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Check out www.antennasearch.com to find the existing and proposed cell towers in your area. T-Mobile is proposing at least two new ones in residential areas. One is a 150-foot tower in Hawaiian Shores, in the park at the end of Malolo St. The other is proposed to be in HPP on Maku`u.
As for the one in Hawaiian Shores, the Board of Directors of the Hawaiian Shores Community Association basically entered into contract with T-Mobile to lease part of that lot to them for $1,000 a month, but never informed or asked the membership about it first. Now there is a lot of opposition to the new tower, especially from residents and property owners living near it, and even the person who was the HSCA president at the time is working to get it stopped. The T-Mobile application has not yet hit the County Planning Department, but it will soon. Apparently negative health effects such as cancer and leukemia, and decreased property values, are not legitimate reasons to get it stopped. However, apparently we can say that it might hit someone's house if it blows over in a bad storm and that IS a justifiable safety reason to get it stopped. (The tower is supposed to be 150-feet tall, and the nearest house is closer than that).
The next HSCA board meeting is tomorrow at 10am, at the Honu St. park. This issue is supposed to be on the agenda. We'll see..
If you would like to contact me for more information about this, please email me at glennoid (AT) yahoo (DOT) com.
Mahalo,
Glenn
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Not everyone is opposed to a cell tower at this location. Many of us will welcome the improved cell service this tower will provide.
Bill
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Glen,
That's what they have insurance for.
We need improved service in this area.
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it cost when it’s free...now here come the taxes.....
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Maybe the people who want better service through T-Mobile can have the tower next to their houses. Is it really worth the increased cancer risk (children, adults, animals) to place a cell tower right near homes? Not to mention it will be a big ugly thing hovering over the Nanawale forest. Many people move to the rainforest to get away from smog and cell towers. We don't need great cell coverage EVERYWHERE. My 2 cents.
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I read that T-Mobile got approval to build a cell tower in one of the most exclusive areas of Phoenix. For years cell carriers have been unable to erect much needed cell towers in this area because of concerns over diminished property values, unsightly towers, and the blocking of mountain views. T-Mobile received approval because they agreed to camouflage the tower as a palm tree. Additionally, they had to agree to a specific type of artificial palm along with planting some real palms around it to further cut its visibility. Fake leaves added to the realistic and based on the pictures in the news, you would be hard pressed to recognize the real palms from the fake cell tower. This is another option to have the tower blend into the surroundings.
I'm not sure why T-Mobile agreed to lease property from a community association since I’m sure that those individuals who are ever so excited and want cell service would have been more than happy to lease their land to T-mobile at a fraction of the cost and would love to have the tower erected on their land.
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here in arizona when a cell tower is put up they make it look like the trees or catus or palm trees or tele phone pole around the coummity that you might bring up at the meetings
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"Maybe the people who want better service through T-Mobile can have the tower next to their houses. Is it really worth the increased cancer risk (children, adults, animals) to place a cell tower right near homes? Not to mention it will be a big ugly thing hovering over the Nanawale forest. Many people move to the rainforest to get away from smog and cell towers. We don't need great cell coverage EVERYWHERE. My 2 cents."
I agree with you Glennoid. Must we pollute the last paradise with dangerous-to-your-health and ugly dangerous-to-your-house behemoth cell towers? Can we possibly live with "old-fashioned" land phone lines and thus avoid higher risks of brain cancer/leukemia? I live in Nanawale with no cell reception where I live. At times it's inconvenient, but there's no comparison between an inconvenience and a major pollution. Read "The Wump World" by Bill Peet, and "The Last Paradise" by James Houston. My two cents.
Edited by - maud gonne on 08/06/2007 18:11:05
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Cingular is also installing a cell tower in Orchid Land Estates.
Stan
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In dealing with citizen concerns over the construction of cell towers I learned that there are three things that can not be argued.
Health: If a tower is constructed and operating according to FCC guidelines, it’s illegal for any agency to deny a permit to construct based on health claims. This has been upheld in all courts.
Ugliness. Yes they are ugly, but if any other “pole” was allowed, including those constructed for emergency services communications, phone lines, electrical lines, lighting etc, and if the cell tower is equal in size and structure, denying a permit is potentially illegal. It could lead to an expensive lawsuit against the government agency denying the permit.
Danger of Collapse. Cell towers have collapsed. But cell companies have pre-empted this argument with stricter design and construction standards from what’s required. To argue this danger you are also arguing against any other similar like pole structure that is or may be constructed. You really don’t want the phone, electric, cable, police and fire communications siding against you.
What are considered legitimate arguments subject to consideration and can be used to deny a permit are things like the tower relationship to schools, hospitals, playgrounds, protected species, wildlife habitat, and even bird flying patterns. You can’t argue that “cell phone towers are bad”. You have to argue that this specific tower, at this specific location is harmful to the community because of this specific issue. All the generic concerns have little weight, but if someone were to open a child daycare within 1,500 feet of that tower, it would be 20 tons of bricks on the cell company’s shoulder.
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Cingular is also installing a cell tower in Orchid Land Estates.
Stan
good! I wanna know that my new iPhone has good reception!
It has come to my attention that the eastside is divided into two separate groups. One group is mad up of mostly retired "Baby Boomers", who think they have found their own little corner of paradise here. Then the other group is made up of mostly local folks, people who have been here 20 years or more. The first group seems to resent progress in any shape or form here. Trying to keep their paradise dream intact. Then there is the second group like myself who welcome progress. For the majority of people who have spent their entire life here, things like Cell Towers greatly appreciated in the neck of the woods for one reason or another. People who have been here for a lifetime perhaps have a greater need for such towers, I know I want better reception in Puna just so my kids can call me anytime. I don't want them in a "life or death situation", and not be able to contact me.
I'm also tired of having to run outside my house not to loose cell coverage when someone calls!
People who came to Hawaii thinking this would be total paradise are either smoking "crack", or just aren't very worldly.
In all my years in Hawaii, right now aggression towards another race is at an all-time low. I'd like it to stay that way for awhile too.
Come on people! Glen, you complain about the possibility of a Cell Tower being erected in your neighborhood. Yet I'm sure the pollution cause by cars in your subdivision is more damaging than any health risk a cell tower could cause. Ad to that daily vog, and neighborhood cigarette smoking and you have a dangerous mix. But how many people complain about that?
Edited by - Beachboy on 08/07/2007 06:43:20
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