[TowerTalk] Update to Revocation of Tower Permit

[Todd Coulter]

   I am sure that I will forget something, but I will update my
situation. I went to the meeting today with my attorney. The meeting
went unexpectedly well, and lasted about an hour. In the meeting for the
city was the Asst. City Attorney, a Building Official, and a Zoning
Official. They started off the meeting by stating that they had no
intent of trying to revoke or stop the building permit, and they
couldn't even if they wanted to. They said that they had conflicting
ordinances in reference to towers as well. They addressed a few of the
concerns of the neighbors such as RF and such. They showed me some RF
safety evaluations that the neighbors did, and I showed them how they
were done incorrectly. The neighbors put together a book that was about
a inch and a half thick. It included stuff from the FCC web site as well
as the ARRL website. They City Attorney also said that the city had been
taken to court and lost to Nextel when they tried to stop Nextel from
installing a cell tower on the basis of RF health problems, and that
they didn't plan on going to court again and losing. They basically
wanted to know if I was open to suggestions about screening the antenna
from the neighbors view. We told them that I would consider any ideas
and that I would not commit to anything now. The also told me that they
couldn't force me into any type of screening at all that I did not want.
They said that they would contact my neighbors and find out if there is
anything short of taking down the tower that could be done to rectify
the problem. They are coming out tomorrow to give me the final
inspection on the tower. We will see how it all goes. Thanks for all of
the help.
 
                                 Todd Coulter
                                 N4JRZ