ISLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
- MINUTES OF MEETING
REGULAR SESSSION
- DECEMBER 13, 1999
The
Board of Island County Commissioners (including Diking Improvement District #4)
met in Regular Session on December 13, 1999,
beginning at 9:30 a.m., in the Island County Courthouse Annex,
Hearing Room, Coupeville, Wa., with
Mike Shelton, Chairman, Wm. L. McDowell, Member, and Wm. F. Thorn,
Member, present.
The
following vouchers/warrants were approved for payment by unanimous motion of
the Board: Voucher (War.) # 64248 - 64619
…… $ 626,519.45.
Barbara
Oleson, Auditor’s Office 15 years
Tim
McDonald, Health Services Director
Interlocal
Agreement-DSHS and Island County –
Work
First-Children with Special Needs
By unanimous motion, subject agreement having been reviewed by the Board with staff at a recent staff session, the Board approved an Interlocal Agreement with the State Department of Social & Health Services Administration and Island County, Work First-Children with Special Needs, Fee for Service.
Resolution #C-164-99 Establishing Salaries for
Non-Bargaining Unit Employees (Excluding Elected Officials) for 2000
The Board, on
unanimous motion, approved Resolution
#C-16499 Establishing Salaries for Non-Bargaining Unit Employees (Excluding
Elected Officials) for the year 2000.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES OF MEETINGS
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IN
THE MATTER OF ESTABLISHING |
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SALARIES
FOR NON-BARGAINING UNIT |
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RESOLUTION C- 164-99 |
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EMPLOYEES
(EXCLUDING ELECTED |
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OFFICIALS)
FOR 2000 |
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WHEREAS,
the Board of Island County Commissioners finds that it is in the public
interest to make provisions for the 2000 salaries for department heads and all
non-bargaining unit employees (excluding Elected Officials) within the
following Island County Funds, to wit:
Current Expense, Public Works, Road, Public
Health Pooling, Insurance Reserve,
Solid Waste and Law & Justice.
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to maintain
morale and compensation equity among county employees both represented and
non-represented; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE
IT RESOLVED, that the above listed shall be granted
a cost of living adjustment equal to 2.75% of base salaries effective January
1, 2000; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
department heads and all other non-bargaining unit employees (excluding Elected
Officials) may be granted additional compensation adjustments during calendar
year 2000, if approved by the Board of County Commissioners.
ADOPTED this 13th day of December, 1999.
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Board of County Commissioners |
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Island
County Washington |
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Mike Shelton, Chairman |
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Wm. L. McDowell, Member William F. Thorn, Member |
ATTEST: Margaret Rosenkranz,
Clerk of the Board BICC 99-692
RESCHEDULE
PUBLIC HEARING TIME TO EVENING OF JANUARY 10, 2000
ORDINANCE
#C-151-99 [PLG-049-99] AND ORDINANCE #C-152-99 [PLG-050-99]
Larry Kwarsick, Public Works and Community Development
Director, advised the Board that in community meetings held with the agricultural community about
58 individuals have actually been
attending those community meetings and by and large requested that the hearings
now scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on January 10th be rescheduled for the
evening to allow those folks to attend.
During community meetings these individuals expressed good stewardship, care and concern they have for critical areas and Mr. Kwarsick
felt it was quite important to give them an opportunity to provide testimony to their standard practices and involvement with Natural
Resource Conservation Agency and
also the WSU Extension Office.
By unanimous motion, the Board rescheduled Ordinance
#C-151-99 (PLG-049-99) Amending
Chapter 17.02. ICC to comply with the Order of the Western
Washington Growth Management Hearings Board relating to certain provisions of the
County’s Critical Area Regulations relating to Existing and On-Going Agricultural Activities [Exhibit A
17.02.107 Critical Areas; Exhibit B
Agricultural BMPs; and Exhibit
C Findings and Legislative Intent ];
and #C-152-99, (PLG-050-99) Amending
Chapter 17.02.ICC to comply with the Order of the Western Washington Growth
Management Hearings Board relating to the Critical Areas Exemption For Existing
And On-Going Agriculture [Exhibit A 17.02.107
Critical Areas], originally on November 22, 1999 having scheduled the
hearing for January 10, 2000 at 1:30
p.m., now rescheduled to January 10, 2000 at 7:00 p.m.
