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Home My WebLink AboutDRAKE CROSSING SHOPPING CENTER, FT. COLLINS CARWASH, WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY (VERIZON) - PDP - 35-96C - CORRESPONDENCE - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION (5)A Petition We the undersigned residents of Fort Collins are opposed to the location of a 65- foot cellular tower at the comer of Taft Hill Road and Valley Forge Drive. We urge city officials to ask Verizon to find an alternate location for this tower. There are already two cell towers in our neighborhood along Drake Road less than 1/2 mile from this proposed site. Srr= 'James Nor l��r frog 65' S�-r�ac UM�yZ 3. 8.13 D name address hone # C-1. S/�a.a,c A'.� 3 1�Siirrs3�'.�t� i{ �.rl• ��a.�c G4:�•y �ui�u�`- �. .ate.-... l V ll l V Y V.. MV..v... A Petition We the undersigned residents of Fort Collins are opposed to the location of a 65- foot cellular tower at the corner of Taft Hill Road and Valley Forge Drive. We urge city officials to ask Verizon to find an alternate location for this tower. There are already two cell towers in our neighborhood along Drake Road less than 1/2 mile from this proposed site. 3. B. ( 3 TED name signature address ph o:n::# C..i 5TW.waE NXILOARMEMIKAN Iln�i .u.•�w �� • ME _ ILr1/.AM!lf7snf., _ limit 'IF V r�.�r�/►��ia.. E' I .. CelffowerPetitionFeb2004 s 7 site to be used by Verizon may mean that we may have a taller (75-85 feet?) and possibly uglier tower at this site in the future. For these multiple reasons we ask the Planning and Zoning Board to reject a permit for Verizon to build on this site. If the P&Z Board approves the siting despite our opposition, we will appeal the decision to the Fort Collins City Council. We are also prepared to organize a neighborhood boycott of the car wash that plans to gain economically from the location of the tower on their property, and encourage a citywide boycott of Verizon's wireless services. With number portability this year, it is much easier now for wireless consumers to switch to competing services. "Thank you again, Bob, for giving up another of your weeknights to hold this public meeting. We appreciate your efforts and those of Verizon consultant Ann Closser to provide information to us about this proposed tower location. Sincerely, Pete Seel for the Rolland Moore West Neighborhood Network 1837 Scarborough Drive Fort Collins, CO 80526 970-484-7062 pete.seel@colostate.edu cc: City Council representative Marty Tharp Ann Closser, Closser Consulting (for Verizon Communications) The Rolland Moore West Neighborhood Network steering committee Lloyd Walker 1756 Concord Drive 221-0489 Lloyd@engr.colostate.edu Pete Seel 1837 Scarborough Drive 484-7062 pete.seel@colostate.edu Melisse and Paul 2107 Constitution Avenue 482-5658 goglobal@frii.com Anderson Doug Brobst 1625 Independence Road 407-9773 brobst@peakpeak.com Dan MacArthur 2424 Sheffield Circle 490-1574 azarmac@juno.com Mary Paule 1707 Constitution Court 493-6005 marv.paule@colostate.edu CellTowerLetterWarch2004 The Rolland Moore West Neighborhood Network Maintaining neighborhood vitality and livability March 6, 2004 Bob Barkeen Current Planning Office City of Fort Collins PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 Dear Mr. Barkeen, Thank you for co -hosting the public meeting on the proposed cellular tower held on Wednesday, February 25th at Blevins Junior High School. As you know, Verizon Communications proposal to construct a 65-foot cellular communications tower at the southwest corner of Taft Hill Road and Valley Forge Drive is opposed by our organization. We collected 37 signatures at that meeting for our most recent petition opposing this siting (see attached copies). The Rolland Moore West Neighborhood Network opposes this tower siting for three important reasons: 1. There are already two other cell towers along the southern edge of our neighborhood attached to 90-foot power poles on Drake Road. One of these was just installed in the past month. So our reaction to the new tower is not another case of NIMBYism, but rather j PIMBYism--Plenty In My BackYard. 2. The site does not meet city zoning requirements that such a tower must have a one -foot setback from the property line for each foot of height. Instead of a needed 65-foot setback, this location only has 15 feet. This is a potential safety hazard. If a careless motorist pulling into the car wash were to strike the base of the fiberglass tower, it could collapse onto the car wash or the gas station next door. We urge the city Planning and Zoning Board to NOT grant this variance to existing city code for these safety reasons. 3. While this monopole tower design has no visible antenna structure on its top (it is inside _ the fiberglass pole), federal law would allow possibly one or even two other cellular companies to "co -locate" their cellular antennas on top of the existing one. Allowing this