[E.1. Hold a public hearing, discuss, consider and act to make a recommendation to Town Council regarding an application for a Specific Use Permit for a Wireless Cell Tower to be located at 2000 Dove Road, also known as the Town of Westlake Fire Station, an approximately 5.02-acre site. The property is generally located on the northwest intersection of FM 1938 Davis Blvd. and Dove Road. a. Staff Presentation b. Hold Public Hearing c. Discuss and Consider d. Act to Make Recommendation]

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO TOWN COUNCIL REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A WIRELESS CELL TOWER TO BE LOCATED AT 2000 DOVE ROAD, ALSO KNOWN AS THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE FIRE STATION, AN APPROXIMATELY 5.02-ACRE SITE.

THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF FM 1938, DAVIS BOULEVARD AND DOVE ROAD.

SO, DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION? MY NAME IS HELEN E BEADLE AND I AM YOUR INTERIM TOWN PLANNER, HELPING YOUR STAFF GET THROUGH SOME IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS.

WELL, GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO, AS YOU DESCRIBE THE LOCATION AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF DOVE ROAD AND 19 OR DAVIS BOULEVARD, IT'S A LITTLE OVER A FIVE-ACRE SITE, AND THE STAR IS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED CELL TOWER AND FACILITIES AROUND IT.

THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT THEY TURNED IN, AND THE INGRESS EGRESS PORTION COMES RIGHT OFF OF DOVE ROAD ON AN EXISTING ACCESS DRIVE TO THE FIRE STATION.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER OF A ZOOM IN.

THERE'S A DRIVE THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE FIRE LANE AND ACCESS EASEMENT, AND THE TOWER IS HOUSED WITHIN THE STRUCTURE, STEEPLE STRUCTURE.

AND THEN ADJACENT TO IT IS ANOTHER LEASE BASE.

THIS ONE'S 50 BY 50.

THE ONE ON THE LEFT SIDE IS 25 BY 25.

THERE'S AN EIGHT-FOOT CMU WALL AROUND THE PROPOSED EQUIPMENT WHERE THAT AREA IS CONTAINED, AND THERE'S A VENEER ON IT THAT MATCHES THE FIRE STATION SITE.

THIS ELEVATION OF THE DRAWING, AS WELL AS AN IMAGE OF THE PROPOSED CELL TOWER STRUCTURE.

ITS CELL TOWER IS CONTAINED IN THE STRUCTURE.

THERE'S ALSO A FOUR-FOOT LIGHTNING ROD AT THE TOP, AND THEN ALONG THE SIDE YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL WITH THE GROUND.

EQUIPMENT IS STORED BEHIND THE WALL.

I'VE PUT TOGETHER A CHART OF THE REGULATIONS FOR THE BUILDING SETBACKS AND THE GOVERNMENT USE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE NONRESIDENTIAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES.

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AND THEN THE LAST COLUMN IS THE PROPOSED APPLICATION YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU.

SO THE FIRST IS THE HEIGHT IN THE GU DISTRICT.

YOU HAVE A LIMIT OF THREE STORIES OR 50FT.

THESE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES ARE ALLOWED TO BE 65FT OR UP TO 80FT WITH HEIGHT CREDITS.

THE PROPOSED APPLICATION IS 130-FOOT TOWER WITH A FOUR-FOOT LIGHTNING ROD.

I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS ON THIS PROPERTY AND THE CELL TOWER, AND ORIGINALLY IT WAS 150FT BEING PROPOSED, SO IT'S BEEN BROUGHT DOWN AT 20FT.

THE FRONT SETBACKS IN THE GOVERNMENT USE IS 50FT, AND IN THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS IT'S NOT ALLOWED WITHIN THE FRONT YARD.

THE FRONT YARD ON THIS PARTICULAR LOT IS 100FT, AND THEY ARE PROPOSING THE STRUCTURE TO BE SET BEHIND THAT 100-FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT.

THE REAR YARD IN THE GOVERNMENT USES 50FT.

THE NONRESIDENTIAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES.

IT'S ALLOWED IN REAR YARDS BEHIND THE REQUIRED BUILDING SETBACK, WHICH IS 50FT.

THEY ARE PROPOSING THE EIGHT-FOOT MASONRY WALL STRUCTURE TO BE RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINE AND THE CELL TOWER STRUCTURE THAT IS JUST WEST OF THE EQUIPMENT IS ABOUT 24FT FROM THE REAR PROPERTY LINE.

SETBACKS FROM RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.

IT'S THERE ARE NONE IN THE GU DISTRICT.

AND THEN IN THE REGULATIONS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, IT'S A TWO-FOOT SETBACK FROM RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.

THE ZONING DISTRICTS TRADITIONALLY GO TO THE CENTER LINE OF STREETS, SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE SETBACK WOULD BE 260FT.

THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS 166FT.

HOWEVER, THEY DO HAVE GRAPHICS IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET THAT ILLUSTRATES THERE'S 285FT TO THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. NOW ALSO POINT OUT THERE'S AN ASTERISK AT THE BOTTOM THAT TOWN COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE A SETBACKS AND REGULATIONS IN THE GU DISTRICT.

THE SUP APPROVAL PROCESS IN WESTLAKE REQUIRES CONSIDERATIONS, CONDITIONS AND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

SO, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN SUP APPLICATION, YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THE NEED EFFECT INTERFERENCE ESTHETICS, COMPATIBILITY OBJECTIVES AS WELL AS UNIQUE RECEPTION CONDITIONS.

ALL OF THESE ARE DETAILED IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET ONLINE.

THEY'RE ALL TAKEN FROM YOUR DEVELOPMENT CODE CONDITIONS AS WELL.

THERE ARE EIGHT CONDITIONS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET REPORT AND THOSE INCLUDE.

SOME LABELING IS REQUIRED ON THEIR DRAWINGS.

THEY WOULD NEED TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT APPLICATION WITHIN A YEAR.

THERE ARE LIGHTING RESTRICTIONS, MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS ANNUAL INSPECTIONS AND THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY SIGNAGE ON THE FACILITY.

THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

THE APPLICATION DID INCLUDE A DETAILED SUMMARY FROM THE APPLICANT.

THE SUP ALSO OUTLINES DENIAL REQUIREMENTS AND THOSE ARE ALSO CATEGORIZED IN.

THIS EVENING, YOU ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE SUP AS PRESENTED WITH STAFF'S CONDITIONS, OR YOU CAN ADD ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS.

YOU CAN ALSO TABLE IT IF YOU NEED OR CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO A SPECIFIC DATE.

IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR REQUEST NEW INFORMATION FROM THE APPLICANT OR STAFF, OR YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOMMEND DENIAL WITH SPECIFIC REASONS AS TO WHY.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THE APPLICANT AS WELL AS, THEY'RE ENGINEERS, THEY'RE HERE AS WELL.

SO, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME NOW? ANYONE. SO, I HAVE A QUESTION JUST AS IT RELATES TO THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEING USED.

YOU KNOW, SINCE THIS ORIGINALLY WAS PROPOSED, WHICH HAS BEEN QUITE A LONG TIME AGO.

I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS ANY ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES OTHER THAN 130-FOOT TOWER THAT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE COVERAGE, YOU KNOW, TO THE AREA OF THE TOWN.

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I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THIS IS THE ONLY OPTION IN THEIR MIND THAT THAT WORKS.

I DO NOT HAVE THAT EXPERT KNOWLEDGE, SO I BELIEVE THE NEXT ITEM IS TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION.

IS THAT CORRECT? THEY CAN SPEAK NOW OKAY.

THANK YOU.

HELEN. MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS RALPH WEINGARTEN FROM FALK AND FOSTER.

1428 TRAIL SIDE COURT, NORTHWEST GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, 49504.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPLICANT, VERTICAL BRIDGE.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE COVER SHEET, THIS ISN'T ONLY ABOUT VERTICAL BRIDGE.

THIS PROJECT'S BEEN A TEAM EFFORT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, WORKING WITH THE TOWN AND WITH THE THREE WIRELESS PROVIDERS THAT HAVE COMMITTED TO BE AT THIS LOCATION.

AND I AND HERE WITH ME TONIGHT ARE JODI KRYLOV, PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE APPLICANT VERTICAL BRIDGE.

ALSO CHIRAG JAGTIANI, RF ENGINEER FOR VERIZON WIRELESS.

BOBBY WELLS, RF ENGINEER FROM AT&T.

ROMEL DALISAY, RF ENGINEER FROM T-MOBILE.

AND ALSO CHRISTOPHER WALKER AND ROB POOLE WHO ARE MANAGED SITE DEVELOPMENT.

THEY'RE AVAILABLE IF QUESTIONS GET TECHNICAL.

I'LL GIVE KIND OF A LAYPERSON'S OVERVIEW.

BUT IF THERE'S MORE ADVANCED QUESTIONS LIKE THE ONE YOU JUST RAISED, I'LL ADDRESS THAT LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

THIS IS HAS BEEN A PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH THE TOWN TO PROPOSE THIS FACILITY.

