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moratorium she asked that planning staff reconsider the myth that tall towers are necessary <br />to give adequate coverage. She felt there are other options that will meet the needs of all <br />concerned, but will not be discovered until sought. She specified that more time ;should be <br />given to locating antennae on rooftops, trees, church steeples and bell towers, flag boles, and <br />lighting for schools and stadiums as has been done in California. <br />Susan Cabb, 5920 St" Street SW, pointed out her home on the aerial photograph. She <br />understood health hazards could not be addressed but questioned how an authority could say <br />to a parent not to worry, when there have been no extensive studies. Her reasoning in not <br />giving her children prepared baby foods was validated because additives, present Lt the time <br />which were thought harmless, have since been removed. We also now know tha: smoking <br />can be hazardous to our health and that TV violence contributes to the violence in our <br />society. She appealed to the Board to answer why health concerns could not be raised in <br />this matter as the studies have just begun and have been the subject of major news <br />broadcasts. She urged the Board to err on the side of caution by not allowing anything in her <br />backyard which they would not want in their own. <br />Michele Agenes, 6190 S`" Street SW, stated she and her husband had made a home <br />in Florida with her husband to raise hogs in Ft. Pierce, having come from Washington, DC, <br />20 years ago. Their honeymoon home was located next to an electric substation. The bank <br />wisely refused to lend them money and now the house is vacant and deemed unhabitable. <br />After spending 8 years in Ft. Pierce, witnessing the decline which resulted from slipshod <br />zoning they moved to a beautiful place on S" Street SW. Now they are faced witMhis tower <br />which she felt was very invasive aesthetically. She was opposed to having a tower <br />constructed in her neighborhood because it would degrade the values in the neig <br />hborhood. <br />Glenn Legwen, 5900 St' <br />Street SW, advised that he is in the plant nursery business <br />but competition from the nearby Home Depot had caused him to consider putting in a pig <br />December 12, 2000 <br />RK 1 16 <br />