HomeMy WebLinkAboutOB 2 SIX STAR CABLE 04-20-81DATE:
APRIg 15, 1981
OlD BUSINESS
4-20-81
TO:
FROth
SUBJECT:
DAN BIANq<~NSHtP, CITY ADMINISTRATOR
BOB LEDENDECk~R, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC W~RKS/CITY ENGINEER
SIX STD~R-NIELSON CABLEVISION
Attad~ed is a copy of letter of request from Six Star-Nielson Cablevision for the
City Council to reconsider ~heir application of City property for the following:
1. One fifty foot high communications tower
2. Three satellite signal receiving ~ntennas
3. One small electronic equipma_nt building
Their ~i~n-~ .
or~,~l.,=~ aoplicatlon ~ntafned a recuest for a one hundred foot high
cca~unications to'~er in lie's of a fifty foot high tower.
The atta~.ed letter refesences five (5) potential sites ~f assessor's parcel map
n~bers. Maps with these assessor parcel numbers are attained for your reference.
Parcel 401-i31-10 has recently been developed as a parking lot and would not be
suitable fc~ an insta!!at[~n as requested.
In ti%e e';~nt one of the le~'.ested sites is acceptable in concept to the City, then
this r_~c~zes~~,,~_ bep .... .... ~=_~--~ as a use permit through, the Tustin Planning Acen~f,~
therezoue,-~..- .~e_=~ ...... ~=~_ acszcn ~;-'= approval or disapproval by the Council can be_ ==ken
at this tire. If it is ts. 5 is~ncil's desire to proceed with ~is recjuest then staff
sho~td 'ce ~lre~-~ei to prxe£s ~ne required use permit applicat[on.
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Attad~raent
cc: Mary Wynn ~''~'
CommunityDev. Dept.
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April 13, 1981
Mr. Dan Blankenship
City Administrator
City of Tustin
300 Centennial
Tustin, California
92680
Dear Mr. Blankenship:
In response to our recent discussion ~'ith you and with the City
Attorney's office, Six Star Cablevision of Tustin, Inc. wishes
to re-apply to the City Council for permission to use City
property located on Bene%a Way for the installation of a 50 feet
high communications ~ower, three (3) satellite signal receiving
antennas, and a small electronic equipment building. We have
also surveyed City owned sites nearby for consideration by the
Cizy Cocncil .
Six Star is applying for one of these publicly owned properties
because off-air, microwave, and satellite received signals are
available at these sizes with a minimum of distortion. This
diversiry of video programming, which we have undertaken to
prova.~:e under our cnl~,!e television franchise with the City of
~f~szin. ~¥ili be available and of bene[it to all the citizens of
Tu~r~r AdC~ticn~i_y, funds from the lease of the property and
the si~e imTrz, vemenr value tax will be of direct benefit to the
en~/re corx~xlzS-. ~ix Star requests an opportunity to address
the Ci?y Council on Al}ril 20, 1951 to more fully explain our
proposal.
As an exan~p!e of Six Star's desire to enhance %he aethetic
appearance of our facility in Tustin, our engineering department
has designed towers that would b~ visually compatible in color
and design with the sixty-seven (67) feet high light standards
now existin~ at Columbus Tustin Intermediate School and the
thirty (30) and foray-five (45) feet high light poles adjacent
to and across the street from the Beneta Way Tustin Waterworks
pump station. We are a~reeable ~o working with City Staff to
develop landscape screening to minimize or eliminate any object-
]onable features of our site plan. A site plan and a micro%'ove
signal path chart are attached.
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Six Star proposes that the City Council grant permission for Six
Star Cablevision of Tustin, Inc. to use one (1) of the following
sites as an antenna/tower location:
1. Beneta Way - Lot #1 (Assessors map 401-242-6)
2. Prospect Avenue - Columbus Tustin Park (Assessors
map 401-131-10)
3. Beneta Way Tustin Waterworks (Assessors map 401-
242-5)
4. Prospect Avenue - Columbus Tustin Park (Assessors
map 401-131-12)
5. Prospect Avenue - Columbus Tustin Park (Assessors
map 401-131-!4)
Within the areas surrounding the sites surveyed, we have found
one and two story homes, two story commercial buildings, one
and two story school buildings, sixty seven (67) and thirty (30)
feet high light poles, thirty (30) feet high amateur radio
antennas mounted on one story homes, and forty-five (45) feet
high utility poles.
~¥e feel that locatin~ our facility in a public and institutional
zoned area would not adversely affect the surrounding community,
particularly with the ~se of landscape screening, to obscure the
main %c~ver and antenna structures. Our company believes it is
critic~ily importan~ t'or the efficient operation of the Tustin
Cable system, in terms of both current and future communication
needs to be centrally located to our service areas where only
minzmai com~uniczt?2:~ inserference will be experie,~ced.
Tuslir, l~.~.nd [cr d.~d2~a~;ion to such minimal use as .'.'~ signal re-
cep~2~)n sire !~ ersremely scarce to non-existant due to the high
com~ercia! anl re£~,~n~ial densities.
We ho~e that zbe City Council would be sensitive re', the unique
and u¥i!$ty nazure of our activity and grant a favorable
decision zo cur company in u~ilizing one of the requested City
properties.
Respectfully Submitted,
SIX SFAR CABL~23~-S44kN OF .~STI~.,, INC.
Robert R. Patty
Area Manager
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