IT'S ARCHITECTURALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ADJACENT FIRE STATION.

AND AGAIN, IT WILL HOST VERIZON WIRELESS ANTENNAS AT A 120-FOOT CENTER LINE.

AT&T AT 110.

T-MOBILE AT 100.

AND THERE'S ALSO RESERVED SPACE FOR A TOWN OF WESTLAKE EMERGENCY SERVICES.

THERE WAS A COMMUNITY MEETING HERE AND A HALF AGO OR SO WHERE WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK WITH SOME CONCERNS, NEIGHBORS ABOUT ESTHETICS.

AND IN RESPONSE TO THAT AND WORKING WITH THE PROVIDERS, WE DID, AS WAS MENTIONED, LOWER THE PROPOSED HEIGHT BY 20FT.

WHEN THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED, AND WHEN THE TOWN POLICE CONTEMPLATED THAT IT WOULD BE 150FT HIGH.

THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR 130, AND THE COMPANIES HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY CAN STILL MEET THEIR OBJECTIVES AT THIS LOWER HEIGHT.

THIS WILL ADDRESS A CRITICAL GAP IN SERVICE FOR MULTIPLE PROVIDERS, AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE COVERAGE MAPS THAT I'LL GET TO SHORTLY FROM THE THREE PROVIDERS.

AS A UNIFIED SHARED STRUCTURE, IT AVOIDS THE NEED FOR SEPARATE SITES FOR EACH PROVIDER.

EVERYTHING'S COMBINED INTO THIS ONE DESIGN.

THE CORE AREA OF NEED FOR IN-BUILDING IMPROVEMENT IS ROUGHLY A MILE RADIUS AROUND THE FIRE STATION.

THERE ARE NO EXISTING TOWERS OR TALL STRUCTURES IN THIS AREA.

THE CLOSEST EXISTING TOWERS TO THIS LOCATION IS AN AMERICAN TOWER, A SELF-SUPPORTING LATTICE SITE WHICH IS 330FT TALL AT 3700 NORTH WHITECHAPEL BOULEVARD IN SOUTHLAKE.

VERIZON AND T-MOBILE ARE ALREADY ON THIS TOWER.

AT&T IS NEARBY AT A TROPHY CLUB WATER TANK, AND THE OTHER LOCATION TO THE SOUTHWEST IS A PINNACLE TOWERS LOCATION, WHICH IS A 275-FOOT GUYED TOWER.

AND ALL THREE PROVIDERS ARE ALREADY ON THIS.

THERE'S KIND OF AN AERIAL VIEW THAT THAT SHOWS THESE LOCATIONS.

THE PROPOSED SITE IS THE RED PUSHPIN, KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE.

TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE ARE THE AMERICAN TOWER SITE I MENTIONED WITH VERIZON AND T-MOBILE ON IT.

AND THEN THE OTHER PUSHPIN NEAR THAT IS THE TROPHY CLUB WATER TANK WHERE AT&T IS LOCATED.

AND TO THE SOUTHWEST, ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE PHOTO IS THE PINNACLE TOWERS LOCATION, WHERE ALL THREE PROVIDERS ARE ALL CURRENTLY LOCATED.

THE INTENT OF THIS ONE IS TO IMPROVE THE COVERAGE AND HELP OFFLOAD CAPACITY FOR THIS AREA IN THE MIDDLE.

THIS IS THE EXISTING VERIZON COVERAGE RIGHT NOW.

THE KIND OF RED AREA ON THE RIGHT IS THEIR EXISTING LOCATION.

THE ATC TOWER AND THE LAB ON THE LOWER LEFT IS THE PINNACLE TOWER.

LOCATION. IN THE MIDDLE IS A MAIN AREA OF THE WEAKEST SIGNAL.

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THE GOAL IS TO FILL IN THIS AREA FOR IN-BUILDING COVERAGE.

ON THIS NEXT SLIDE IS VERIZON AT 120FT AT THE PROPOSED SITE.

YOU SEE, IT CREATES ITS OWN AREA OF STRONG SIGNAL TO KIND OF FILL IN THAT GAP BETWEEN SITES.

HERE AGAIN, IS THE AT&T COVERAGE.

SIMILAR SITUATION TO THE VERIZON.

WE'VE GOT AREA OF WEAK SIGNAL AND LACK OF IN-BUILDING COVERAGE IN BETWEEN THE EXISTING SITES.

AND HERE'S WITH AT&T AT 110 FILLING IN THAT GAP IN THE SITES.

THIS IS A T-MOBILE COVERAGE MAP.

THIS IS PULLED BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN THE PREVIOUS CARRIERS, SO IT SHOWS MORE SITES, BUT THERE'S BASICALLY A DONUT HOLE OF GRAY IN THE MIDDLE WHERE THERE'S A LACK OF IN-BUILDING SERVICE.

IN THIS CASE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE TOP HALF OF THAT DONUT HOLE.

AND WITH T-MOBILE AT 100FT AS PROPOSED, IT FILLS UP HALF OF THAT WHOLE.

AGAIN, THERE WERE NO EXISTING TOWERS IN THIS AREA BETWEEN THE TOWERS THAT THE CARRIERS ARE ALREADY LOCATED ON.

THERE IS A LARGE LANDOWNER IN THE VICINITY OF THIS INTERSECTION, WHICH IS A FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CAMPUS.

HOWEVER, THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO ENTERTAIN TOWER ON THEIR PROPERTY SO THAT PARCEL WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

SO, THE FIRE STATION WAS REALLY THE PARCEL AVAILABLE? YEAH. LEASE WAS APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL BACK IN JANUARY 24TH, 2022.

AGAIN, WHAT WAS CONTEMPLATED AT THAT TIME WAS 150 FOOT.

TOWER ITSELF DOES RESERVE SPACE IN THE FACILITY FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES EQUIPMENT.

NOW THE NEXT STEP IS FOR US TO GO THROUGH ZONING AND PROCESS.

OOPS. YOU KILLED IT.

YO! IT'S BACK.

IT'S A SITUATED ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FIRE STATION.

PARCEL STRUCTURE AND WALL AROUND THE EQUIPMENT COMPOUND WILL ARCHITECTURALLY MATCH THE FIRE STATION.

THE ACCESS FROM DELVE ROAD WILL BE USING THE EXISTING CONCRETE DRIVE.

SEE IN BLUE IS THE 25 BY 25-FOOT FOOTPRINT FOR THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, AND THEN THE 50 BY 50-FOOT COMPOUND FOR THE ASSOCIATED GROUND EQUIPMENT.

AND THERE'S A LITTLE DRIVE, A NEW SET OF DRIVEWAYS THAT WILL RUN OFF THE EXISTING DRIVE NORTH INTO THAT COMPOUND AREA.

NEXT SLIDE SHOWS IT A LITTLE BETTER HOW WE'RE CONSTRAINED HERE.

THAT DASHED LINE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE 50 BY 50-FOOT COMPOUND IS THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE.

THEN THE DASHED LINE KIND OF RUNNING ALONG DIAGONALLY BENEATH THAT COMPOUND IS THE 100-FOOT SETBACK LINE.

BUILDING SETBACK LINE FROM DOVE ROAD EXISTING DRIVEWAY IS TO THE RIGHT, SO IT CREATES KIND OF JUST A UNIQUE BUILDING ENVELOPE THERE WHERE THIS SITE FITS.

IT WAS MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SETBACKS.

WE ARE UP AGAINST THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE.

BUT AGAIN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDING HEIGHT LIMITS AND SETBACKS AND THE GOVERNMENTAL USE DISTRICT SECTION IT DOES HAVE THREE ASTERISKS THERE WHICH SAY AS APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL, GIVING THE GIVING THE TOWN COUNCIL DISCRETION TO CONSIDER ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS USE IN THIS DISTRICT.

SO, WHILE GUIDELINE NUMBER IS PROVIDED, WE FEEL THAT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, IS APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH ACROSS DOVE ROAD, WE WANT TO BE AS FAR NORTH AS WE CAN ON THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE NORTH.

OUR TREES IN A PARKING STRUCTURE FOR FIDELITY INVESTMENTS USE TO THE NORTH IS LESS SENSITIVE.

YOU WANT TO KEEP HONOR THAT 100-FOOT LINE BACK FROM DOVE ROAD, LISTING BUILT DRIVEWAY FENCING AND SO ON.

THIS IS THE ELEVATION VIEW.

THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE.

AND AGAIN, THE ADJACENT 50 COMPOUND WILL ALL HAVE LIMESTONE VENEER, WHICH WILL MATCH PRECISELY THE FIRE STATION HERE SO THAT IT WILL BE ARCHITECTURALLY

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CONSISTENT. ADAPTED THIS LOCATION FROM OTHER TYPES OF MUNICIPAL STRUCTURES, SUCH AS CLOCK TOWERS AND BELL TOWERS. WANTED IT TO LOOK NICE.

