HomeMy WebLinkAboutConstituent Letter - Read Before Packet - 12/19/2017 - Email From Marilyn Anderson Re: Please Deny Proposed Turnberry Cell Tower - Agenda Item #22From: Delynn Coldiron
To: marilynanderson@frii.com
Cc: Delynn Coldiron; Rita Knoll; Carrie Daggett; Sarah Kane
Subject: RE: Please deny proposed Turnberry Cell Tower
Date: Tuesday, December 19, 2017 4:23:01 PM
Dear Ms. Anderson:
Thank you for your email to City Council regarding the Long Pond Cell Tower proposal -- a development project
that is currently in the development review process. The specific approval process under consideration now for this
project is referred to as an "Addition of a Permitted Use" and the decision on the pending application will be made
by the City Council based on the evidence presented to the Council in connection with the Council hearing now
rescheduled for tonight, December 19, 2017. In the case of an "Addition of a Permitted Use" decision,
Councilmembers are required to impartially decide the application based on the evidence and testimony presented
for or at the hearing, and as a result Councilmembers are required to avoid contacts about this item with interested
parties outside of the hearing process.
Your email will be included in the Council's packet regarding this item for all to consider in connection with the
hearing. Although Councilmembers are interested in hearing your opinion about the merits of the project, it is not
appropriate for Council to discuss your concerns outside of the hearing process. I encourage you to participate in
the Council's hearing on this matter in order to ensure that your concerns are heard.
Thank you for your interest and participation in this matter.
Delynn Coldiron
City Clerk
City of Fort Collins
970-416-2995
decoldiron@fcgov.com
Tell us about our service, we want to know!
Thanks,
Delynn
"Tell us about our service, we want to know!"
-----Original Message-----
From: marilynanderson@frii.com [mailto:marilynanderson@frii.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2017 4:13 PM
To: City Leaders <CityLeaders@fcgov.com>
Subject: Please deny proposed Turnberry Cell Tower
I urge you most strongly to DENY the application for additional permitted use to allow the proposed Altas Cell
Tower on Turnberry. This project is very bad for the immediately surrounding residences. It will reduce our
property values and possibly be an attractive nuisance, as well as a health hazard. Oh, and it LOOKS AWFUL. The
proposed structure will totally dominate the whole area. Especially since there is nothing nearly as tall anywhere
near it.
Secondly, the property is not a farm, and has not been for over 30 years, so the proposed "silo" design is totally out
of place.
Third, why should our neighborhood be ruined for the profit of Altas, Verizon, and to a lesser extent, the property
owners? If the City wants to have a cell tower to improve coverage in this area, why not build it on adjacent City-
owned land that is currently vacant. Or truly explore having something on top of Budweiser.
Why do you think the Country Club wants nothing to do this this project?
Because THEIR associated homeowners will object strongly. Why should OUR neighborhood be the one to suffer
(and quite possibly irreparably)? Why does Atlas Tower threaten the City with a lawsuit at the very last minute
before the last scheduled Council Meeting on this subject, when so many residents and citizens had made the effort
to BE at the meeting in order to speak? Should the City give in to a legal threat of questionable merit? NO!
Please deny this project for once and for all.
Marilyn Anderson
resident: 1935 Sherell Drive
Fort Collins