environmental, recreational, and peace-promoting atmosphere for people of all <br />religions. It's a public resource, and it's not up for sale. I strongly believe that you, <br />the planners, have no right to privatize and destroy taxpayer-financed wildlife <br />habitat and environmental open-space if you grant this CUP for a cell tower. <br />Off-site Impacts: <br />1. The noise that such a tower would emit is absolutely incompatible with the <br />peace-promoting silence of the natural environment. <br />2. The spirit and ambiance of this R-1 residential neighborhood of mostly one <br />and some two-story houses, with scenic natural skyline views, would be <br />destroyed. There are houses too close for the fire, noise and microwave <br />hazards. <br />3. Property values have been proven to decrease near a cellular tower. No <br />one wants to look out their windows at one. A cell tower in Springfield <br />recently caught fire. Cell towers can fall over. Houses are too close for <br />these liabilities. And, insurance companies won't pay for such damage. <br />4. Cell towers' microwaves are toxic to birds, especially to bald eagles and <br />migratory birds, whom our publicly-owned Amazon Corridor Open Space is <br />supposed to protect! (See Attachment Dept. of Interior Letter to the FCC) <br />In reference to Eugene Metro Plan E.4: <br />The deciduous trees along West Amazon DRIVE (named after scenic <br />Amazon Creek) stand about 25 feet high, and they are leafless for 6 months <br />of the year. The Eugene Metropolitan Plan's guiding principles state that <br />structures built should "support and enhance the best qualities and unique <br />character of the neighborhood." A 75-foot corporate monolith, supposedly <br />designed to look like a tree, would be a constant visual eyesore, 50 feet <br />above the trees in the general area. This horrible possibility became <br />obvious when neighbors launched a red balloon 75 feet up in the air. (See <br />Attachment Red Balloon) The proposed cell tower would be incompatible <br />