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CU-14-0, Crossfire Cell Tower <br />CU-14-0 <br />The neighbors of the Crossfire property are primarily the retired, <br />the young and those with young families. It would not be feasible <br />for us to pay the $750,000 or the 2 million dollars that the church <br />has asked for to stop the cell tower. <br />Unfortunately, this church where few attend, seems to have been <br />acquired as an investment for a possible cell tower site and not a <br />community church-the reason it was permitted in our neighborhood. <br />The property is in a valley location with immediate-steep elevation. <br />I am one the hillside neighbors. A Google-Earth search by a geologist <br />showed that my home at an elevation of 75ft. would be "'eye-level" <br />to the transformers and antennas at the top of the tower-at a distance <br />of only 550 ft. Some of the hillside neighbors are much closer. <br />These towers are suppose to be over our heads-not in our windows at <br />such a short distance. They don't belong in residential areas or near <br />schools. The Crossfire tower would be right next to neighbors and <br />near day-care centers and several schools. <br />The application is incomplete and there are errors in the pictures. For <br />example: The 75ft. simulated mono-pine is presented as approximately <br />the same height as the 25ft. maples on the property. This was the picture <br />presented at the Pre-Application Meeting; it also appears in the Southeast <br />Neighbors letter reporting on the meeting. <br />The Independent Review done by CMS said this tower was not needed. On <br />antenna search. com there are 40 cell towers and 372 antennas within 3 miles <br />c 0Yj<_ <br />of the site. The Eugene'says that there are to be as few towers as possible <br />and that co-location is needed. <br />According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, 1 in 5 cell towers are <br />over the allowable limit. The United States has among the highest of allowable <br />EMF radiation in the world. One wonders why other countries have fewer <br />towers and much lower radiation and still get very good cell coverage. But <br />even with these lesser amounts of exposure-these countries have concerns. <br />