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Public Hearing of 11/18/2003 felt it met some of the original criterion that, if everybody is going to look at it, everybody might as well benefit from it. Steve Fannin, Radio Frequency Engineer with Sprint PCS, 6393 Oaktree Blvd., Independence, and a resident of North Olmsted, displayed a picture of the proposed location at the football field. Sprint has two other cell sites in North Olmsted-one at Clague Park which is shared with AT&T, and the second on the roof of Bridlewood Apts. They began looking for a site in 2000 and have gone through several locations in the city, including the water tower and City Hall, and have come down to this site. (Mr. Fannin showed azoomed-up map of the site with the perimeters being Burns and Revere roads.) Spring currently has 451 cell sites in the Cleveland network and over 20,000 nation-wide. As a public utility, they build cell sites where their customers are. This propagation map shows the coverage of the area, with green being signal density at the greatest and black area with the lowest signal density. The white dot is the site. In fact, there is very little coverage in that area and it pans out away from there until it gets into the green of the Clague Park site and the Bridlewood Apt. rooftop site. No recording from this point due to a power failure. This portion of the minutes was transcribed from the Clerk's notes: The Clerk read a letter from Geraldine L. Sliva: "As a Bums Road resident for 25 years, my concerns are twofold: First, the rezoning that will ultimately result in a large cell tower being erected on school property is, in my opinion, another project that will ultimately result in the lowering of property values in this residential neighborhood. Having a high school on your street is not something that draws most buyers due to the noise, disruption, traffic problems and litter that are present most of the time. This neighborhood also has highway noise to deal with and adding a cell tower is not viewed as an improvement. Secondly, by allowing the rezoning of residential land for such a purpose now, I believe the city will set a precedent for future requests of a similar nature and will be required to comply. I feel that Burns Road is viewed as a lower income neighborhood with small starter homes. Over the years, there has been a significant amount of transiency due to residents moving in and out in a short period of time as family needs change. It is unfair, however, that the longtime residents should have yet another unwanted situation thrust on them. If the tower is so desirable, I'd like to see it erected in the middle of a street with $500,000 homes. I doubt that those residents would want it in their neighborhood any more than I do. Than you for your time." Don Stalter, 25737 Butternut Ridge Road, asked if the whole entire property is a part of this district? Councilman Gareau said we have regulations that limit the number of towers within one area. He believes it is the only tower in that area. The towers must be a half mile from each other. All the school property is within a half mile, so there is only one tower in that area. 3 ,~, ._ ,. i ~