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TTACHMENT <br />Planning Services <br />Community Development Services <br />1017 Middlefield Road <br />P.O. Box 391 <br />Redwood City, CA 94064 <br />July 12, 2011 <br />Judge of the Superior Court <br />Hall of Justice <br />Attn: Hon. Joseph E. Bergeron <br />400 county Center; 2"' floor <br />Redwood City, CA 94063 -1655 <br />A 6.1.1. - Page 11 <br />Telephor. -. <br />Facsimile: (650) 780 -0128 <br />TDD: (650) 780 -0129 <br />Email: planning @redwoodcity.org <br />Website: www.redwoodcity ore <br />Re: Cell Towers: Public Opposition and Revenue Source — Grand Jury Report <br />Dear Hon. Joseph E. Bergeron: <br />At their regularly scheduled public meeting of July 11, 2011, the City of Redwood City Council <br />reviewed the Grand Jury Report issued on May 19, 2011 on the above subject. As evidenced in <br />the enclosed minutes and action (Attachment A), the Redwood City Council approved this report <br />and its related findings and recommendations as follows: <br />1) The City of Redwood City Council agrees with the findings and recommendations of the <br />Grand Jury Report. <br />2) The recommendations outlined in the Grand Jury Report have been implemented as <br />summarized below: <br />2011 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury Recommendations: <br />Review and revise, if needed, the current fee structure to recoup staff costs <br />for processing cell tower applications. <br />Redwood City currently has a fee structure in place to process cell tower applications. <br />For parcels that have an area which is greater than a quarter of an acre (10,890 square <br />feet), a cost recovery deposit is required to cover the staff costs for processing the cell <br />tower application. An architectural permit is required for all cell tower applications in <br />Redwood City; in addition, a use permit approval may be required for installing a cell <br />tower, depending on the zoning district in which the proposed cell tower site is located. <br />For cell tower sites on parcels with an area of less than a quarter of an acre, a flat fee <br />is required to process the architectural permit application for the proposed cell tower; in <br />addition, a use permit approval may be required for installing a cell tower, depending on <br />the zoning district in which the proposed cell tower site is located. The current <br />application fees and cost recovery deposit structure were established by the City on May <br />6, 2006 to recoup staff costs to process such applications. The specific application costs <br />are listed in the table below: <br />