FIRE STATION LOOKS NICE.

THE COMMUNITY LOOKS NICE. WE WANT THIS TO BE COMPATIBLE.

I DID NOTICE YOU GUYS HAVE AN EXISTING STRUCTURE.

IT LOOKS LIKE BY SOLANA AND 114 OVER HERE.

THAT'S KIND OF JUST A BOX LIKE STRUCTURE.

DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANY ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL.

WE WANTED TO GO FURTHER AND MAKE THIS.

THIS WILL BE A PASSIVE.

I ASSUME YOU'RE REFERRING TO OUR BELL TOWER WITH THE BELL AT THE TOP.

I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK THERE'S A RIGHT BY 114 IN SOLANA.

THERE'S KIND OF LIKE A WHITE STRUCTURE.

I'M NOT REMEMBERING THE WHITE STRUCTURE.

YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A BELL TOWER RIGHT NEXT TO THE STARBUCKS.

OKAY. YEAH. ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT'S.

YEAH. SOLANA AND 114.

YEAH. SO IT'S JUST LIKE A WHITE BOX BASICALLY.

THAT'S TALL, LIKE AN ELEVATOR SHAFT.

IT'S A PASSIVE USE IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC.

IT JUST GETS VISITED BY A MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN MAYBE THREE TIMES A MONTH.

NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF IN AND OUT, A LOT MORE ACTIVITY FIRE STATION THAN WHAT THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE.

THE PROPOSED HEIGHTS NOT GOING TO REQUIRE THE FAA BY THE FAA, ANY KIND OF LIGHTING OR FLASHING LIGHT.

IT'LL BE A COMPLETELY DARK SITE AT NIGHT.

WE DID PROVIDE SOME PHOTO SIMULATION VIEWS.

THIS IS A MAP KEY.

THE FIRST VIEW IS LOOKING ACROSS THE ROAD AT THE LOCATION RIGHT WHERE THE DRIVEWAY COMES IN, OFF OF DOVE ROAD.

THIS IS ACTUALLY TAKEN FROM STANDING IN THE MEDIAN TREES IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER.

THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE BACK OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S POSITION HERE, BUT AGAIN, THAT MEDIAN AND DOVE ROAD PROVIDING A DECENT AMOUNT OF TREE SCREENING ACROSS THE ROAD.

THIS IS A VIEW FROM LOOKING NORTHWEST TO THE SITE FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF DAVIS BOULEVARD AND DOVE ROAD.

SEE HOW THE APPEARANCE KIND OF BLENDS IN ARCHITECTURE OF THE FIRE STATION.

THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING WEST SOUTHWEST AT THE SITE FROM THE GRANADA NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF DOVE ROAD AND DAVIS BOULEVARD.

THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING SOUTH AT THE LOCATION FROM THE PARKING STRUCTURE AT THE FIDELITY INVESTMENTS PROPERTY TO THE NORTH.

THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE SITE LOCATION FROM KINGFISHER DRIVE WITHIN THE ARROW NEIGHBORHOOD.

SITES NOT VISIBLE FROM THIS ANGLE.

SIX THERE'S A ROUNDABOUT ON POST OAK, ALSO WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOWARDS THE TOWER LOCATION AT THAT LOCATION.

AGAIN, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH ZONING ORDINANCE.

WIRELESS COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY IS ALLOWED WITHIN THE DISTRICT SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

THE USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FOCUS OF THE GU DISTRICT ON THE TYPE OF USES THAT WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC.

THE SITE WILL BE COMPLIANT WITH YOUR ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES.

AND AGAIN, WITH RESPECT TO HEIGHT AND SETBACK, THERE'S THAT DISCRETION CASE BY CASE BASIS ALLOWED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL IN SOLVING THE NEED IN THIS CASE, IN THIS LOCATION WE FEEL THE LOCATION AND DESIGN.

FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, THE SITE WILL MEET THE EVERYDAY VOICE AND DATA NEEDS.

FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS LIKE PLEASE PICK UP MILK AT THE GROCERY STORE OR DAD, CAN YOU COME GET ME ALREADY? BUT IT'LL ALSO SUPPORT BUSINESSES, INCLUDING WORKING AT HOME SITUATIONS.

IT'LL SUPPORT REMOTE LEARNING SITUATIONS, WHICH WE LEARNED DURING THE PANDEMIC SITUATION.

AN INTERNET SERVICES SERVICING THE FULL RANGE OF WIRELESS DEVICES.

FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT.

THE AT&T SYSTEM SUPPORTS FIRSTNET, WHICH IS A PRIORITY PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORK FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.

IT WAS ESTABLISHED AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH.

THEY HAD SITUATIONS WHERE COMMUNICATIONS WERE INTERRUPTED BY JUST THE SHEER DEMAND OF EVERYONE CALLING AND TEXTING.

AND SO THIS CREATES A SINGLE BROADBAND NETWORK SPECIFICALLY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, WHERE THEIR CALLS, THEIR TEXTS, THEIR DATA USAGE ALL GET PRIORITY AND PREEMPT OTHER

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CALLS. THAT AVOIDS SITUATIONS WHERE THEY'LL GET BOGGED DOWN IF THERE'S A LARGE SCALE EMERGENCY SITUATION.

IN ADDITION TO THIS SPECIFIC SUPPORT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, JUST THE GENERAL WIRELESS SERVICE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC WILL ENHANCE REPORTING AND RESPONSES TO ACCIDENTS, HEALTH EVENTS, CRIME, FIRE, NATURAL DISASTER, ETC.

NATIONWIDE BASIS 80% OF 911 CALLS COME FROM WIRELESS DEVICES.

ALSO, WILL SUPPORT SUCH THINGS AS WATCHING THE WEATHER, RADAR WARNINGS, AMBER ALERTS, OTHER TYPES OF DISSEMINATION OF EMERGENCY.

ALL OF THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GU GOVERNMENT USE.

DISTRICT FOCUS ON USES WHICH SERVE THE PUBLIC WELFARE.

IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE SERVICE, THERE'S ALSO THAT RESERVATION OF SPACE FOR ACTUAL TOWN EMERGENCY SERVICES AS NEEDED.

SO, IN CONCLUSION, THIS WAS THE ONLY OPTION AVAILABLE TO US TO ADDRESS THE GAP IN SERVICE AS FAR AS OTHER TECHNOLOGIES.

QUESTION. THERE ARE SOMETIMES IN STADIUM SITUATIONS DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS. IN SOME CASES, SMALL CELL TOWERS ARE USED IN SPECIFIC AREAS OF HEAVY USAGE, BUT THAT DOES NOT FIT THE CASE IN THIS SITUATION. THE DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM IS USUALLY A SOLUTION FOR LIKE A LARGE BUILDING OR A STADIUM OR OTHER VENUE.

IT'S NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE TO A LARGER, LESS CONCENTRATED AREA LIKE THIS.

WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE USE IS MUCH MORE DISPERSED.

SMALL CELLS ARE SHORTER.

SINGLE PROVIDER SITES ARE MUCH MORE LIMITED COMPARED TO A MACRO SITE LIKE THIS ONE, AND THEY GENERALLY DON'T PERFORM AS WELL WITH RESPECT TO IN-BUILDING COVERAGE.

IN BUILDING COVERAGE WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE STONE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL AND LIMESTONE VENEERS AND THAT TYPE OF THING USED ON A LOT OF HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS TYPE OF MACRO SITE BETTER ADDRESSES THAT.

ALSO, SMALL CELLS ARE USUALLY BETTER EQUIPPED TO ADDRESS CAPACITY.

ISSUES THAT WE INVOLVE HERE ARE INVOLVED HERE, TOO.

SMALL CELLS ARE INTENDED TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC AREAS OF HEAVY USAGE TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF TO THE SYSTEM FROM HEAVY DEMAND FROM THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS, RATHER THAN TO ADDRESS A BROAD AREA OF NEED, LIKE THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE DEMAND IS SPREAD OUT HERE.

FINALLY, IN TERMS OF SHEER NUMBER, IT TAKES A LARGE NUMBER OF SMALL CELLS TO TRY TO APPROXIMATE WHAT A MACRO SITE WILL DO.

AS A GENERAL RULE OF THUMB, IT MAY TAKE LIKE 4 TO 5 SMALL CELLS FOR EACH SECTOR OF A TYPICAL CELL TOWER.

THERE'S THREE SECTORS. SO THAT MEANS HERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 15 OR MORE SITES FOR ONE CARRIER.

AND IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY THREE PROVIDERS HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT 45 SMALL CELLS, ONE FOR EVERY BACKYARD.

BASICALLY, IN THIS CASE, THE TOWN IS PREVIOUSLY, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, CHOSEN TO STRIKE A BALANCE IN FAVOR OF ONE VERY NICE LOOKING SITE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, RATHER THAN A LARGE NUMBER OF SITES SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

ALSO, THE SPACE AVAILABLE CAN ADDRESS FUTURE PROVIDER NEEDS AND AGAIN, THE TOWN EMERGENCY SERVICE EQUIPMENT RESERVATION IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE STRUCTURE AS WELL.

