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Ms. Dennis said as part of her research she looked at ordinances from San Jose, Sunnyvale, Fremont, and the draft ordinance from Alameda County. A property owner can set standards for the level of emissions that are considered safe. The City of Sunnyvale cannot set any limits on commercial properties and they allow up to 80 % of the maximum daily exposure. The City of Pleasanton would be restricted in a similar way. Her concern was in losing the ability to set the standard for the level of exposure because she understood the main concern to be the levels of exposure. This would be hard to do unless the antennae were to be located on City property. She supported the development of an ordinance and a solution for the tower already located at the site. She was not convinced that a solution was to locate on alternate commercial properties. She asked the applicants if, in the process of researching alternative sites, to consider their sites temporary and be willing to move. She wants the City to have control over the antennae to mitigate the visual impacts. Mayor Tarver understood about the need for more service. He noticed the towers are all located in the vicinity of business parks. He did not agree with putting towers in parks in residential areas. He believed there was a way to site this so there is control. He did not agree that this park was not in a residential district. He understood why this site was picked, but also understood the community around the site had concerns. He was not in support of using the park for the facility. Ms. Ayala suggested continuing the item to allow staff to set up a siting policy and to look at options for the existing tower. Ms. Michelotti visited the site and spoke to three of the neighbors. She hoped to come to a conclusion that was based on fact. The neighbors that she spoke to had concerns about the interference with television and exposure. One of the neighbors suggested having an artist paint a scene to beautify the tower. She agreed with Ms. Dennis that this site would allow Pleasanton to have more control. She liked this site and the placement of the antenna on the water tank as it would give the greatest coverage to the community and did not have the visual impact that a tower would. She mentioned this subject came up at a League of California Cities meeting and many cities have the same concern. Also as technology advances it will create new concerns. She supported drafting guidelines, but this site fits this time and place in the bigger, broader picture. Mr. Pico believed the City should have the ability to establish a siting policy for antennae and design criteria. He felt there were altemative ways to build the antennae so they would be aesthetically pleasing. He said the land is zoned residential and should remain so. He supported a moratorium on new antennae until the City has time to study the issue more thoroughly. Ms. Dennis asked if the siting policy would talk about specific site alternatives or general design criteria. Ms. Acosta said general. Pleasanton City Council 9/2/97 Minutes 19