COUNCIL CALLS UP CELL-PHONE PLAN.Byline: Paul O'Donoghue Staff Writer For the fourth time in as many months, the City Council is scheduled tonight to consider a request by Air Touch Cellular for permission to build a relay station on a Moorpark hillside Hillside may refer to: Places
The six-acre project would include three clusters of 6-foot-high antennas - each bearing panels 18 inches wide and 5 feet long - along with a 320-square-foot equipment building, a 77-square-foot service yard and a 4-foot-diameter microwave dish. The Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle previously approved the project but the council decided in April that it wanted more information from the company and city staff before making its decision. ``By providing that facility, it would provide much better service to our customers,'' said Air Touch spokesman Andrew Colley. ``It is an area of weak coverage; that is why we need the site.'' In letters to the city, nearby property owners objected to the proposed facility, concerned the antennas would devalue property or could pose health risks, but others supported the plan, saying it would provide needed communication. Resident Ronald White attached two letters from real estate specialists saying the project would devalue his property. ``A good percentage of the population still considers any transmitting transmitting, v to send and receive information, signals, and so on; allows a therapist to perceive a client's physical, emotional, and spiritual states. or receiving devices a health hazard health hazard Occupational safety Any agent or activity posing a potential hazard to health. Cf Physical hazard. . Although many articles have been published on this subject, there continues to be an adverse effect on the sale and marketability Marketability A negotiable security is said to have good marketability if there is an active secondary market in which it can easily be resold. marketability The ease with which an investment may be bought and sold in the secondary market. of areas involved,'' wrote Phill Dunn, assistant manager of Coldwell Banker, Westlake Village. Resident Cliff May was concerned about potential health problems, and attached information culled from the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the on the supposed dangers. ``After doing this research, we need to state that we have some serious concerns regarding the cellular microwave site being located adjacent to our property,'' wrote May. But Charles ``Chuck'' Bradley, a Northridge resident whose daughter and her family live in Moorpark, said he supports the plan, which he hopes will improve communication. He said even though his grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. know how to use cell phones in case of emergency, he worries that without the antennas the calls would not reach him. ``It's a safety issue,'' he said. During its 6:30 p.m. meeting at City Hall, the council also is slated to discuss: A possible site for a new fire station in the Campus Park area. Approving various agreements to combine the city's cable television franchises into one controlled by Adelphia Communications Corp. A request by Moorpark Packer packer /pack·er/ (pak´er) an instrument for introducing a dressing into a cavity or a wound. pack·er n. 1. An instrument for tamponing. 2. See plugger. Football to install floodlights for winter practice at Arroyo Vista Community Park. |
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