SO, IN TERMS OF THOSE TECHNOLOGIES, AGAIN WE HAVE RF ENGINEERS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE FROM THE THREE PROVIDERS.

SO, IF THERE'S TECHNICAL QUESTIONS OR FURTHER SPECIFICS ON THAT, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL.

AGAIN, THIS BY CONSOLIDATING ALL THE NEED INTO THIS SITE, WE'VE GOT ONE TASTEFULLY DESIGNED LOCATION THAT WILL MEET THE NEED AND THAT WILL AVOID PROLIFERATION OF FURTHER APPLICATIONS.

AS A PASSIVE USE, AGAIN, IT'S NOT GENERATING ANY KIND OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACT CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

IT MEETS THE EVERYDAY NEEDS OF RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND IT'S CRITICAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE'VE READ THE STAFF REPORT, AND WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT RECOMMENDED WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT.

CONSEQUENTLY, RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

130-FOOT STEALTH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY.

I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS PROJECT.

HOW IT WILL SERVE THE AREA AND ENSURE THE SAFETY.

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I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

HAPPY TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE RF ENGINEERS FOR EACH OF THE PROVIDERS ARE HERE IF WE NEED TO GO MORE IN DEPTH INTO TECHNOLOGICAL QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS? SO, BECAUSE THIS IS TO YOU OR TO THE TOWN, THE LEASE, WHICH WAS SIGNED ON JANUARY 22ND, I'M ASSUMING IT WAS CONTINGENT UPON ZONING AND PERMIT APPROVAL.

YES, THERE IS A CONTINGENCY IN THE LEASE.

SO, IT DOES NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND GET APPROVED.

WHAT HAPPENS IF IT DOESN'T GET APPROVED? IF IT DOESN'T GET APPROVAL, THEN THE LEASE IS NOT EFFECTIVE.

THE TOWN IS NOT BOUND. IN ONE OF YOUR SLIDES, YOU MEANT.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OF YOUR SLIDES YOU MENTIONED.

THIS IS THE ONLY SOLUTION AVAILABLE.

I STRUGGLE WITH THAT COMMENT.

WITH WHAT LEVEL OF ACCURACY AND EXPERTISE ARE WE ABLE TO MAKE THAT COMMENT THAT THIS IS THE ONLY SOLUTION AVAILABLE? IN TERMS OF PARCEL LOCATION? IT WAS ON YOUR SLIDE.

I THINK IT WAS TOWARDS THE SUMMARY OR.

OKAY. YEAH.

THE RED PUSHPINS ON EITHER SIDE ARE THE CLOSEST EXISTING SITES WHICH ARE ALREADY OCCUPIED BY EACH OF THE PROVIDERS.

SO, IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING COVERAGE AND CAPACITY, IF YOU WERE TO DRAW KIND OF AN IMAGINARY LINE BETWEEN THE PROPOSED SITE IN THE MIDDLE AND THE ADJACENT SITES, EACH SIDE THAT WOULD KIND OF BE THE SERVICE FOOTPRINT OF THE LOCATION.

WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THOSE USERS OFF OF THE ADJACENT SITES TO MAKE MORE ROOM ON THOSE SITES FOR CAPACITY, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE A DOMINANT, STRONG SIGNAL RIGHT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A LINE LIKE HALFWAY BETWEEN SITES ON THE UPPER RIGHT AND HALFWAY BETWEEN THE SITES ON THE UPPER LEFT, THAT'S THE CORE AREA OF IN-BUILDING COVERAGE WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE.

AND WITHIN THAT CORE AREA, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE OFF TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.

YOU NEED TO BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT AREA TO COVER EVENLY THAT LOCATION AND TO KIND OF BALANCE THE AMOUNT OF USERS YOU'RE LEAVING.

EACH ADJACENT SITE OF.

IT REALLY DOES NEED TO BE KIND OF MIDWAY BETWEEN OUR SITES AND IN THE AREA.

MIDWAY BETWEEN IS PRETTY MUCH ALL RESIDENTIAL.

YOU'VE GOT GRANADA, YOU'VE GOT VAQUERO.

AND THEN ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER YOU'VE GOT THE FIRE STATION AND THEN THE LARGE FIDELITY CAMPUS.

FIDELITY CAMPUS AGAIN, WAS NOT WILLING TO HOST A TOWER ON THAT PROPERTY.

SO THAT ELIMINATES THAT CHUNK.

SO REALLY ALL YOU'RE LEFT WITH IS THE FIRE STATION PARCEL.

AND THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY BUILDABLE AREA FOR A TOWER SITE.

SO ALONG THE SAME VEIN YOU KNOW THE SURROUNDING TOWERS, RIGHT AND TO THE LEFT, PROBABLY BUILT QUITE SOME TIME AGO THERE.

IS THERE ANY ENHANCED TECHNOLOGY OR TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE THOSE TO PROVIDE THE COVERAGE IN THE GAP AREAS? I'LL LET THE RF ENGINEERS SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL, BUT FROM A LAYPERSON'S PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THEY'RE USING THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES ALREADY ON THOSE LOCATIONS, AND I'LL LET THEM BACK ME UP ON THAT.

BUT REALLY, ULTIMATELY, IT COMES DOWN GEOGRAPHICALLY.

YOU NEED SOMETHING IN THE PLACE WHERE THE DEMAND IS ORIGINATING.

YOU NEED A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS GOING TO DISPUTE THE FACT THAT THERE'S A HOLE IN COVERAGE AND THERE'S A NEED.

ARGUABLY, THE LOCATION IS NEXT TO SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE REAL ESTATE IN NORTH TEXAS.

AND THE CONCERN THAT I HEAR FROM RESIDENTS IS SIMPLY THE STRUCTURE'S HEIGHT.

AND, YOU KNOW, ITS SIZE, ITS PHYSICAL SIZE, WHICH I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR SOON FROM, FROM SOME OF SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, AND THE CONCERN IS JUST AROUND THE EYESORE, THE MONSTROSITY THAT THIS THING IS, IT'S ROUGHLY THREE TIMES THE HEIGHT OF THE TREES THAT IT SURROUNDS, AND IT'S ADJACENT TO SOME VERY EXPENSIVE REAL ESTATE.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS.

THAT'S WHAT I HEAR IS JUST CONCERNS OVER, I'LL CALL IT, ALTHOUGH THERE'S ATTEMPTS TO MAKE IT ESTHETICALLY PLEASING.

IT'S 130-FOOT MONSTROSITY THAT.

IT'S 130FT, BUT I WILL SAY IN THE 20 PLUS YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING IT, IT'S THE NICEST LOOKING STRUCTURE THAT I'VE SEEN ON THE GREAT [INAUDIBLE] WORK

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ON THAT COMPATIBILITY HARMONY WITH THE FIRE STATION AND AGAIN WITH THE HEIGHT WITH THE REDUCTION IN HEIGHT.

AND I CAN HAVE THE RF ENGINEERS SPEAK TO THIS TOO.

WE'VE GOTTEN THEM TO A POINT WHERE THEY CAN'T GO LOWER, OR THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR OBJECTIVES.

MINIMUM HEIGHT NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES.

AGAIN, I CAN LET THEM SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL.

BUT WE'VE GONE THROUGH GREAT EFFORT TO MAKE IT COMPATIBLE.

MAKE IT TASTEFULLY DESIGNED, NOT GOING TO BE LIGHTED.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A FACTOR AT NIGHT AND FEEL THAT IT IS COMPATIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW A WAY TO MAKE IT ANY NICER LOOKING, GETTING BEYOND A NICER LOOKING.

BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY NICE.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE NOT MAYBE THE NORMAL TECHNOLOGY ONE WOULD PUT FORTH IN THIS TYPE OF COMMUNITY, BUT WOULD THEY WORK? I DON'T KNOW OF A TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD WORK DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.

AND I'M GOING TO I'M NOT A SCIENTIFIC EXPERT, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DEFER TO THE RF ENGINEERS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN THIS LOCATION.

BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AS A LAYPERSON, THE HEIGHT IS NEEDED TO CREATE THE SIZE OF A CELL THAT'S NEEDED TO REACH INTO ALL THE AREAS TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FOOTPRINT FOR CAPACITY RELIEF FROM THE SURROUNDING SITES.

SO THEY NEED TO BE AT THAT HEIGHT IN THIS LOCATION.

BOTH PROVIDE THE SIGNAL THEY NEED FOR IN-BUILDING COVERAGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO RELIEVE CAPACITY ON ADJACENT SITE.

AGAIN, I'LL OPEN UP FROM THEM OR ASK QUESTIONS OF THEM.

GO AHEAD. YEAH.

YOU MENTIONED, I THINK, A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT YOUR FIRST CHOICE WAS TO GO TO FIDELITY, [INAUDIBLE].