HEARING SCHEDULED: RESOLUTION #C-162-99 IN THE MATTER OF DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
APPROPRIATION IN THE 1999 CURRENT
EXPENSE FUND, ER&R FUND, PUBLIC WORKS
FUND, SOLID WASTE FUND, GUARDIAN AD LITEM FUND, ANTI-PROFITEERING FUND BUDGETS
As
presented by the Budget Director, the Board by unanimous motion scheduled a public hearing on Resolution
#C-162-99, in the matter of an emergency appropriation for the 1999 Current
Expense Fund, ER&R Fund, Public Works Fund, Solid Waste Fund, Guardian Ad
Litem Fund and Anti-profiteering fund budgets, for December 27 at 1:50 p.m.
HEARING SCHEDULED: RESOLUTION #C-163-99 IN THE MATTER OF A
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION TO THE 1999 CURRENT EXPENSE
FUND, SOLID WASTE FUND,
PUBLIC HEALTH POOLING FUND AND
DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES FUND
As
presented by the Budget Director, the Board by unanimous motion scheduled a
public hearing on Resolution #C-163-99, in the matter of a supplemental appropriation for 1999 Current Expense Fund, Solid Waste Fund, Public Health
Pooling Fund and Developmental Disabilities Fund budgets, for December 27 at
1:50 p.m.
Resolution #C-155-99 Authorizing ENTERING Into
Interlocal Agreement With South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District
AND APPROVAL OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
The
Board considered proposed Resolution #C-155-99 Authorizing Island County To
Enter Into A Interlocal Agreement With South Whidbey Parks and Recreation
District For Purchase of Recreational Property and Interlocal Agreement Between South Whidbey Parks and Recreation
District and Island County On presentation of the Resolution, Lee McFarland,
Assistant Director, GSA, confirmed that the Board needed to make a correction
on Page 2 under item #1 second
paragraph the date needs to be corrected from December 10 to December 16. There District has withdrawn proposed
addendums to the Agreement, and the Agreement is now ready to be approved and
signed.
By
unanimous motion, the Board approved Resolution #C-155-99 authorizing Island
County to enter into an Interlocal
Agreement with South Whidbey Parks and
Recreation District For Purchase of Recreational Property. By subsequent
unanimous motion of the Board, the Interlocal Park Purchase Agreement was Risk
Management Contract #RM-PARKS-99-0094 with modification on Page Two, the
second paragraph numbered one, entitled
County Contribution, the date of December 10 is changed to December 16; and on
Page One, the fifth Whereas paragraph to have the Resolution Number C-155-99
filled in; and in the sixth Whereas paragraph, the District’s resolution number
of #99-12-001 to be filled in. [Interlocal Agreement placed on file with
the Clerk of the Board]
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON
In The
Matter of Entering Into An Interlocal
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Agreement Between The
South Whidbey Parks )
Resolution No: C- 155-99
and
Recreation District and Island County to
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Purchase
Property for Recreational Purposes
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WHEREAS, the preservation of open
space is consistent with the Island County Comprehensive Plan and is of benefit
to the residents of Island County; and
WHEREAS, the County
has agreed to provide REET 1 funding to aid in the purchase of a forty acre
parcel to the north of the South Whidbey Park and Recreation District Property;
and
WHEREAS, the County’s Cedars Trail,
when constructed, will pass through the easterly portion of this property; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the
Board of County Commissioners that the County’s TRAIL fund reimburse the REET 1
fund for the appraised value of the right-of-way corridor necessary for construction of the Cedars
Trail; and
WHEREAS, the TRAIL fund will become
available for reimbursement upon execution of the Cedars Trail prospectus by Island
County and the Federal Funding Agency; and
WHEREAS, the District has agreed they are
responsible for the operation and maintenance of the property, except the 30’
wide Cedar’s Trail corridor once constructed, following purchase: NOW THEREFORE
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, by the Board of County
Commissioners of Island County, Washington, that Island County is authorized to
enter into an Inter-Local Agreement with the South Whidbey Parks and Recreation
District for the purpose of purchasing property for recreational purposes.
Adopted
this 13th day of December 1999.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mike Shelton, Chairman
Wm.
