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tower, so that the extent and nature of the visual impact of eacif tower can be assessed by residents and officials.
The balloons will be placed at the two silo locations on Friday, Oct. 5 and will remain in place through Saturday. Oct. 6 Should inclement weather render the balloon test unsafe, the balloons will be placed on Oct. 12 and 13 instead.
The six hour meeting on the cell towers began with an overview by Sprint PCS' attorney Brian Buniva, who has represented his client in all matters pertaining to their two wireless communications facilities applications. \lr. Buniva reviewed the history of Sprint PCS' attempts to gain approval for cell towers here, noting that the failure of their first and “somewhat notorious” application gave them an education “and we welcomed that.”
He spoke of meeting with “designated” County organizations— the Rappahannock County Conservation Alliance (RCCAt, the Rappahannock Historical Society (RHS), and the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection <RLEP>—in an attempt to gain local input, the immediate result of which was the withdrawal of their first application. He noted that, in subsequent meetings, they realized that some of their proposed facilities would have a “severe impact on the viewshed,” and that Sprint PCS reduced some tower heights and changed the overall system configuration to better suit the County.
Mr. Buniva said that he felt that the Mjkalition had “signed off on Spring PCS second approach, and was shocked when he received l&Hta&er•last'f'riday (Sept. 14) from aur. coalition’s attorney i^i which theff opposition to the proposed silos was stated. ‘ Mr. Bulniva told the Planning Commission that “Your job is to balance (the cell tower application with) the yiewshed and the environment of this beautiful county— we think we have . . .”
Public comments, in general, expressed feelings that, especially regarding the “stealth silos,” there was not an appropriate balance between th^ viewshed and the proposed towers. There did seem to be, however, a ^general acceptance of the conventional monopoles, and many of the speakers were compliSee
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