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS THE FIRST CHOICE, BUT IT'S JUST WE CONSIDERED ALL PARCELS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE AREA.

OPINION I MEAN COMMERCIAL CAMPUS SITE WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE AWAY FROM EXPENSIVE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.

HAVE YOU ALL EXPLORED OTHER COMMERCIAL CAMPUSES? THERE AREN'T ANY TO THE CENTRAL TO THIS AREA ANY CLOSER.

THE FIDELITY DOMINATES THE WHOLE AREA, AND AGAIN, BECAUSE THE CIRCLE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS KIND OF A CORE ONE MILE RADIUS AREA, IT'S REALLY LIMITED US ON HOW MUCH WE CAN SHIFT AROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT AREA AND STILL ACHIEVE WHAT WE NEED TO.

SO REALLY, WE'RE AT THAT INTERSECTION OF DOVE ROAD AND DAVIS IS WHERE WE'VE GOT TO BE.

THE FIRE STATION IS CLOSEST TO THAT.

FIDELITY IS CLOSE TO THAT, AND THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYBODY ELSE RIGHT UP ON THAT INTERSECTION.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS RESIDENTIAL.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS UP HERE? I FIGURED OUT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT COVERAGE MAPS.

APPROPRIATE. OKAY.

ENGINEER. SO, THE REDS THE BEST COVERAGE? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY BUILDING COVERAGE.

YELLOWS, MAYBE APPROXIMATELY IN VEHICLE COVERAGE.

OR YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET BUILDING REGARDLESS OF THE COVERAGE AND THE DISTANCE AND ALL THAT.

HOW IS THAT AFFECTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT? DELOITTE THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND THERE THAT PROBABLY CLOSE TO THAT ONE-MILE RADIUS.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE COVERAGE.

IS IT TAKE BANDWIDTH FROM THIS TOWER OR IS THERE OTHER HOW'S THAT CALCULATED INTO THIS COVERAGE MAP? YEAH. THE EXISTING ADJACENT TOWERS ARE PROVIDING ALL OF THE SIGNAL THAT YOU SEE IN THE MAP.

AND SO IF YOU'RE A USER IN A PARTICULAR LOCATION IN THE MIDDLE, OR ONE OF THOSE WEAK AREAS IS YOU'RE BEING SERVED BY THE TOWER WITH THE STRONGEST SIGNAL FOR YOU AT THAT LOCATION. SO YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT TO THE, TO THE LEFT.

YOU'RE PROBABLY BEING SERVED BY THE TOWER IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND SIDE.

IF YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF DAVIS.

PROBABLY BEING SERVED BY THAT UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER TOWER.

THE PROBLEM IS, IS YOU'RE FARTHER AWAY FROM THOSE LOCATIONS, SO YOUR SIGNAL IS WEAK.

YOU MAY DROP YOUR SIGNAL.

YOU MAY HAVE LAG TIME ON THE INTERNET.

AND IF YOU DROP OR LAG, SOMEONE ELSE CAN SQUEEZE IN AHEAD OF YOU AND BUMP YOU OFF.

THAT'S CLOSER TO THAT LOCATION.

SO WHAT'S REALLY NEEDED IS A STRONG DOMINANT SIGNAL IN THIS MIDDLE AREA, SO THAT ALL THE USERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE THEIR OWN SITE THAT'S DOMINANT. THEY'RE NOT WEAK AND SUBJECT TO BEING BOOTED OFF BY USERS CLOSER TO THE OTHER.

THIS WILL LEAVE THAT.

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YEAH. COMMISSIONER HUGGINS, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS, DOES TOPOGRAPHY HAVE AN EFFECT ON THIS? BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TALL BUILDING WITH A LOT OF USERS IN IT, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE SOME TOPOGRAPHY FOR THAT.

EACH TOWER HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BANDWIDTH IF IT WHICH WHATEVER IS CLOSE TO IT, REGARDLESS OF ITS COVERAGE, EACH TOWER HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CAPABILITY. YEAH.

THE DISTANCE OF THE CELL, THE WIDTH OF THE CELL CREATED IS A FUNCTION OF HOW HIGH IN GROUND ELEVATION IT IS AND WHAT THE TOPOGRAPHY IS AROUND IT.

SO, THE TALLER YOU ARE, THE LARGER CHUNK OF AN AREA YOU'RE OFFERING SIGNAL TO, AND THE MORE USERS YOU'RE TAKING OFF OF ADJACENT SITES.

SO THE SHORTER THIS GETS, THE LESS CAPACITY RELIEF IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE, BECAUSE USERS THAT ARE HAVING TROUBLE WILL STILL REMAIN ON THOSE SURROUNDING TOWERS.

THEY WON'T BE ENCOMPASSED IN THAT NEW CELL CREATED IF IT'S NOT AS BIG.

ALSO, IN TERMS OF SIGNAL STRENGTHS, THE LOWER YOU GO, THE LESS STRONG THE SIGNAL IS FOR PEOPLE FARTHER AWAY THAT ARE IN THEIR HOMES WITH MASONRY OR LIMESTONE VENEER AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. SO YOU WANT TO REALLY BE AT THIS HEIGHT TO PROVIDE THAT SIGNAL, THAT IN-BUILDING COVERAGE AND TO PROVIDE THE AMOUNT OF CAPACITY RELIEF YOU NEED.

AND THE RF ENGINEERS HAVE TOLD US THAT ANY LOWER, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT CAPACITY.

RELIEF. IN-BUILDING.

COVERAGE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE PRESENTATION.

I WANT TO OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE.

SO, TED, I WILL WELCOME YOU BACK UP TO THE PODIUM.

THANK YOU. YEAH. WELL, WE WERE HERE TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN THE JUST KIND OF A DISCUSSION AT THE TIME, AND I LIKE THAT PLAN, SO I'D ASK YOU ALL TO REVISIT THAT.

BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY.

IT'S NICE LOOKING.

YOU CLEARLY DON'T LIVE 150FT BEHIND THIS TOWER IN A $4 MILLION HOUSE.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A SERIOUS HIT IN VALUE.

SO, AND I NOTICED IN HIS VIEWS HE DIDN'T SHOW A BUBBLE FROM THE CLOSEST STREET RIGHT THERE, OUR END OF OUR CUL DE SAC.

[INAUDIBLE] RIGHT THERE.

THERE WAS NO VIEW OF THAT.

YOU TOOK IT FROM A ROUNDABOUT WAY OFF OVER HERE.

IT WAS IT WAS NOT AN ACCURATE DEPICTION OF THE IMPACT OF NORTHERN PART OF [INAUDIBLE].

TO SAY IT'S A LIPSTICK ON A PIG, IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO SAY THEY MADE IT PRETTY.

YES, THEY DID SOME ESTHETIC STUFF TO IT, BUT IT'S NOT VERY PRETTY.

THE HOMEOWNERS IN GRANADA AND I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY.

RIGHT. SO, THE ESTHETICS, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION, THEY DID MAKE EFFORTS.

IT'S THE HEIGHT, RIGHT? IT'S THE HEIGHT IS THE ISSUE.

IT'S JUST IT'S THIS MASSIVE TOWER.

WHEN I GO OUT ONTO MY PATIO, THAT IS ALL WE WILL SEE.

EVEN WORSE FOR OUR NEIGHBOR OF THE ZINS RIGHT HERE.

SO, I MEAN, THEY WILL LOOK OUT THEIR BEAUTIFUL GLASS DOORS OVER THEIR POOL TO THIS MASSIVE HIGH TOWER.

AND AGAIN, THEY DIDN'T SHOW A PICTURE OF THAT FROM THE STREET THAT'S THE MOST IMPACTED.

THEY WENT AS FAR AWAY AS THEY COULD TO TRY AND PRESENT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NOT ACCURATE TO WHAT IT DOES TO US.

MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THIS IS THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL BE OBSOLETE IN A FEW YEARS, YOU KNOW, SO MAYBE THE ENGINEERS CAN TALK TO THAT.

BUT I HAVE TALKED TO I KNOW SOMEBODY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHO TALKS TO THE CEO OF THEIR COMPANY.

THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY IS GETTING OLD.

THE CURRENT CONTRACT, THE LEASE THAT WAS NEGOTIATED IS HORRIBLE DEAL FOR THE CITY.

THAT IS ANOTHER THING YOU SHOULD LOOK AT.

THE CITY GETS LIKE 10 OR 12 GRAND, AND I THINK A YEAR IT IS A HORRIBLE DEAL.

IT'S A IT'S A, YOU KNOW, FANTASTIC DEAL IF YOU'RE VERIZON, T-MOBILE OR AT&T, BUT IS A REALLY, REALLY BAD DEAL FOR THE CITY.

SO, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO NEGOTIATED THAT.

BUT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY BAD.

I KIND OF KNOW WHO DID.

BUT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF HAVING A CELL TOWER THAT CLOSE TO US, AND I KNOW IS GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT IN A MINUTE.

