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it helped Cityscape assist the County to reach its goal to reduce communication tower <br />proliferation and maintain the character of the county. His company took the comments <br />from the August workshop and incorporated them into this draft master plan. He credited <br />Director Boling with having done a great job in presenting the information on the changes. <br />He thought it was important to point out that in item #1 the County's emergency services is <br />included in order to avoid any future obstacles which have been encountered by other <br />communities. The master plan will be produced in conjunction with the ordinance. This is <br />important because they enhance each other. The draft maps now in the plan will be <br />expanded later to an E & D/larger size for use in the building. The maps in the document <br />will be 11X17 and in a finer resolution. Those are just housekeeping items. He believed <br />it important to point out that Figure 11 shows what the County lands will accommodate in <br />the future. On page 40, Figure 2 shows what an ideal situation would be for coverage for <br />PCS. Figure 11 on the next page shows how it will look if the Board implements the stealth <br />facilities on County -owned property to reach the goals. He specified that the carriers will <br />not care, they just want the coverage for their customers through an efficient means. <br />Commissioner Ginn specified that the report estimates that we will need an additional <br />30 sites east of I-95. She assumed they would all be stealth, and Mr Edwards advised that <br />was under the County's control for individual review. <br />Commissioner Ginn understood Cityscape felt that most carriers can be <br />accommodated through use of County properties, so that it may not be necessary to impact <br />private property. Commissioner Ginn then asked about current sites, and Director Boling <br />advised that the inventory is being updated with full information which the Board will see <br />the next time this matter comes before them. <br />Commissioner Adams understood that regular towers would be prohibited in <br />conservation areas, and Director Boling advised that stealth facilities <br />October 8, 2002 <br />36 <br />will be allowed in <br />BK <br />