Things are moving forward on the proposal for a cell tower at the administration building on Lawrence Road.
Assistant Superintendent for Finance, Phil Kenter, said at Tuesday evening’s board meeting that there were three proposed sites on the administration property. Kenter said the district was able to negotiate a 50/50 income split with Suffolk Wireless Communications, the company managing the project, on all rental income.
According to a presentation given at the Jan. 11 board of education meeting, the tower would take up about 2500 square feet. Cell carriers AT&T, Verizon and Nextel have shown interest in leasing space. The high school had been considered as an option for the tower, however placing it on the administration property would provide the best coverage in an area that is considered a dead zone for cell coverage.
Kenter said that according to Suffolk Wireless, “all space on the tower will be rented before it is even up.”
Kenter said a full presentation on the cell tower plan would be given at the Feb. 28 board of education meeting.
Come on, you've deleted MY posts for much less than this! Let's see you turn that hypocritcal pendulum the other way now!
Here (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs304/en/) it states in part; "Scientific evidence on the distribution of cancer in the population can be obtained through carefully planned and executed epidemiological studies. Over the past 15 years, studies examining a potential relationship between RF transmitters and cancer have been published. These studies have not provided evidence that RF exposure from the transmitters increases the risk of cancer. Likewise, long-term animal studies have not established an increased risk of cancer from exposure to RF fields, even at levels that are much higher than produced by base stations and wireless networks" Yet here (http://www.who.int/docstore/peh-emf/publications/facts_press/EMF-Precaution.htm) it advocates a "Precautionary Approach" for everything from "power lines, household electrical wiring, appliances and motor driven instruments, computer screens, telecommunications and broadcast facilities, mobile telephones and their base stations." fwiw
Here (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs304/en/) it states in part; "Scientific evidence on the distribution of cancer in the population can be obtained through carefully planned and executed epidemiological studies. Over the past 15 years, studies examining a potential relationship between RF transmitters and cancer have been published. These studies have not provided evidence that RF exposure from the transmitters increases the risk of cancer. Likewise, long-term animal studies have not established an increased risk of cancer from exposure to RF fields, even at levels that are much higher than produced by base stations and wireless networks" Yet here (http://www.who.int/docstore/peh-emf/publications/facts_press/EMF-Precaution.htm) it advocates a "Precautionary Approach" for everything from "power lines, household electrical wiring, appliances and motor driven instruments, computer screens, telecommunications and broadcast facilities, mobile telephones and their base stations." fwiw
World Health Organization. Un-freakin-believable...
http://www.ncpz.com/PDF/Section%209%2012%20-%20Cell%20Tower%20Regulations%20(pdf).pdf Read it while you can. Being that it proves people wrong, it'll probably be deleted by the morning...
Now would I want one near my house? Of course not. Not because of the possible health effects but for the same reason I don't want any other 150ft monster screaming upward into the sky around my house. So I see why people would be opposed, I just see no justification anywhere other than anecdotal references to state its a health issue and raise a panic. If you want absolutes, then look further into the WHO reference I posted above; ******************* Conclusions Considering the very low exposure levels and research results collected to date, there is no convincing scientific evidence that the weak RF signals from base stations and wireless networks cause adverse health effects. ******************
http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/OtherCarcinogens/AtHome/cellular-phone-towers
Here's my e-mail before they delete this account too massarojohn@hotmail.com Or look me up on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/#!/john.massaro Feel free to chat me up whenever you feel. Again, I really appreciate your stance but I'm not going to bother with this site anymore if my posts are misconstrued as "offensive" simply because they don't agree with my opinions.
Topic should stay up, as decision hasn't been voted on yet by the school board and there's still time for affected residents to have their voices heard.
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