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2005-03-09 Meeting Report (Communications Tower)Neighborhood Meeting Report Form SPIN Neighborhood 16 Meeting Date: 03/09/05 Meeting Topic and Description: Proposed communications tower at Carroll Senior High School Featured Speakers: Zone Systems: Peter Kavanaugh; CISD: Dale Crane, Harry Ingalls; Verizon: Scott Kates Others: Council member Virginia Musyka; Assist to the City Manager Ben Thatcher; SPIN 16 Rep Jon Wiersum Number of neighbors attending: 14 Location of meeting: Southlake Town Hall, Training Room 3D Notification Process: (ie: flyer mailed, hand delivered, calls, city publications, etc.) Post cards, SPIN# 16 mailing SPIN signs Hwy 1709; Local Newspapers Follow -Up Information: Zone Systems to: 1) Provide RF (Radio Frequency) coverage propagation maps for the original proposed site (NW corner of Carroll Sr. High School site) to the homeowners in advance of the P &Z meeting, 2) Bring an RF engineer to the P &Z meeting, and 3) Assess the utilization of existing tower at the Greenbrier site and provide at the P &Z meeting. Prepared by: Jon Wiersum March 9, 2005 Cell Tower 11 Questions: Can you draw on the site plan a circle of the range of locations that what would work for Verizon Wireless? There has been no movement toward a compromise since the last few meetings in P &Z and SPIN, so why are we here tonight? I want to know if Verizon Wireless has exhausted all possibilities before considering the school site. Do existing Verizon Wireless customers in the area that Verizon Wireless is trying to service better complain about lack of service (dropped calls, etc.)? We asked you to move it north, but you have not said whether or not that will work for you there. Will the tower work for you just north of the indoor practice facility? o A) Our RF engineer has said that would not be a viable location for us, and the school board has also said that they do not want to put the tower there. Would the school board consider the north side on 1709? o A) Yes, that was the recommended site at first but it is not feasible for Verizon Wireless. Can you bring an RF engineer to the next P &Z meeting? o A) Yes, in fact there was one at the last P &Z meeting. What will happen in the future when technology is better and you don't need the tower? o A) If technology advances to the degree that we do not need the tower, then we will take it down; because we are renting that space from the school and it does not make economic sense to continue to lease the land, also there are laws that require an abandoned cell tower to be taken down within 6 months of disbanding service. Can you look and see whether or not the Greenbriar site is a feasible alternative to the school? Comments: The proposed tower is the least high profile of a structure (flagpole look); there is one located at Tour 18. Placement of towers isn't black and white Park Place Resident "Sounds like most neighborhoods cannot be appeased at the same time... Verizon Wireless is willing to work with us." The alternate proposed location at the baseball diamond will knock 20ft off the tower, look like a flagpole, and the equipment will be under the bleachers. It will fit in better at the field than anywhere else on the campus. It appears as if Verizon Wireless is not offering any other solutions. It is just an issue of compromise.