L. McDowell, Member William F. Thorn, Member
ATTEST:
Margaret Rosenkranz,
Clerk of the Board BICC 99-695
Supplemental
Agreement No. 3 – Consultant Agreement
PW-982023,
Reid Middleton, Inc.
On
presentation and explanation by Mr. Kwarsick, the Board by unanimous motion
approved
Supplemental
Agreement No. 3 to existing Consultant Agreement PW-982023, with Reid
Middleton, Inc., involving Possession Road, Ferry Dock Road and Edgecliff Drive
projects,
increasing
agreement by $15,310 for additional
work, for a total of $177,152. The additional work came as a result additional
geotechnical investigations and construction administration costs and reports
dealing primarily with Possession Road repair and the need to modify the original
plans for stabilizing that roadway.
CORRECTION OF
ORDINANCE #C-148-99 INCREASING THE
TAXING DISTRICT’S PRIOR YEAR’S LEVY AMOUNT
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
As
requested and presented by Margaret Rosenkranz, Budget Director, the Board by
unanimous motion corrected action approving the Ordinance on December 6, 1999
by correcting in the Be It Ordained paragraph the correct numbers: “…levy is $177,707, a percentage increase of
1.42 percent (1.42%) from the previous year.”.
HEARING
HELD: Ordinance #C-153-99, PLG-052-99,
Amending Chapter 16.26 ICC Relating to Approval Criteria for Type IV Decisions
A
Public Hearing was held beginning at 10:45 a.m., as scheduled and advertised,
for the purpose of considering proposed
Ordinance #C-153-99 (PLG-052-99), Amending Chapter 16.26 ICC Relating to
Approval Criteria for Type IV Decisions.
Exhibit A contains the proposed language to 16.26 ICC, and Exhibit B are
Findings and Legislative Intent. [introduced on November 23, 1999 and set for
hearing this date and time, GMA doc. #_______]
Attendance:
Public: None
Staff: Phil Bakke, Island County Planning Director
Mr.
Bakke described the proposal for the
purpose of adding requirements
as follows:
16.26. 060 Annual
Review Procedures
E.
These
Findings shall identify as applicable the following:
1.
The local
circumstances if any, that have been relied on in
reaching a
decision on the proposed amendment; and
2.
How the
planning goals of the GMA have been balanced
in the
decision on the proposed amendment.
Public Input:
none
Board Deliberation and
Action:
Commissioner
Thorn was concerned that both #1 and #2 seemed to offer potential
significant opportunity for abuse.
He was not opposed to the
language but did feel this was an area where
very subjective in how someone responds to each of these, and was
concerned about implementation, but agreed
to go along with it to see how it works.
Commissioner
McDowell believed this implemented GMA and he saw nothing counter productive to
GMA and therefore agreed with the proposal.
Commissioner
Thorn moved approval of Ordinance
#C-153-99 (PLG-052-99) in the matter of amending Chapter 16.26 ICC
relating to approval criteria for Type IV decisions. Motion, seconded by
Commissioner McDowell, carried unanimously.
[GMA doc. #_______]
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
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IN THE MATTER
OF AMENDING CHAPTER 16.26 ICC RELATING TO APPROVAL CRITERIA FOR TYPE IV
DECISIONS |
) ) ORDINANCE C-153-99 ) PLG-052-99 ) |
WHEREAS, the need to balance GMA goals and consider local
circumstances are both requirements of the GMA and implicit in all Type IV
decisions; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to formally codify these requirements; NOW, THEREFORE,
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED that the Board of Island County
Commissioners hereby adopts the amendment to Chapter 16.26 ICC attached hereto
as Exhibit A and the Findings and Legislative Intent attached hereto as Exhibit
B. Material stricken through is deleted
and material underlined is added.
Reviewed this 23rd
day of November, 1999 and set for public hearing at 10:45 a.m. on the 13th
day of December, 1999.
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF
ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mike
Shelton, Chairman
Wm.
L. McDowell, Member
William
F. Thorn, Member
ATTEST:
Margaret
Rosenkranz
Clerk of the
Board
BICC 99-662
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th
day of December, 1999.
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF
ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mike
Shelton, Chairman
Wm.
L. McDowell, Member
William
F. Thorn, Member
ATTEST:
Margaret
Rosenkranz
Clerk of the
Board
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
David L.
Jamieson, Jr.
Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney
& Island
County Code Reviser [Exhibits on file with the Clerk of the
Board]
HEARING
HELD: Ordinance C-118-99, PLG-001-99
Amending Chapter 17.03 Island County Code Regarding Communication Towers
A
Public Hearing was held beginning at 1:30 p.m., on Ordinance C-118-99,
PLG-001-99 Amending Chapter 17.03 Island County Code Regarding Communication
Towers having been continued from the December
6, 1999 Public Hearing held on Camano Island.
Attendance:
Public: 1 [Attendance
Sheet GMA doc. #_____]
Press: Whidbey News Times; Coupeville Examiner
Staff: Phil Bakke
Chairman
Shelton understood that based on
public comment received at the
hearing on Camano Island, the Board
did not intend to act on the
Ordinance today, the Board’s desire was to
incorporate some of the public comments heard on Camano Island into a
new proposed ordinance. He had expected to hear further public comments
today, but noted only one in the audience.
Intent would be after today’s hearing to direct the Planning Director to
incorporate public comments and bring another proposal to the Board at staff
session for discussion and that this hearing be continued.
That
was the general understanding of Commissioners McDowell and Thorn.
Commissioner
Thorn had considerable comment on the current draft, based on several suggestions from folks as well as
his own thoughts:
·
A
wildlife expert on Camano Island talked to him about the triangular metal objects between power poles [refer to SR20 heading in toward
Anacortes] there to stabilize the line but also whistle, and has been
extremely effective in the Skagit Flats with regard to power lines. Inclusion of those on cell towers would help
alleviate some of the concerns about
cell towers being potential impact sites for wildlife.
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Cell tower companies should be obligated to use
the latest technology i.e. wrap around
panels; power pole swap out that reduce the scope of aesthetic impact of
towers.
·
The County
should look long and hard whether
to permit at all guide or lattice
type cell towers or restrict any tower to monopole type tower.
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Site characteristics should be one of the primary
controlling siting features: size of
the site; numbers and character of trees on the property, etc. as a beginning
point.
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Elsewhere conservation easements being granted with
regard to the site and surrounding
trees, etc. and that would be something for the County to consider.
·
The
Planning Commission in Findings and Conclusions August 10, 1999, page 1
states “It has been represented to the
Commission that wireless technology has improved making it feasible to locate
small non-intrusive antenna arrays on existing structures and on the top of
power poles” and the County needs to characterize what non-intrusive means.
·
Paragraph
L-8 (a) (iii) which states “… encourage
and facilitate co-location of antennas…” is far too weak a statement;
co-locating on an existing tower should be the preferred method for this
County.
·
Reading the
definition of wireless communication antenna arrays, Paragraph L-8 ( c) (i)
would allow a 20’ high panel [like a
2-story house on top of one of these towers] and did not believe that is what
the Board intended.
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Make it
more reasonable for the cell tower companies to locate with highest and best
technology in the least obtrusive manner.
The County should characterize
what a Type I decision can be used for.
Things that act in the public
interest concerning aesthetics of
these towers would be rewarded by a bit easier
process.
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Whips and dishes should have some kind of
specification for maximum size.
·
In Section
L-8 ( c ) iii the statement is made that monopole facilities in the Rural Residential Zone shall be
reviewed as a Type III decision pursuant to Section 16.19 ICC; that should be
prohibited; an alternate might be to consider allowing a tower to the
prevailing maximum building height and restricted
to whip type, pole change out or small dish type.
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Notice
should be required to all within a
certain number of feet, i.e. 1,000 feet, when an application is received. This should fall in the category of having a
community meeting. before application is made
[type II or greater]. There
should be a requirement to stay one pole height away from any residential
structure.
·
Paragraph
L-8 (g) screening, states “… trees may
be existing mature trees or newly planted regionally native evergreens not less
than 5’ in height” that height is not
enough. when you take into consideration the height of a pole in the middle of
5’ trees. Section (h) would be
affected by the comment about either prohibiting in the Rural Residential zone
or consider maximum building height installation of the least obtrusive
type.
·
Paragraph
M, lights and signals, “…confined to
the property boundaries of the sight source” should say “light source”. Paragraph O (6) “…authorization or utilize
it” the or should be “to”.
