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Evans has rechecked the Magnum search area map, and the result is shown in Figure 1. <br /> The proposed site is located at the northwestern boundary of the area (see Section #9 of <br /> this report). It is the intent of the County's Ordinance to populate the county with the <br /> minimum number of structures by requiring co-location. Since there are several Internet, <br /> cell and PCS providers in the Dane County area, additional providers could be expected <br /> to co-locate at this proposed site, especially as wireless Internet services become more <br /> prevalent. The tower will be placed near a gravel pit, and partially shielded by trees. In <br /> this engineer's opinion, it probably would be difficult to replicate this confluence of <br /> factors within the remainder of the siting area. <br /> Indeed, this engineer found no record of any existing or planned communications towers <br /> within 4.7 kilometers of the proposed search area in the FCC or FAA databases, other <br /> than Magnum's own applications for the Brooklyn site (#1263803), and a previous <br /> abandoned application for a location in Oregon, Wisconsin (#1276118). Within the <br /> allocation siting area shown in Figure 1, there does not appear to be a clearly superior <br /> location offering the same or better tree screening and road setbacks. <br /> The history of the search for a suitable solution to the broadcast coverage deficiency <br /> reveals few options for alternative sites. It is the opinion of Evans Associates that <br /> Magnum has done a thorough job of searching for alternative sites, and, in our opinion, <br /> has met the pertinent requirements of the Dane County ordinance. <br />