SHE'S DONE QUITE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THAT.

YOU MENTIONED THE EYESORE.

EYESORE? YOU MENTIONED FIDELITY.

I GOT TO BELIEVE THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY FROM THE CITY TALKED TO FIDELITY, BUT WE HAVE GIVEN THEM SO MUCH IN TERMS OF PROPERTY ABATEMENT, TAX ABATEMENTS AND OTHER THINGS AS GOOD NEIGHBORS, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK IN THEIR BIG OPEN AREA OR EVEN DELOITTE WITH ALL THE LAND THEY HAVE, THAT ONE OF THEM WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY IF IT'S REALLY DEEMED THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS.

SO, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, DID ANYBODY AT ANY HIGHER LEVEL REACH OUT TO FIDELITY AND SAY, AS A CITY OR TOWN, WE NEED YOU TO WORK WITH US ON

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THIS, NOT JUST SAY NO TO A CELL TOWER DEVELOPER.

WHEN WE BUILT OUR HOUSE IN 2019, I ACTUALLY WENT AND TALKED TO THE TOWN MANAGER AT THE TIME AND ASKED IF ANYTHING WAS GOING TO BE BUILT BEHIND US ON THAT.

THEY WERE BUILDING THE FIRE STATION AT THE TIME.

HE SAID, NOPE, THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE OPEN.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST AN OPEN GREEN SPACE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WENT INTO BOTH EISEN'S AND OURS DECISIONS TO BUILD WHAT WE BUILT.

IT'S THEY'RE ASKING FOR WAIVERS FOR EVERYTHING.

THAT SEEMS TO WHY WE BUILT IN WESTLAKE AND THE THINGS WE WANTED TO AVOID.

SO, I WOULD ASK YOU TO, TO CONSIDER THAT BEFORE YOU GRANT ANY OF THOSE WAIVERS.

AGAIN, IT'S JUST IT'S AN EYESORE.

IT'S BAD FOR US.

IT'S BAD FOR GRANADA.

IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD THING FOR WESTLAKE.

AND BY THE WAY, I'M.

I'M A VERIZON CUSTOMER.

I'M RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS DONUT HOLE.

I HAVE GREAT CELL SERVICE, SO I.

ANNA TELLS ME SHE'S WITH AT&T AND SHE HAS GREAT SERVICE.

SO, IT'S NOT SO BAD THAT WE'RE NOT FUNCTIONING.

SO, I JUST ASK YOU TO TO DENY THIS, SEND IT TO THE TOWN COUNCIL SO THEY CAN DENY IT.

THEN EVERYBODY CAN GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TRYING TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE THAT DOESN'T IMPACT THE RESIDENTS LIKE THIS DOES.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR COMING UP.

ANNA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH? ANNA EISEN, LISTEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANNA EISEN, AND I'M AT 1905 GLORIA COURT IN VAQUERO.

AND YES, THE PROPOSAL REALLY ADDRESSED A LOT OF ENGINEERING ISSUES, BUT IT REALLY DIDN'T ADDRESS ANY OF THE HUMAN ISSUES, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK WE HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ESTHETICS, WHICH IS LISTED UNDER OBJECTIVES.

I ALSO BUILT MY LOT AFTER LOOKING AT THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, AND WE PUT UP WITH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF THE FIRE STATION BEING BUILT AND THE TRAILERS, AND WE'RE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY WITH THE DECISION AND THE PROCESS THAT WESTLAKE WENT THROUGH.

THE FIREHOUSE IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE GET REALLY FAST SERVICE.

BUT I WANT TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU.

YES, I THINK IT'S A MONSTROSITY.

AND I DID SOME RESEARCH ON LIKE WHAT IS ABOUT 140FT IN YOUR BACKYARD? IT'S ABOUT THE SAME AS FIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GOALPOSTS STACKED ONE ABOVE IT ANOTHER.

IT IS THE SAME HEIGHT AS SOMEWHERE I JUST WENT, THE CAPE CANAVERAL LIGHTHOUSE, WHICH IS GREAT FOR SHIPS AT SEA AND CAN ACTUALLY BE SEEN FOR 16 MILES.

IT IS THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WITHOUT ITS PEDESTAL.

AND I CAN TELL YOU IN CAIRO, I CAN'T EVEN PUT UP A BASKETBALL COURT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD PUT UP THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IN MY BACKYARD.

AND MY FAVORITE IS IT IS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE SPACEX STARSHIP WITHOUT THE BOOSTER.

AND I DON'T THINK ELON MUSK WOULD WANT TO BUILD HIS HOUSE RIGHT THERE.

BUT MINE IS THE CLOSEST.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM, I CAN SEE MY SWIMMING POOL RIGHT ON THE MAP.

HOW WILL THIS AFFECT HOME VALUES? THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS STATES, ON AVERAGE, A NEGATIVE PRICE IMPACT OF 9.78% IF IT'S VISIBLE 150FT IS VISIBLE FOR MANY, MANY MILES.

JUST ON OUR CUL DE SAC, WE ESTIMATE THE PROPERTY VALUE LOSS WILL BE NEARLY $2 MILLION, AND THERE ARE FOUR CUL DE SACS THAT BACK UP TO THIS PROPERTY RIGHT OFF OF DOVE ROAD. ANOTHER ARTICLE I FOUND STATES THAT 94% OF HOME BUYERS FEEL THAT A NEARBY CELL TOWER WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT INTEREST IN A PROPERTY, AND THEY DOCUMENT PRICE DROPS OF NEARLY 20% IN PUBLISHED ARTICLES.

A THIRD CONCERN I HAVE THAT I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON IS LIGHTNING.

LIGHTNING ACTIVITY HAS BEEN INCREASING IN RECENT YEARS WITH THE LATEST MODELS PREDICTING AN INCREASE OF 50% BY THE END OF THE CENTURY.

ONE RECENT CALIFORNIA STORM WAS NOTED TO SPAWN 15,000 STRIKES IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD.

LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE MORE LIKELY IN THE VICINITY OF ELEVATED STRUCTURES SUCH AS CELL TOWERS.

THE PROTECTION OF CELLULAR EQUIPMENT SHOULD NOT BE OVERESTIMATED, SINCE LIGHTNING DOES NOT ALWAYS HIT THE TALLEST STRUCTURE.

WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES, THE LARGE AMOUNT OF CURRENT IS INJECTED AND DISSIPATED NEAR THE TOWER, CAN INCREASE VOLTAGE GRADIENTS IN THE EARTH AND FIND ITS WAY INTO NEARBY DWELLINGS, AS IN THE RECENT STORM THAT BURNED OUT A ROUTER AND OUR RECEIVER FOR ALL OF OUR TELEVISION EQUIPMENT.

EVEN WITH ALL OF OUR SURGE PROTECTORS, UNFORTUNATELY, NO PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS EXIST, BUT AWARENESS SHOULD INFORM LOCATING THESE TOWERS IN HIGHLY POPULATED AREAS. AND I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE FAMILIES OUT RIDING BIKES, THE PARENTS WITH STROLLERS, AND THAT WITHOUT MORE RESEARCH OR A GUARANTEE THAT THIS IS NOT

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A PROBLEM, WE REALLY PUT PEOPLE AT RISK.

AND LAST BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THE HEALTH ISSUE.

THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY STATES THAT THERE IS NOT A LOT OF EVIDENCE, BUT MORE RESEARCH IS NEEDED BECAUSE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE GUARANTEEING, JUST LIKE WHEN PEOPLE USED TO THINK CIGARETTES WERE SAFE, OR NOW OZEMPIC THAT THEY FIND CAUSES BLINDNESS.

THERE HAS BEEN CONCERNS THAT IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, SOME FORMS OF NON-IONIZING RADIATION MIGHT STILL HAVE EFFECTS THAT MAY RESULT IN CANCER.

IN A JULY 2021 STUDY, HEALTH IMPACT OF 5G BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY RESEARCH SERVICE, THEY FOUND THAT WIRELESS EMISSIONS IN 5G AND 4G ARE PROBABLY CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS WITH GLIOMAS, TUMORS THAT START IN THE BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD, AND ACOUSTIC NEUROMAS.

THEY MAY AFFECT MALE FERTILITY, FEMALE FERTILITY, WITH ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMBRYOS, FETUSES, AND NEWBORNS.

I DO WANT TO STATE THAT I ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS HAS TAKEN A POSITION ON LOCATING CELL TOWERS, COMMERCIAL WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE, ON FIRE DEPARTMENT FACILITIES, AND THAT THE IAFF OPPOSES THE USE OF FIRE STATIONS AS BASE STATIONS FOR TOWERS OR ANTENNAS UNTIL A STUDY WITH THE HIGHEST SCIENTIFIC MERIT AND INTEGRITY ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO LOW INTENSITY RF MW RADIATION IS CONDUCTED AND IS PROVEN THAT SUCH SIGHTINGS ARE NOT HAZARDOUS.

I ONLY SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR ON THE INTERNET.