·
Design
standards set forth in the San Juan County ordinance would be a good beginning point for fleshing out
Island County’s design standards.
Design standards should look at color and appearance.
·
Testing and
monitoring protocol in the San Juan ordinance establishes a base line of
radiation emissions this County should consider, and establishing a base line will allow a way to assess what the changes are over time.
·
Review application requirements outlined in the San Juan County ordinance.
·
Although Paragraph P requires towers to be moved if
abandoned or discontinued, there is
nothing about site restoration which should be included.
Alex
G. Perlman, Washington
Attorney from a Municipal Council and Planning Agency council for the City of
Des Moines, several years’ ago and currently Project Manager, Whalen & Company, Inc. Bellevue, Wa. In this case, the Company’s client is GTE Wireless, but the
company represents all sorts of wireless carriers throughout the western United
States. He commented on the ever emerging technology, smaller and
smaller antenna panels and configuration options as a response from industry to
public concern about aesthetics and making a unified attempt to make these less
and less obtrusive. Giving a
co-location preference by some shorter
public process he thought would be a definite incentive to the wireless
carriers in general and to the extent the County can differentiate in its
process between that new monople in a residential zone versus
encouraging co-location, whether attachment to existing structure or
modification of an existing structure,
those types of add-ons become a
streamlined way for a carrier to come through public process, be more
acceptable in the community and not create visual impact.
He passed around a photograph of a
GTE facility in an urban setting, a representation of an extended light pole
replacement in a commercial plaza. The
existing poles were about 35’, extended to 90’ allowed in that zone, and the
panels almost flush-mounted. The pole
is brown in color. He mentioned a
facility at the Washington State Department of Transportation Park & Ride at Newcastle on I-405 where the pole blends in with the hillside
and evergreen trees behind the Park & Ride. This was a site-specific design to address everyone’s concerns.
As far as emission standards he
encouraged the County stay on top of that; there are FCC reporting requirements
that carriers have to comply with, and he thought there was no
reason as each additional carrier came on to the
pole to report their continued compliance. The federal safety
standard is based on all emissions from a particular location. It would not, in
his opinion, be unreasonable to
require documentation of on going
compliance at some interval. Each carrier as it brings a new station on line
has to create a file and get a FCC certificate of compliance prior to having
the station certified to be on the air,
which requires the existing carrier’s
designs, output, type of panel antennas or whips and emissions
information. Last carrier on always
gives an updated report and responsible for any interference created by their
station. Choice of types of equipment
are driven by factors such as the
frequency range each operator is operating in because the length of
antenna is a ratio to the wave length; it is not a “one size fits all”. Most of the carriers using panel antennas are using a three-panel array, but
in the second generation wireless build out what they are seeing is a four
sector array.
Chairman
Shelton thought that at some point in time Island County would have
sufficient enough locations to provide
good coverage throughout the county and wondered about the legality at
that point for the County to not
authorize any new cell tower sites. He
asked if there was a way such that if a
cell carrier proposes to site a
tower in Island County for cell coverage to service another county that Island
County would have the ability to not
authorize any new cell tower locations.
Mr.
Perlman believed that as a practical matter it would be problematic; the FCC is
licensing more and more spectrum at different frequency bans and each of those
frequency bans as they go higher in the frequency bans, require that the power outputs be lower for
emission standards and because of the lower output powers there are smaller and
smaller transmission diameters. Each
licensee is required to provide coverage throughout their license area and
he thought each federal license has its
own right to provide service.
As
an example of concern expressed to Commissioner Thorn from folks on Camano
Island, a
new
tower to go in on the top of Lands Hill coming on Camano Island in a fairly
remote location as far as the bulk of Camano Island is concerned, looks out
across Snohomish County toward I-5 and perception is the tower is actually
going to serve that community and has little or nothing to do with Camano
Island or Island County.
Mr.
Perlman acknowledged that at the end of the day ultimately the citizens will have to say whether they want this kind of service; the market price
will shake that out. Taking advantage of where a company can achieve
coverage from is a concern more based not on where necessarily the greatest
number of users are but how the best coverage objective can be obtained. How it can be of benefit for example is that
most counties have cooperative fire and police response. He has not
had any experience using audible devices on towers other than FCC lighting. Typically, flight paths of migratory fowl
are critical for guide facilities so having some restriction for a known
fly-through area discouraging a guide type facility would make a lot of
sense. On the other hand he has
seen poles or add-ons in the urban
areas with nesting platforms added to a
monople [example, City of Renton on the
south side of the Kennydale Hill; three platforms with two active nests].
