I just got notice that AT&T is proposing a cell tower for Beaver Bay, right along the shoreline. This is in the same migration path as the tower proposed for my neighborhood. They also have the one proposed for the shore down in the Riverside neighborhood (which may be on a council agenda as early as April 12.) Now really folks, do we want a line of towers along the lakeshore just like the unsightly line of towers down I-35 to the cities? The tower will be proposed at a Lake County planning commission meeting on April 19 at 6:30pm at the Silver Bay Service Center, 99 Edison Blvd, Silver Bay, MN 55614. They will accept written comments at the Planning and Zoning office until April 15th, 2010. The address is: Lake County Planning and Zoning, 601 Third Avenue, Lake County Courthouse, Two Harbors MN 55616.
If you've read my blog, you know that these towers are being proposed in a very unique migration path. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife has spoken out in opposition to the one proposed for my neighborhood. Because they are under 199 feet, USFWS has no control over them, but in this type of migration path it is believed that they may cause significant kills.
Write a letter or go to the meetings. We need support to oppose both of these proposals before they are approved. Ask Lake County to require AT&T PROVE, by paying for a third party evaluation of their proposal, that they must have this tower at this site and at this height!
AT&T should be told to co-locate on another tower at the Riverside site, there is another tower within 1 mile which was approved with the understanding that they would allow co-location.
AT&T advertises good coverage on their coverage maps but comes to planning boards saying they have poor or no coverage, why do we allow them to lie to us?
Read my blog posts below for more information about the migration area and about these towers.
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