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Home My WebLink AboutSPEAKER FORMS 11-19-01 CITY OF TUSTIN SPEAKER'S FORM CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL OR REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM AND SUBMIT ..TO THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO SPEAKING. COMPLETION OF THIS FORM IS NOT MANDATORY, BUT IS REQUESTED SO THAT SPEAKERS' NAMES .CAN BE ACCURATELY SET FORTH IN THE MINUTES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. · PLEASE PRINT: City: ~ Telephone Number:- Regarding Subject or Agenda Ite~n No. Are you speaking in favor ///' or in opposition Name of company or group y,ou,are representing (~f applicable): Date of City Council/Redevelopment Meeting: 11- -0 1 to this matter? CITY OF TUSTIN SPEAKER'S FORM CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO THE' CITY COUNCIL OR REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM AND SUBMIT .To THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO SPEAKING. COMPLETION OF THIS FORM IS NOT MANDATORY, BUT IS REQUESTED SO THAT SPEAKERS' NAMES .CAN BE ACCURATELY SET FORTH IN THE MINUTES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. PLEASE PRINT: Name:' L~'~..%//'~' City: Telephone Number: Regarding Subject or Agenda Item No. Are you speaking in favor or in opposition Name of company or group you are representing (if applicable): Date of City Council/Redevelopment Meeting: /'~/O~ [ ~/, ~,.DO I to this matter?. FROM ' FAX NO. ' App. 03 20010?:iOPM Pi wireless .. 15505 SAND CANYON AVENUE, IF. VINE, CA 9261g FACSIMILE TRaNSmiTTAl- S~EET F&~( '!'0'1'.~.[. NO. O1: PAGES [NCLtSDING COVEg.: ~. PHONE SEN'DI:,P,'$ Fa, X: N'UMBESL, IKE: U&GENT I-~ FOA REv[f.~' ["1 I'LEASgCOMIvtEN'[' [] F'L£~ERF. P[.¥ I.] i'L.t..AsF. REC:YCLI.: This [¢l¢c. op? ct'ansm[~{on cocu'.-~;ru; veri7.on v,.~rle, ss conEd,'.cu:i.~l and / or l,"g.~l l,rivile.'.;cd infm'm~tio~ inee. t~dcd o~ly' for d~¢. addressee(s) it' you a~: disclose, copy, dis~db.ce, or rak.e -~.ny ~ioa in r¢li.~ncc notify u'; I:,), telephone immediatety co an'ang¢ for tlteh' rett.tn~ co us al. n,'., ,.',.,~t ro you NOU-19-2001 18:09 97~ P.O1 FROM ' FAX NO. : Apr. 03 20010?:llPM P2 verl rlwireless VIAFAC$tMILE: (714) 832-6382 Members of the City Council City of Tustin 300 Centennial Way Tusfin, CA 92780 November 19, 2001 Verizon Wireless 15505 Sand Canyon Avenue Irvine, CA 92618-3114 Re: W'~reless Communications Ordinm~e; City Council Moeti, e Scheduled for N. ovembe_ r .19.200! Verizon W'n-eless is a telephone corporation providing telecommunicat/ons services to thc general public and to emerg~cy personnel. Cellular telephones are a consumer driven technology. We respond to the expanding demands of our customers, your constituents, for wireless telephone service. We look forward to working with you to moot the demand for service and fhl611 our public safety mandates incluSing 911 service. We recognize and appreciate the hard work of ~ff on the dmI[ ordinatr~. At thi.~ stage, we are generally supportive of the draft ordinanze with the excepfon ofundergrounding requirements. Undergro~g in many instances is a bad solution for both thc carrier and the city. Urgiergrounding causes adverse knpazts to tr~e, street degradation, and other operating un]ities. Typically' aesthetics drives the need for undergrotmdi~. There is mm~inal aesthetic bene~ for a ~o~cant downside. Thc aesthetic behest is marginal because there will still be above ground equ/pment for metexing ventilation and in some cases, access. A Myers meter (19 cubic fe~t) would still be required. We would argue that the above ground cubic foot savings would be less than 15 cubic feet. There are m/Ogation measures such as landscaping that blends the cabinet with tl~ surro~ area. In parts of Los Angeles, a local artist was given a stipend to paint a scene on the cabinet. In some zoning districts, such as Industrial, there is not a compan'hility issues with above ground c-quipmcnt. The below ground i ,~vacts to underground arc significant. We would place a 35 cubic foot cabinet ina Contxolled Equipment Vault (CEV) thgt would me, asurel0' by 8"by $'. The city compronlises its ab~ to place othex substru~e such as water, sewer, fiber optic infrastructure. Them is a danger that pipes, conduit and wiring would be adversely impacted. Further, thc construction of a -~matt would be more disruptive as it re, quires a backhoe and closure of tra~c lanes during consmu:tion and potentially mainteo~nec. There are also street degradation issues with undergroun~g. Construction of a cabinet is far less ;m?cting as it is usually accomplished NOU-i9-208i ~8:~0 P.02 ~UFI ; PN~ NU. : ~pr. 03 2001 07:llPM P~ Members o£the CiTy Council City of Tustin November 19, 2001 Page 2 by hand digging. There are significant financial costs to underground. We would hope that the city would work with us to provide service in an ei~icient manner. Mandating undergrounding without consideration of technological, economic, and logistical t~etors is an unreasonable burden for the carrier. There is also a cost to the city. The c~ty is charged with managing its public rights-of-way, undergrounding wireless cabinets poses impacts with street degradation, trai~e, and operating of other utilities. It is our position that provisions mandating undergrounding o£ facilities unless the carrier' can demonstrate that undergrounding is not technologically feasible needs to be moderated to take into account economic and logistical factors. The standard should not simply be technological. This would require changes to the language proposed in Section 5 (j), Section 7.2(a)(1) and Section 7.1(c). We propose that the language be revised to include "economic and logistical factors." We did discuss this provision with staff and staff ~adieated that the current implementation of undergrounding does take into account economic and logistical factors a~s well as the surrounding area. If this is so, we simply ask that the language of the ordinance reflect that policy. I may be reached at (949) 286-8768 if you have any questions. I look forward to working with you. Very truly yours, Leslie Daigle For Verizon Wireless NOU-lg-2001 lB:lO g?% P.03