March 10, 2014

Good afternoon Steve,

SUMMARY

We want to put an FM radio tower for our newly incubating business on the US Bank in Helena. We would be happy to give you two daily name drops during peek hours(e.g.:"Brought to you in part by US-Bank!"), in exchange for leasing approximately 64sqft of roof space. This will also bring rare, yet affordable, 100Mbps Internet to the building and its tenants. We have been given the opportunity to move to a nearby building for this purpose, but we appreciate our past relationships and we would prefer to continue growing with the US Bank.

REASONING:

For the past 12 months, we were only getting 1 new member every month:

I am taking heavy measures to increase our exposure. We thought about doing radio adverts, but we have a bigger vision than that. My board and I have managed to procure 107.9 FM as a radio frequency. Five of our younger members and I are starting our own radio company. This will be the fourth successful business that we've incubated in our four years of existence(making 4/4). We will obtain advertising for our makerspace through this venture. I will only act as President of this venture long enough to get the ball rolling on its own. We will need to either renttower space or build our own tower. Ideally, we would like to stay in the US Bank building and erect a 26ft tower on the roof access box. Here is a very short concept video.


TECHNICAL DETAILS:

According to the county office of building and planning, your roof might have a membrane. Membranes often come with a 50 year warranty. In order to install the tower, we would need to place four 1-inch guy wire anchors through the membrane(see Attachment). The roof access box would also require four bolt holes which will need to be 1 1/4 inch in diameter and on the corners of the access box. I can pay for a contractor who is certified to modify membrane roofing. I certainly don't want your warranty to be jeopardized. I will, of course, pay for the tower with my skills at fund raising and previous business relationships.

I have two preliminary plans for the construction of the tower itself. I am still working over them with a local radio tower contractor. The roofing is tile/cement(probably no membrane) and theradio tower falls within the 70ft maximum height limit for zoning in this area. The contractors would also like to personally inspect the roof before they draw up some professional plans. I will meet with the contractors again this afternoon to further discuss our plans.

LEGAL STEPS:
We have obtained a license from the FAA to erect a tower as well as a license from the FCC to broadcast. We have also obtained blanket radio rights to play most popular songs.

TIMELINE AND HOURS:
I hope to have the FAA do the final inspection of the tower in late July. If we get your approval, construction would be scheduled with the FAA to begin on the first of July and end on the 28th. We WILL be very mindful of tenants by only drilling and cutting before 8, after 5, and on weekends. I personally know how obnoxious construction can be to an office. I will have our construction workers use the bathroom on the third floor; a lady on the fourth floor has expressed problems with messy contractors in the past. It's in my best interest to stay on magnanimous terms with other tenants.

CONCLUSION:

I and my board are very willing to do whatever it takes to make our radio station a reality. We intend to make this an easy and profitable venture for the US Bank. I think our preliminary work reflects some of that commitment.

I would love to negotiate advertisement possibilities for the US Bank in exchange for leasing your roof space.

Thanks to some help from one of our tech-savvy entrepreneurs: this new addition of a radio tower will also bring fiber optic Internet speed(100Mbps) to the building. This will make your building one only a dozen places in Helena with that current speed.

I greatly appreciate your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing any thoughts, concerns, questions, or ideas you may have.