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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCINGULAR, TAFT HILL & ELIZABETH (CEDARWOOD PLAZA) WTF - PDP - 31-03A - REPORTS - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGCINGULAR LEASE RE: 2/A2.0 AREA I (n Ld I Ur_ ° 0 1 *el 6(mno}A�pw �,oco 4o x) are 72 f M PROPERTY LINE � I I I I 1 I I I I I I I t I � 1 I , I I I I I I I RESIDENTIAL LOTS I \ I I \ I 1 ` I I ` I I \ I 1 \ I 1 \ I I t _ J I I I I I I I I I I I J CHAI benefits like if your car broke down and someone called for help from their cell phone. 15. Question: Are there any associated health risks? Answer: If you were to spend time in front of the antenna array, there might be health concerns because of the radio frequency radiation. The FCC has strict regulations on the minimum height of the arrays that we must meet. 16. Comment: This isn't as offensive as the older style towers with the triangular arrays. I could live with this. Meeting concluded at about 8:20pm. n transmission but I've never heard of it happening. The FCC regulates these things so if there was interference, we'd have to fix it. 10. Question: How about the park 1/2 block away? What's to keep a kid from climbing the tower? Answer: The equipment will be surrounded by a six-foot cedar fence. All equipment is wrapped and insulated. There are no footholds on the pole. 11. Question: Will there be any lights at the base or up top? Answer: No lights anywhere. There will be reflective tape on the bollards at the base so no one driving in the service alley will run into it at night. It is too short to trigger aircraft requirements. 12. Question: Where can I see a pole like this that exists in Fort Collins tomorrow? Answer: Anne Aspen: There is a similar pole just north of the old Perkins and south of the EMS store. It is very similar but it was painted dark brown to blend in with the coniferous trees there. This one will be painted desert tan since that color seems to be the least visually intrusive against the Fort Collins sky on any given day. 13. Question: What's to say that you won't go in and add more equipment to this pole? Answer: We would have to go through this public process again. We can't even change the color without going through this process again. And also, we or another company would have to install additional equipment below the equipment that we're proposing here. Because tree canopy interferes with the radio frequencies and transmission, it is unlikely any cell phone provider would want to locate that low on the pole.. 14. Question: How does this benefit me if I don't have a cell phone? Answer: It doesn't necessarily. It's maybe like another utility that you wouldn't use, like cable TV. There could be indirect 3 3. Q 7 F-I Question: Where are Cingular's other poles located? How many are there? Answer: Mike showed the audience a coverage map with the other poles located. The coverage map is proprietary so a copy will not be included in the public record, however, there are six other Cingular monopoles in Fort Collins. Question: Why this site? Answer: We're trying to expand our coverage in this area and need to locate somewhere in this immediate area for contiguity with the rest of our service. We looked into other sites including the roof of King Sooper's. The landlord said no to that idea. We looked at nearby steeples and other power poles but nothing else worked. Question: Why not locate further west? Answer: That would be too close to the mountains which cause interference. Also, there needs to be contiguity with the other towers so that they can relay information from tower, to tower. Question: Do the towers interconnect? Answer: Yes, but I don't know the technical details. The towers must be close enough to adjacent towers to be able to relay information to and from them. Question: What about capacity? Answer: Yes, that's the other thing that this project will address besides coverage. Question: Will it affect my Verizon cell phone reception? Answer: No, they are on different frequencies. 9. Question: Will this facility interfere with my television reception? Answer: Theoretically, it is possible for the radio frequencies transmitted to and from the tower to interfere with the TV 2 Comma _ty Planning and Environmenta. zrvices Current Planning City of Fort Collins NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION• MEETING PROJECT: Cingular Taft and Elizabeth (Cedarwood Plaza) Wireless Telecommunication Facility — Type I DATE: Wednesday, February 8, 2006 APPLICANT: Mike Matzko CITY PLANNER: Anne Aspen The Applicant is proposing to install a 50-foot tall wireless monopole on the southeast of the Cedarwood Plaza building in the service drive aisle, behind the Farmer's Table restaurant. The meeting started at about 6:40pm. QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS, RESPONSES 1. Question: How tall is the proposed tower? Answer: 47 feet. Anne Aspen: The height can be no greater than the setback from the property line, which in this case is 47 feet. 2. Question: How does the height of this pole relate to the height of the light poles in the Cedarwood parking lot? 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