I MEAN, I COULD, AND I'M SURE YOU COULD DO A LOT MORE RESEARCH, BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE ESTHETICS, THE HOME VALUES, LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HEALTH. I MEAN, I AND MY HUSBAND, THIS WAS OUR DREAM HOME.

WE'VE BEEN MEMBERS SINCE 2002 AND JUST BUILT.

AND MY HUSBAND IS A PHYSICIAN AND WE DO NOT WANT TO END UP WITH CANCER OR OTHER KINDS OF PROBLEMS BECAUSE THIS TOWER HAS BEEN ERECTED 200, YOU KNOW, YARDS FROM OUR BEDROOM.

SO, I ASKED YOU TO PLEASE OPPOSE IT.

I THINK THAT YOU CAN COME UP, AS TED SAID, WITH OTHER ALTERNATIVES OR SOLUTIONS.

THIS MEETS THEIR FINANCIAL NEEDS, MAYBE THEIR ENGINEERING NEEDS, BUT I THINK IT WILL BE A DISSERVICE TO OUR FUTURE AND TO THE WESTLAKE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ANNA.

THESE WERE THE ONLY TWO COMMENT FORMS I HAD.

WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? SUSAN. OKAY.

SUSAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? HELLO, I'M SUSAN MATTHEWS.

JIMMY AND MYSELF ARE OWNERS OF 1901 GAILLARDIA COURT, AND WE'VE BEEN OWNERS OF THAT PROPERTY FOR NOW 14 YEARS.

AND IRONICALLY, LIKE TED WAS TALKING, I'VE NEVER HAD A DROP CALL.

I'VE AT&T, I'VE HAD NO CELL PHONE COVERAGE ISSUES AT ALL ON OUR CUL DE SAC.

MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW ME.

I'M NOT JUST A RESIDENT AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER, BUT I'M ALSO A TOP REAL ESTATE AGENT IN WESTLAKE.

AND I DO HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR REAL ESTATE.

AT THE FIRST THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT THIS AFFECTS MANY CUL DE SACS.

SO, GAILLARDIA COURT, NIGHTHAWK COURT, LITTLE BLUESTEM, AND PROBABLY FALCON PASS.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE ASSESSED VALUES FOR THOSE HOMES ARE TODAY, THEY'RE BETWEEN 4 AND $6 MILLION.

AND SO, IN MY EXPERTISE, AND AS SOMEONE WHO'S OUT THERE EVERY DAY WORKING WITH BUYERS AND BRINGING THEM TO THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEGATIVE PERCEPTION ON A CELL PHONE TOWER.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ESTHETICS, EVEN IF THEY'RE TRIED TO BE AN IMPROVEMENT.

IT IS LARGE.

I WOULD EVEN CALL IT OBNOXIOUS FROM GAILLARDIA COURT.

THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT HEALTH RISKS.

HEALTH RISKS LIKE ANNA HAD SHARED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY POTENTIAL NOISE THAT COULD COME FROM THAT CELL PHONE TOWER AT ALL.

RESEARCH DOES INDICATE THAT VALUES OF HOMES LOCATED NEXT TO CELL PHONE TOWERS DO DECREASE IN VALUE, AND THAT REALLY DEPENDS ON PROXIMITY AND VISIBILITY TO THE TOWERS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 2 AND 20% OF PROPERTY VALUE.

THERE IS ALSO LOTS OF DATA THAT SHOWS THAT MARKETABILITY FOR THESE HOMES THAT SIT BY CELL PHONE TOWERS ALSO SIT ON THE MARKET FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

SO, VACCARO IS THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN WESTLAKE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE AWARE, BUT YEAR TO DATE, THE ONLY SINGLE FAMILY CLOSED PROPERTIES IN 2024 ARE IN VACCARO.

NOTHING ELSE HAS, WE HAVE ONE HOUSE THAT'S PENDING EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF VACCARO.

EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO, I WOULD KINDLY ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER WHAT THIS DOES FOR OUR PROPERTY VALUES, WHAT IT DOES FOR VAQUERO, AND FINDING SOME SORT OF ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION FOR THE CELL PHONE TOWER.

I WOULD MUCH RATHER PERSONALLY HAVE A DROP CALL THAN LOSE VALUE ON MY PROPERTY, OR EVEN ON MY NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU, SUSAN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS RECEIVED OR REQUESTS FOR? OKAY, I'LL ASSUME THERE'S NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

COULD WE HAVE THE ENGINEER COME FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY? WHOEVER WANTS TO TAKE THAT ONE ON.

MY NAME IS CHIRAG AND I'M THE RF ENGINEER FOR VERIZON.

SO I THINK THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS CERTAINLY UP HERE FROM DIFFERENT MEMBERS AND EVEN FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO, I'VE HEARD THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS POTENTIALLY OLD TO BEGIN WITH AND, AND OBSOLETE OR APPROACHING OBSOLESCENCE. AND THEN WE'VE BEEN BEEN ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WOULD ALSO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

OKAY. SO SO LET'S LOOK AT THE TECHNOLOGY ITSELF.

RIGHT. SO FIRST WHEN WE LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY WE'RE MOVING FROM 4G TO THE 5G.

SO EVEN WHILE WE'RE SITTING IN THE OFFICE WE'RE STILL ON 4G EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THESE TOWERS COMING IN.

BECAUSE WHEN WE MOVE TO 5G, THE FREQUENCY IS HIGHER THAN 4G.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MAPS, WE'RE LOOKING AT 4G LOW BAND, WHICH IS WHAT WE KIND OF RELY ON WHEN WE LOOK AT IN-BUILDING, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMETHING WAS INSIDE YOU KNOW, VERSUS SOMEONE WHO'S OUTSIDE.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY, WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS 5G.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO NEED, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER TOWER JUST TO EVEN HELP THE OTHER TOWERS JUST TO GET A 5G SIGNAL, NOT EVEN HELP THE OTHER TOWERS, BUT JUST TO GET A 5G SIGNAL.

WE NEED THE TOWER.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGE THAT WE'RE MOVING INTO NOW.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, 60, WHATEVER IT IS.

BUT THE FREQUENCY KIND OF GOES UP.

THAT MEANS WE NEED MORE OF THIS.

SMALL CELLS IS GREAT, BUT IT WORKS WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OF WAY PROPERTIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, NOT LIKE RESIDENTIALS OR OFFICES SOMEWHERE.

YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF WE CAN GO THAT ROUTE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF WE GO BACK TO THE MAPS, YOU HAVE TWO TOWERS THAT ARE COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED.

WE SUFFER FROM A CAPACITY PERSPECTIVE.

WE'RE GETTING SO MUCH TRAFFIC ON IT, IT GETS BLOCKED, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY ON THE 114 BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS KIND OF BALANCED.

IT KIND OF GOES EVERYWHERE.

SO, WE GET BLOCKED.

AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD MORE ABOUT IN BUILDING.

SO, IN BUILDING PENETRATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE STRUGGLED.

WE GET COMPLAINTS FROM THE AREA.

AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN SITTING IN THE OFFICE, WE GET SOME OF OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR VERIZON OFFICES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

WE HAVE SOME OF OUR EXECUTIVES LIVING IN THIS AREA.

THEY ARE TELLING US, HEY, YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THIS AREA.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO KIND OF GET A TOWER.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO TO SMALL CELLS, SMALL CELLS IS NOT GOING TO FIX SOMETHING INDOOR.

IT'S GOING TO HELP YOU WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME IT'S GOING TO IT ONLY TAKES TRAFFIC FROM A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM THE SMALL CELL.

IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE AND, YOU KNOW, HELP IN BUILDING AND ALL THAT.

SO THAT'S NOT REALLY THE ALTERNATIVE WE WANT TO TAKE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAD IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY OR ANYTHING ELSE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS UP HERE? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR.

AND ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS I KNOW YOU KNOW, WE'RE HUMANS TOO.

WE LOOK AT THE FREQUENCY RANGE AND ALL THAT.

WE HAVE A VERY, VERY INTENSE REGULATORY TEAM THAT LOOKS AT EVERY TRANSMISSION LEVEL THAT WE DO, AND EVEN ON A ROOFTOP, EVEN IF WE FEEL A PERSON'S GOING TO BE NEAR THE ANTENNA, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S BLOCKED.

SO, THERE IS A LIMIT OF HOW MUCH WE CAN TRANSMIT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE NEAR THE AREA, IT HAS TO BE BLOCKED COMPLETELY.

SO WE CANNOT TRANSMIT BEYOND A CERTAIN LIMIT IN ANY AREA.

AND SOME OF THESE WI-FI'S THAT WE HAVE, THEY TRANSMIT AT A HIGHER FREQUENCY LEVEL THAN EVEN WHAT WE CAN OWN.

SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO, COMMISSIONERS, WE'VE GOT I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SINCE THERE WERE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR PEOPLE TO.

SURE. THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS RAISED, BUT I'LL JUST TRY TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON SOME OF THEM.

