a PCS <br />provider is to provide good in-building service and wireless data service to as many businesses <br />and homes as possible. During this process, the RF design engineer must balance signal level <br />requirements of the area with capacity limitations of the system while incorporating his <br />knowledge of the terrain and the density of surrounding clutters. <br /> <br />In order to meet the requirements of continuous coverage and fill in our footprint in the north of <br />the Minneapolis-St. Paul greater metropolitan area, particularly along Hwy 169 and we are <br />proposing a 150' site at the 21475 Hwy 169, Elk River. <br /> <br />During our search for a location for the proposed cell site, we also evaluated other locations in <br />the area, but unfortunately they did not work out. <br /> <br />- The Burlington Northern Tower to the south west of the proposed location was looked in as <br /> a possible location but the Tower was interfering with the existing sites in the Elk River area. <br /> <br />Please feel free to contact me directly at 651 642 6357 if you have any questions. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />RF Design Engineer <br />Manish R Vaishnav <br /> <br />EXHIBIT B <br /> <br /> <br />