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options. Staff will recommend an urgency ordinance to go into effect immediately which requires a 4/5 vote. If there is not a 4/5 vote, they will propose a regular ordinance which takes a second reading and would go to the Council with noticing for March 19 and would be effective 30 days thereafter; however, this brings them to April 19 which just misses the deadlines for having aesthetic regulations in place. Commissioner Balch said he has noticed there are many AT&T and Verizon sites that have been agendized for staff level approval and he asked if those were small cell facilities. Mr. Beaudin confirmed they were not technically small cell as being discussed today, but some are considered micro -cell. These are seen on Zoning Administrator Action Reports for design review applications. Some of them end up going through the building permit process, some get built, some do not and many are modifications to existing cell sites. Commissioner Ritter asked if the updated ordinance will make the process more streamlined and less subjective. Mr. Beaudin confirmed the policy is to create objective standards which will then allow staff to process within the shot clock time allowed for the small cell sites. Commissioner Ritter asked if staff wished to modify any of the recommendations, given the presentation, questions and comments prior to the Commission's recommendation to the City Council. Mr. Beaudin said Mr. May raised the concern around bonding and he also thought there was some question around the 750 feet which Commissioner Brown raised. Commissioner Brown said he also thinks the Commission should consider the consumer aspect because it sounds as if there is a legitimate technical concern. Mr. May referred to concealment and the situation where the applicant might come in with a 5G antenna that could not be shrouded but were able to put some shrouding around the non -antenna parts of it and cover it with film. This is what has been seen and considered as concealment and they seek to have the design of it blend in better with the background. Commissioner Brown said he understands the design intent to disguise them as much as possible, but he thinks within the policy should have greater degrees of freedom to do that. Commissioner Balch asked and confirmed that staff was seeking adoption of the policy and ordinance as drafted and thinks the bonding element was essential as well as the 750 feet of distance. Mr. Beaudin agreed, and reaffirmed the Commission was also being asked to include the modifications contained in the memo on the dais. Commissioner Brown said what concerns him with the 750 feet is that the whole point of 5G is high speed low to the ground, close to the user of the wireless end point, and he questioned how this would be accomplished at 750 feet. It is more about data propagation and the ability to deliver a quality of service that meets the standard. Therefore, he supports the policy but Planning Commission Minutes Page 9 of 12 February 20, 2019