May 27, 2015 <br />Page 4 <br />respond to concerns of staff. (These photo simulations are included for convenience in <br />the Hearing Power Point.) AT&T also provided photographs of actual existing facilities <br />from the monopine manufacturer to provide an as-built view. (Included in the Hearing <br />PowerPoint.) Physical samples of the branch and bark treatment were also provided to <br />staff. These materials provided sufficient detail to evaluate the application. <br />Policy EA is focused on development blending in with the existing surroundings. While <br />the Amazon Corridor is well vegetated, it also hosts regularly spaced utility poles with <br />equipment and cables attached. (See Hearing Power Point). The viewshed for this site <br />must be evaluated by considering all of the visible elements. <br />It is important to note that, in siting this cell tower in this location, AT&T has not <br />proposed the standard monopole with 12 large antennas arrayed at the top. The <br />design of this cell tower as a monopine, similar in design to other trees onsite and in the <br />vicinity, provides mitigation of the visual impacts. Samples of the bark and branch <br />treatments have been selected to reflect the other trees onsite. The design was further <br />refined to slim the profile and reduce the number of antennas from 12 to 6. AT&T's <br />extensive landscape plan, which adds vegetative screening, including several 20 foot <br />mature Douglas Fir trees and other plantings, offers additional mitigation of the visual <br />impact of a cell tower, making it compatible with the surrounding properties. (See <br />Hearing Power Point). <br />The proposed facility complies with Policy EA. <br />• EC 9.8090(2)(a) and (b): Mass and Scale. Substantial Off-Site Impacts: <br />AT&T response: <br />There is no code requirement that a stealth monopine facility may only be sited amidst <br />dense groves of similarly sized trees, or on a golf course, as the staff report asserts. <br />Such requirements would effectively prohibit AT&T from providing service to the city of <br />Eugene, and defeats the purpose and expense of stealthing the cell tower in the first <br />place. The design of this cell tower as a monopine, rather than a monopole with a full <br />antenna array, mitigates the visual impact of a cell tower at this location. The trees of <br />similar height and type on this site provide the mass and scale proportions to be <br />addressed. As the site photographs show, there are currently tall trees of proportional <br />height on the site. The monopine is consistent with the mass and scale of the other <br />trees in the area. <br />