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4 Pyramid Group International, Inc. expensive construction costs on a similar site. Pyramid will also address modification to a site including but not limited to the installation of emergency generators and ancillary fuel storage, underground vaults, etc. • Zoning/Permitting Restrictions: Prior to a cell phone carrier/tower company getting approval to build on a site, they must first get a conditional use permit or special use permit to construct theirfacility. Sec.41-198 of the City of Santa Ana Municipal Code contains development criteria for wireless communications facilities. The Code establishes parameters on where a tower may be constructed. Therefore, one property may be able to skate through the City's approval process, while other very similar properties in the same immediate area may not. Access to Power and Telephone Service: All tower locations need utility and telephone service. As a result, the farther the distance to telephone service and power, the higherthe price tag to the cell tower developer. • Ground Elevation — Elevation is important, but not the most important factor by far, as cost will always outweigh elevation. • Cell Tower Site Alternatives —All cell phone carriers build tower sites to fit inside their network. Cell towers are very similar to pieces of a puzzle that, at the end of the day, have to fit together. The cell towers are set up to "transfer traffic" from one cell tower to the other. The cell phone carriers have an exact "search ring" that they use when constructing a cell tower, so that it will be able to easily transfer phone traffic. These search ring areas can be as small as 0.25 mile to as large as 5 miles. Pyramid will determine what alternatives a cell phone carrier/tower company may have, as this will give the information needed to optimize the value of City property. Furthermore, with 5G, comes the need for more cell sites to handle the build -out of the technology. SG will require a much denser network of cell sites. Existing cell tower and rooftop sites will see an increase in the equipment modification activity with the 5G upgrade Deliverables: A Master License Agreement and up to twenty-one (21) Site License Agreements ready for review by Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency and the City Attorney. Negotiations with the leasees on behalf of the City or along City staff. Assumptions: There are currently twenty-one (21) sites at City parks with cellular Site License Agreements. It is anticipated that ten (10) new SG cellular sites would be added to the current inventory of cell communications sites during the term of this agreement. Schedule: Pyramid will complete its development of the Master License Agreement within two (2) weeks of receiving project approval and will complete the twenty-one (21) SLAs within two (2) months while giving priority to those agreements expiring soon. Negotiations with leasees will start as soon as the SLA documents are finalized internally.