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(Clerk's Note: Please refer to the Board's Motion for conditions). <br />Discussion ensued as Director Boling addressed the Board's questions about the <br />landscaping buffer; the tower s capacity to be used by other entities; impacts to birds and <br />wildlife; and exposure to electromagnetic fields. <br />The Chairman opened the Public Hearing. <br />Bob Johnson, Coral Wind Subdivision, remarked that he had not heard that a new tower <br />was necessary, nor had he heard any analysis of the potential effects of the tower on adjacent <br />properties. He also wondered whether the tower would bridge the gap in communications <br />coverage in the South County. <br />Administrator Baird reported that in order to facilitate emergency communications, the <br />County wanted to construct the tower to fill a "dead spot" in that area. <br />Rick Rewiski, Communications International, agreed that the tower would provide the <br />additional coverage needed in the South County. <br />There being no additional speakers, the Chairman closed the Public Hearing. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Davis, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Flescher, the Board unanimously found <br />that: <br />1. It is empowered under the provisions of Chapter 971 <br />to review the special exception use applied for; <br />2. Granting special exception use approval will not <br />adversely affect the public interest; and <br />3. The application satisfies the general and specific <br />criteria required for special exception use approval <br />January 17, 2012 5 <br />Bt141PG887 <br />