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Recreation Commission when the BMX Park opened and that there was a greater concern then about having the Park next to that PG &E transformer station than to a cell phone tower. Commissioner O'Connor inquired if a setback was implemented, and Commissioner Narum stated that there is a little bit of setback but farther to the east. Commissioner Fox stated that this is park land, and the Wireless Facility Ordinance requires a setback of 300 feet from any park. Ms. Decker stated that she believed the term is "City" parks. She noted on the site plan for McDonald's that the building is 119 feet, and from the southerly side of the drive through to beyond the building is 136 feet. She pointed out that based on that information, the distance to the BMX Park is actually greater than 300 feet and probably greater than 400 feet to Beth Emet. Mr. Dolan left the room to get accurate measurements from the City's base map. Commissioner Fox stated that the McDonald's tower is visible from the EBRPD Shadow Cliffs hiking trails around what used to be the loop road that was planned to be California Splash and inquired if EBRPD was notified of this project. She added that there was a project a few years ago for houses that were visible from the Shadow Cliffs walking trails, and EBRPD had some problems with those buildings, which led to the modification of the project. Ms. Decker stated that those are the homes off of Yolanda Court by Vineyard Avenue. She added that this project was noticed 1,000 feet around the project site and that it appears EBRPD did not consider the increase in height of the existing tower by nine feet to be substantive enough or of interest as staff did not hear from its representatives. In response to Commissioner Fox's inquiry if staff did a walk- through of the EBRPD area to see if the increased tower would be visible, Ms. Decker said no. Mr. Dolan returned to the room and stated that on the City's base map, the BMX Park appears to be way over 400 feet, farther away than Nevada Court. Commissioner O'Connor noted that there is an existing flagpole on the site but that he could not see it in any of the drawings. He inquired where exactly the flagpole was located on the site. Commissioner Fox stated that she has driven past McDonald's several times and it does not tend to have a flag flying from its flagpole. Ms. Decker referred to the site plan and noted that the flagpole is represented by the small circle located at the exit point of the drive through at the southwest corner. EXCERPTS: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 24, 2008 Page 2 of 10