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IN TERMS OF THE LEASE WITH THE CITY IN MOST CASES WHERE YOU'RE PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE TO MEET THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, THE CITY'S SPENDING MONEY. I THINK PART OF THE APPROACH HERE WAS LOOKING AT, HEY, WE'VE GOT A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE NEED TO HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADDRESS.

HERE'S THIS PRIVATE COMPANY THAT'S KIND OF COME IN AND THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY TO BUILD IT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE EQUATION.

THE LEASE, AS IT'S STRUCTURED WITH THREE CARRIERS ON THE TOWER $1,300 A MONTH, A TOTAL OF $15,600 A YEAR.

BUT I THINK THAT'S NOT THE ONLY EQUATION.

I THINK THE OTHER PARTS OF THAT EQUATION WERE WE'RE MEETING THE NEED OF THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT EXTRA OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS TO US AS A COMMUNITY, AND THERE'S SPACE RESERVED FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, ANTENNAS, WHICH IS ALSO WORTH SOMETHING.

SO IN TERMS OF I THINK, I THINK IN TERMS OF A WHOLE PACKAGE, THIS IS INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO HELP THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE GETTING WITHOUT COST TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF PROPERTY VALUES.

I'VE HEARD A LOT OF STUDIES MENTIONED.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY STUDIES PRESENTED.

TO ACTUALLY GO ABOUT STUDYING THIS, YOU'D NEED TO HAVE A CERTIFIED APPRAISER DO COMPARISONS WITH SIMILAR TYPES OF STRUCTURES.

THIS IS NOT A STANDARD CELL TOWER.

THEY'D HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER CLOCK TOWER, BELL TOWER, STEEPLE TYPE ISSUES.

AND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THERE ISN'T THE SIGNIFICANT TYPES OF PROPERTY VALUES THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM A HEALTH STANDPOINT.

THESE SITES ARE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH ALL THE FCC REQUIREMENTS.

THESE ARE LOW LEVEL, NON-INTENSE TYPE FREQUENCIES, NON-IONIZING RADIATION.

THE FCC HAS LOOKED AT THAT.

PART OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 INCLUDES A SECTION IN 47 U.S.C.

SECTION 332, SUBSECTION C, SUBSECTION SEVEN B, OR THAT SAYS NO STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF MAY REGULATE THE PLACEMENT, CONSTRUCTION OR MODIFICATION OF PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITIES ON THE BASIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF RADIOFREQUENCY EMISSIONS, TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH FACILITIES COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSION'S REGULATIONS CONCERNING SUCH EMISSIONS.

THE REASON THEY'RE DOING THAT IS NOT TO COVER OVER SOME HEALTH CONCERN THAT'S OUT THERE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S FEDERAL POLICY TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THEY'VE LOOKED AT IT AND FOUND THAT THERE'S NOT THE BASIS FOR HAVING A HEALTH CONCERN.

IF ANTENNAS ARE AT LEAST TEN METERS ABOVE THE GROUND ABOUT 33FT, THEY AUTOMATICALLY DEEM THAT WHAT THEY CALL CATEGORICALLY EXCLUDED FROM REVIEW FOR EMISSIONS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SITUATION WHERE, AS CHIRAG MENTIONED, YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE ON A ROOFTOP STANDING IN FRONT OF AN ANTENNA.

THE EXPOSURE IS JUST SO MINIMAL THERE'S NOT A HEALTH CONCERN.

AND ALSO, WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING OF HEALTH, YOU'VE GOT TO BALANCE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION.

IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE KIND OF SERVICE YOU NEED.

CALL FOR HELP. IF YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE IN THEIR HOME, IN BUILDING TRYING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY CALL BECAUSE THERE'S A HEART ATTACK OR A HEALTH EVENT AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE SERVICE YOU NEED, THERE'S A HEALTH IMPACT THERE, TOO.

I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE IN TERMS OF HEALTH, COMMUNITY SAFETY.

LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR NOW.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

WADE, FINAL COMMENTS.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS.

JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS KIND OF WE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT A PREVIOUS MEETING IN A WORK SESSION AND, AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL. PREVIOUSLY THIS LEASE WAS BROUGHT FORWARD PRIOR TO THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.

I MYSELF WOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE SIGNED THIS LEASE OR BROUGHT THIS LEASE FORWARD TO THE P AND Z AND THE COUNCIL FOR A COMMISSION.

I DO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS LEASE, QUITE HONESTLY.

I DO BELIEVE, AS MR. NAZAR SAID, I THINK THAT WE CAN ALSO WORK WITH OUR AREA PARTNERS.

I BELIEVE MR. CHRISTENSEN, TED BROUGHT THIS UP AS WELL, THAT WE COULD WORK WITH OUR AREA PARTNERS AND POSSIBLY COME UP WITH ANOTHER AVENUE THAT WOULD NOT BE 130-FOOT CELL TOWER IN THE BACKYARD OF THE FIRE STATION AND BASICALLY IN THE BACKYARD OF MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS IN VAQUERO.

LASTLY, I'VE BEEN WORKING IN AN ADJACENT LANE TO THIS WITH AT&T AND LOOKING AT THE SMALL CELL TECHNOLOGY, IF WE DON'T WANT TO GO WITH A LARGE TOWER, AS THEY STATED PREVIOUSLY, IT WILL TAKE A QUITE A FEW MORE OF THE SMALL CELL TOWERS THROUGHOUT.

BUT SMALL CELL TOWERS CAN BE BUILT IN A MANNER WHERE THEY CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE CARRIER ON THEM.

AND WE DO.

THERE IS A PLAN IN PLACE, OR A MODEL THAT'S BEING CREATED BY THE AT&T BY THEIR ENGINEERING GROUP TO COVER THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE WITH SMALL

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CELL. IT'S ABOUT 29 TOWERS.

IT'S POSITION THROUGHOUT THE CITY OR THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, BUT IT GIVES US A BETTER COVERAGE TO A GREATER NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS WITHIN WESTLAKE. AND WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE HEIGHTS OF THOSE TOWERS? THE TALLEST ONES ARE 40FT.

OKAY. THE, THE SOME OF THEM WERE 40FT.

SOME OF THEM WERE 30.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OTHER THAN THAT? NONE HERE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THAT.

APPRECIATE THAT. SO ESSENTIALLY.

COMMISSIONERS WE'VE GOT FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS HERE.

MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SUP WITH OR WITHOUT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SUP WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS.

MOTION TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO A SPECIFIED DATE FOR THE SUP OR TABLE.

THE ITEM. NUMBER SEVEN MOTION TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE SUP WITH SPECIFIC REASONS WHY AND PROVIDE SUPPORTED SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

ANY CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE BEFORE.

ANYBODY HAVE A MOTION THAT THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE PUT BEFORE THE COMMISSION? I WOULD MOTION TO DENY IT BASED ON.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE CITIZEN SUPPORT, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE VETTED ALL THE POTENTIAL OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US.

I THINK THAT BECAUSE OF THOSE TWO MAIN REASONS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WADE JUST SAID, WE PROBABLY HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO GET BETTER SOLUTIONS. I THINK WE SHOULD PROCEED WITH THAT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND DENIAL.

CAN I HAVE A SECOND? MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL SECOND.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF DENYING THE MOTION? I OKAY, THAT'S A UNANIMOUS MOTION CARRIES.

MOTION TO RECOMMEND DENIAL IS PASSED.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE CITIZENS WHO CAME FORWARD.

OKAY. MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, LET ME SEE WHERE I'M AT.

OKAY. ITEM E224218.

[E.2. Hold a public hearing, discuss, consider and act to make a recommendation to Town Council regarding approval of a final plat for Deloitte University Conference Center Lot 1A and 2A. a. Staff Presentation b. Hold Public Hearing c. Discuss and Consider d. Act to Make Recommendation]

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO TOWN COUNCIL REGARDING APPROVAL OF A FINAL PLAT FOR DELOITTE UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE CENTER, LOT ONE A AND TWO A.

DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS? YEAH, I'LL BE REAL BRIEF.

THIS IS THE FINAL PLAT FOR DELOITTE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATING THEIR LOT ONE A, WHICH IS ALREADY PLATTED, AND THEN LOT TWO A, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PLAT WITH THIS FINAL PLAT.

THIS IS THE FINAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION FOR DELOITTE.

THAT'S IT? YEAH, A GRAND PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ONE? OKAY. I'LL OPEN.

THANK YOU. I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO COMMENT ON THIS? ANYBODY ONLINE? OKAY. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO JUST FROM A DISCUSSION PERSPECTIVE THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN BEFORE US MULTIPLE TIMES.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STEP IN THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS, ANYTHING WE NEED TO DISCUSS? AND CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AS PRESENTED? A MOTION TO. OKAY.

CAN I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, I, I, I UNANIMOUS MOTION CARRIES AND IT IS IT IS APPROVED.

OKAY. MOVING ON.