We weren't able to make Tuesday's meeting of the Altadena Town Council Land Use committee, but councilmember Alice Wessen has filed this report:
The applicant, Richard Ambrosini of Reliant Land Services, Inc. representing AT&T presented to Land Use.
He did not have the CUP with him. He did not have updated plans or images of what the cell tower would look like as a pine and at 60 feet rather than 100.
The actual coverage would only boost an area of approximately 1/8th to 1/2 of a mile.
Images attached of where the cell tower would be located on the Lincoln Water Company property. Note that applicant has changed the design from a Palm to a Pine tree at the request of local residents.[NOTE: see previous story with link to pdf here]
Members of the public did comment that they were supportive of having strong cell service and noted that there were drops in service in the area. Special concern was inability to get a consistent 911 call on their cells.
Users of IPhones were especially concerned with getting better service for their IPhones, which uses AT&T.
However the public comments also noted the incomplete application from the applicant.
Motion: Table action till next Land Use so applicant can get their paperwork current for Land Use hearing.
Bo Astrup said…
Interesting the cell companies still want’s to raise all those towers. Specially when they have new technologies emerging. Maybe one dept. doesn’t know what the other dept. is doing? AT&T is joining the femtocell technology. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Femtocell-Service-Website-Goes-Live-100445
Thursday, July 09, 2009 at 09:24 PM
Jason Heiss said…
I live nearby, have three AT&T cell phones in the house and would be very happy to have improved coverage.
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 09:04 AM