- Page 4 • Island Sun - April 9, 1999 Island'Suri - April 9, Page 5 'IV < Commission 12-page fact-finding docu- ment because the proposed resolution Award in was "too soft." All agreed a County-sponsored URS Stewart vs. City dealt with new towers not those already sage by resident La Gorce (in London) Councilor Brown had also earlier advo- Greiner report, which had led to existing...the regulation is that (any city urging moratorium that coincided per- cated, passed 4-1 vote with Councilor lengthy discussions of four options on Reduced To a new bridge from Sanibel to the main- From page 1 or state) shall not unreasonably discrim- fectly with Brown's repetitive caution Andrew Reding dissenting, said inate because of aesthetics ." - concerning the Act Brown had stated Reding, "I don't think a planner is what land, had been, in fact, only one $850,000 Moratorium And so the city had not during its a month ago his desire for enough time we need " option. current Notice of Pendency. They had to fully understand the implications of Thus had Sanibel, preferring by 91 eremy Stewart, injured two years Laura B Belflower, attorney for the ago in an altercation with Sanibel's Of 180 Days awarded Primeco space on the existing the Act and, in fact, a necessity for a wireless communications provider percent (according to recent referen- 150-foot Sprint tower. city-dictated second opinion dum) or 83 percent (according to Jpolice, and awarded $1,644 mil- Sanibel's own Draft 15, the latest Nextel (which had hoped to co-locate lion by a jury, will be paid $850,000 But would other companies view Theiss' introduction of her husband, Leeway transponder survey) responded after two years in the making by the on a new tower) herself filled the bill to Greiner. Councilors wants Lee In addition to the $100,000 he Planning Department, was from a dif- Pnmeco's success as discrimination Hal Theiss, a chief engineer at NASA Like Kurtis, she is both attorney and for 30 years and a radio frequency County Commissioners to understood received upon the jury's verdict, ferent perspective this time Mandated when they would not be able to apply engineer. Said she when providers Stewart will be given an additional for tower and/or devices during a engineer, to Councilors was accepted a just how Sanibel feels about the bridge earlier by City Council to Planning were finally allowed to speak by a split and causeway islands- $750,000 rather than the total amount Director Bruce Rogers were devices at moratorium? month ago On Tuesday, Hal Theiss Council on this very point, "If you're offered an option for hook-up over "Whereas, we believe the Greiner the jury decided. the 45-foot height (largely on existing "It would be a mistake not to take wanting information on the cutting According to City Attorney Bob Mr. Kurtis' advice," insisted resident Pine Island Sound on Lee County report served as a rationale for the buildings) rather than any one tower edge, you are going to have to have Project Development and Pritt, who announced the final award 199 feet and two 165 feet with and attorney Dick Walsh, who has fol- Electric Co-op's new fiber optic cable. experience with a provider." Said he, "Forty-five feet (actually 40 or Environmental study it is premature to on Tuesday to City Councilmen, the emphasis on co-location as proposed lowed the drafts since the first in Thus was any resolution for a city State legislature determined the August of 1997. "There is nothing in 41 above sea level) is not an appropri- proceed with the PD&E...we nonethe- in Draft 14 plan for the introduction of new towers less make, .recommendations should $750,000 award. When a municipality But this draft, too, goes back to the the record to sustain that moratorium." ate height to provide for adequate ser- vice. I would put directional towers on or use of existing buildings to accom- County Commissioners choose to pro- is culpable for a specified financial drawing board. As does an accompany- Said resident and retired attorney modate wireless communications ceed at this point..." amount by a jury, the Florida's house Wayne Ponader, "I must agree with those power lines." ing Master Plan (Cities such as providers continued. To "a date uncer- Councilors decided they needed to and senate can reduce the amount lty Councilors posed again for their formal portrait following last week's Lakeland have written the Plan prior to Dick Walsh." Ken Simmons of Lee County tain. "& awarded. installation of Bill Hillebrandt as newest member He replaces George City Attorney Pntt also said he strengthen their whereases in the reso- the resolution but this was Planning Electric Co-op said, "It's no problem, lution, which they will forward to the Both branches of the legislature c'Madison, who resigned. shared the concern of Kurtis, that while Department's first draft of a Master we use the poles for cable TV and tele- County, following receipt of a memo to were able to view a video, which the From left seated are Vice-Mayor Andrew Reding and Mayor Bob Janes, stand- Plan.) the "city has urged co-location they phone, but we have to put in taller, office of the City Attorney had con- ing are Steve Brown, Nola Theiss and Hillebrandt.^ have permitted one to co-locate on an G-R-R-R Greiner Scott Gilbertson, Paul Wingard and Residents who had shouted bigger poles (to satisfy OSHA regula- Bruce McAullife, all of the County's tracted, of Stewart on holiday in "Moratorium!" to a displeased City existing tower." tions)." Also, the Coop had already Mexico in which he appeared not to be But Councilors Brown and Reding, Council Accepts Department of Transportation, from Attorney a month ago somehow pre- ordered the poles. Kris Cella. Cella has been responsible as severely wounded as he had claimed vailed on Tuesday at MacKenzie Hall mover and seconder, were buoyed by Rogers, having already considered to the jury knowledgeable residents who had earli- Commission Facts; for the "Sanibel Public Outreach even as presumed wiser heads (i.e. the the fiber optic possibility, did not put Program " The city's insurance for liability is lawyers among them) cautioned against er researched, spoken during public this in any of his drafts, however, as To Make Theirs" $1,000,000.* it rather than a gentler Notice of comment and even paid for the second Lou Hinds of Ding Darling Refuge, Councilors decided their referendum Pendency. opinion of Planner Ted Kreines (John where the poles for fiber optic termi- By Fran Nuelle vote was more indicative of just how For example, official Consultant La Gorce) about six weeks ago at nate, had ruled out trespass onto U. S. he "whereases" got some over- residents felt rather than the transpon- sland-Wide Attorney-Engineer Michael Kurtis cau- Sanibel Community Center. Fish & Wildlife area. hauling by City Councilors on der survey, which takes into account tioned, "When most (cities) have con- It was, in fact, Degnan Walker's A resolution for a second opinion TTuesday when they voted unani- visitors, workers and day-trippers who Wastewater sidered a tower moratorium, they have impassioned delivery of a lengthy mes- (from another outside planner), which mously to accept a Planning live elsewhere than Sanibel or Captiva. They further decided unanimously to "massage," as Mayor Janes put it, the Reuse Planning Commission report until "it becomes a City Council report." 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