The
ordinance he was most familiar with
was King County which allows a
co-location increase of 40’ and does not differentiate between a utility pole
swap out and an additional to an existing monopole structure. There are restrictions, however: radio frequency justification for the
additional height; if more than 20’ over requires a community meeting as a
pre-application. Pre-application
community meetings are a valuable tool for wireless carriers.
Commissioner
McDowell agreed with the concept that the County should try to encourage
co-location, and he suggested the way to do that was with a “carrot” i.e. Type I decision, such as a building
permit, and perhaps even consider reducing the cost of the building
permit. He did not think anything would
be non-intrusive and the words used
should be “less intrusive”. He thought
too that everyone must keep in mind that cell phones are being used by the
public and the way to get good coverage
is more antennas. Technology on the
market should carry the day and the market is what keeps the price coming down
and makes that safety feature [use of cell phones] available to more
people. He thought the County should be
encouraging the antenna method which are less intrusive and should do that with the “carrot” approach.
Chairman
Shelton observed the examples of
technology available such as shown in the photograph. It was his opinion that in
special designated areas such as
Ebey’s Landing Historic
Reserve that that type technology
should be required rather than a cell tower.
Commissioner Thorn agreed with that, or if not, then prohibited in that area, including heritage
lands as well.
Chairman
Shelton was not trying to deny
coverage, but thought there were places
where the County should stipulate the type of technology to be
used. One of the conditions, for
example, of site plan approval could be that the applicant agree not to resist
co-location by other carriers.
Commissioner
Thorn noted that a related point came up on Camano about tower density for a
given site and he thought that at some
point there is enough and anything future must
utilize technology i.e. co-location.
Mr.
Bakke pointed out that Phil one of the things included in the proposal that he
thought could be made clearer and
strengthened was the provision on page 8 for co-location, to provide for
example: if there is a tower at Lands
Hill, that before a second carrier can come in with an application across the
street they must first go to the tower approved under the code and put their
facility on their tower.
Commissioner
Thorn asked verification dealing with
ground equipment that most of that now can be vaulted underground.
Mr.
Perlman indicated that was a carrier-specific frequency-specific
situation. Being able to vault
equipment is determined on what size of
an underground vault can be put in place in any given space. All of the cellular carriers in the area of
800 – 900 megahertz range have a ground equipment cabinet space building of
roughly 10 x 20’, 11-1/2’ tall and requires air-conditioning units. Those facilities would be extremely
difficult to vault. The PCS carriers
in this market all utilize either Lucent or Motorola equipment which comes
packaged in small cabinets and typically three of those boxes would staff a
station fully for one carrier and have some internal air-conditioning
units. These would be easier to screen
and do not constitute site difficulties.
Most PCS carriers would prefer
not to have their equipment inside a common space with carriers that have
hotter equipment, also harder to have
good security when share equipment space.
Frequency and network designs of these carriers are based on the unique
characteristics and coverage objectives.
All carriers are not created equally in the characteristics of their
allotted frequencies and the design work inherent because of the frequencies
they are assigned. The next generation
wireless carriers will be much higher in frequency and another increment lower
in output power so there will be more rather than fewer of those facilities,
but less intrusive.
Commissioner
Thorn noted that also on the ground is noise which is something San Juan County
has addressed and he thought Island County needed to address as well.
Consensus: refer all information to staff to
incorporate into the ordinance for discussion at Staff Session, and continue
this hearing to a subsequent date.
Action: By unanimous motion the Board continued the
public hearing on Ordinance #C-118-99
to February 7, 2000 at 2:00 p.m. [Notice of Continuance, GMA doc. #_____]
There being no further business to
come before the Board at this time, the
Chairman adjourned the meeting at 2:45 p.m.
The next Regular Session meeting is scheduled for December 20, 1999, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ISLAND
COUNTY, WASHINGTON
______________________________
Mike Shelton, Chairman
_______________________________
Wm. L. McDowell, Member
_____________________________
William
F. Thorn, Member
ATTEST:
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Margaret
Rosenkranz, Clerk of the Board