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February 12, 2001
Mr. Troy Jones
Current Planning Department
281 North College Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580
Mr. Troy Jones:
I would like to address some concerns about the proposal of a Voicestream Wireless site
requiring a light pole alteration at City Park ballpark.
This site proposal requires a very specific location to meet the objectives outlined. There
are two main issues concerning the area identified to fulfill this purpose. The first issue
that limits feasible candidates is spacing from current VoiceStream sites. The proposed
facility's primary objective is to accommodate the large number of VoiceStream
customers in the area. This factor requires a very specific location from existing facilities,
so as to take the predetermined portion of consumers. The second objective of the site is
the coverage area. Due to the dense vegetation in the area our signal propagation is
significantly reduced. We drive tested the facility at 80ft and 70ft. The proposed
installation at 70ft would not meet our coverage objectives. Sprint currently has a facility
with an 80ft location available. However, at 80ft our minimum objectives are met. In
addition, the tests were done in early December with no leaves on the trees. Given that
the surrounding trees are 80ft in height, this site will not meet its objectives with leaves
on the trees. Hence, we determined that at 90ft we could meet our objectives.
Voicestream Wireless operates at a frequency close to Sprint's (approximately 2GHz);
therefore, it is no surprise that we need the same height as Sprint. We also felt this
proposed location was optimal because of the existing light poles and dense vegetation.
Those factors allow for this facility to have minimal visual impact.
I hope that I have been able to address your concerns. Thank you for your time and
consideration in this proposal. We look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Chris Tenny
RF Design Engineer
PCS #: (303) 359-0227