From: Deborah Noble <br />To, GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject: Re: AT&T CUP application 14-003 <br />Date: Friday, May 01, 2015 2:54:02 PM <br />Re: <br />AT&T CUP application 14-003 <br />Proposed Crossfire Church Cell Tower <br />To: <br />City of Eugene Planning <br />Atrium Building <br />99 W 10th Ave. <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br />From: <br />Deborah Noble <br />Be Noble Foundation <br />4990 W. Hillside Dr. - <br />Eugene, OR 97405 <br />May 1, 2015 <br />Dear City of Eugene Planning Staff: <br />I am writing in opposition to the proposed AT&T cell tower at Crossfire Church, 4060 West Amazon Dr., <br />Eugene. <br />Recent disclosures by an independent reviewer indicated that there is not a clear need for a cell tower <br />in that location. <br />Both my husband and I have AT&T cell phones and receive service at our home, located a mile south of <br />the proposed cell tower site. We use a #3G MicroCell booster to facilitate AT&T coverage. This feature <br />is available to anyone who has poor reception. As AT&T customers in south Eugene, it is our opinion <br />that not only is a new tower not needed for this area, it would certainly not be worth the cost of its <br />adverse aesthetic impact on this sensitive natural area and the character of the surrounding <br />neighborhood. <br />For over fifteen years, I worked with other community leaders to preserve the Amazon Headwaters that <br />flows directly into Amazon Creek, and which is now in public parklands or conservancy. Our concerns <br />extend to protection of wildlife and aesthetics all along the Amazon corridor. Eugene's Metro Plan E 4 <br />references the need for structures to "support and enhance the best qualities and unique character of <br />the neighborhood". Furthermore, EC 9.8090 (1) and (2) (a) & (b) references the need for structures to <br />"be compatible with the area with no off-site impacts". <br />There are schools nearby and a wildlife corridor across the street from the proposed site which would <br />be impacted by a cell tower. Many communities are taking steps to remove cell towers or are denying <br />permits for incompatible cell tower structures. <br />We ask that you consider the fears of immediate neighbors of Crossfire Church re. potential reductions <br />in their property value as well <br />as the imposition of such an inappropriate structure in a prime residential neighborhood. <br />Please enter this into the record. <br />Thank You, <br />Deborah Noble <br />Be Noble Foundation <br />