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Cointnissiorx uestions antl Gomments: Mr. Spalding asked if they will provide irrigation to the site. Mr. Block replied there is a warranty on the trees so if they die out, the contractor has to come back to replace them. Once they get a start on their own, they are self-sustaining. An audience member asked if they could have a copy of the map that Cingular presented to the board. Mr. Block provided him with a map. Mr. John Kovitch reviewed the maps further and indicated they are trying to show the coverage hole that Cingular is trying to fill. Mr. Hreha asked what kind of affect on coverage the tower will have. Mr. Kovitch said that in a suburban area like this it is a mile to a mile and a hal£ N1r. Hreha said the board has another document that was not identified and it mentions "coverage providing use of the First Energy tower." That was not discussed. Mr. Block said they try to identify more than one site in case O.D.O.T. rejects one of them. That site is a back up and doesn't do the same job for them as far as coverage. The O.D.O.T. site is more dead center for the coverage they need. Mr. Hreha asked where the First Energy site is located. Mr. Kovitch replied it is at Cook just west of McKenzie. Mr. Block said it is a high-tension tower for CEI. He added that the way it is designed they could only go up so far. The height they would have there would be 120 feet at best. He indicated the 190 foot monopole is actually something O.D.O.T. requires. Mr. Rymarczyk pointed out that a tower was just put in at Clague Road on O.D.O.T. property and it is 165 feet. NIr. Block said that the FAA factored into that situation. Mr. Rymarczyk asked if Cingular has FAA approval for the 190 foot tower. Mr. Block replied they have applied for the approval. He believes they have a better chance for 190 because they are farther away from the airport. AudiEnce Ouestearas and Canrments: Mr. Thomas O'Grady came forward and said when City Council put together legislation to regulate these types of monopoles they understood they were not permitted to restrict but simply regulate. The legislation that they put together was to reduce the impact of these types of telecommunication towers to the residents. It seems every time someone comes in needing a new antennae, no one comes in with the idea that they will co-locate on an existing antennae. He said his guess is that O.D.O.T. wants 190 feet with the idea that others will come in and co-locate. Mr. Block said the tower would be designed to allow room for four carriers. Mr. O'Grady said he is consistently hearing companies come in and saying they cannot co-locate because of coverage areas. This is becoming more of a pill to swallow. There must be ways that they can do co-location without each and every carrier coming in to this community and putting up their own monopole. They just approved the one at Clague and I-480. His further hope would be that they choose locations that reduce the impact on our residents. They have identified locations within North Olmsted that are acceptable, and where they believe people will not even know a pole exists. He said if they put a pole in Great Northern Shopping Center's parking lot, people will not notice it. If they put a 190 foot pole in the location they are suggesting, he fails to see how they can have a greater impact on residents. He is talking specifically about the residents that live immediately north of this site on Stearns Road. Those people will have this pole in their faces when they step outside their front doors. It will be overbearing with regard to those residents, especially the first two houses on the east side of Stearns just north of the intersection. He said his suggestion would be that if we do need to put up a monopole in this immediate vicinity, and if it makes sense that it be on O.D.O.T. property since that is permitted, that they pick a location that will not be so intrusive. Mr. Rumancik came forward and asked if signals from the tower would interfere with cordless telephones, televisions or baby monitors. Mr. Kovitch said the tower would not interfere with any home products of that kind. Mr. Rumancik said he lives by the catwalk that goes over I-480 and there were two occasions where a life flight helicopter has landed at the proposed site. If the tower is put there, it takes away that landing area. He also mentioned that they already have to deal with bikes, skateboards, truck noise and motorcycles. He does not think he should have to look at a tower after putting up with all the noise. Mr. James Jett came forward and said he has property right at the onramp from Stearns. He asked what will happen to the property from Stearns to Cypress up against the state property. He is wondering how this will affect the people in the area. He is on the south side of I-480 and it is right against the state property. Mr. Block said he is not sure of the location and unsure what Mr. Jett means by affects. Mr. Jett reviewed the map with Mr. Block. Mr. Block said other than the upper part of the tower, the visual impact will 4