Minutes · Mar 27, 2014
March 27, 2014
710bf55219e1dfa71fa86f183ff1b56a64c71e58a73c0095f45bfdd045e2342dIndexed text · page 4
Show all pagesMr. Keenan presented sheet A-03 of the clevation and antenna details plan with a revision date of 2/14/14. He said that this plan is the same as sheet SP-2 of the elevation and antenna details plan that was submitted with the application. Vice Chairman Buechler asked to have sheet A-03 of the elevation and antenna details plan marked as Exhibit A-2 for identification. Mr. Keenan referred to Exhibit A-2 stating that the elevation of the tower is 300’ and noted that the structure at the top of the tower increases the elevation to 347’. He also noted where the existing antennas are to be located on the tower and said that the applicant is proposing two microwave dish antenna at heights of 260’ and 267’. Mr. Keenan said that the antennas are 6’ in diameter and one will point east and the other will point west. He said that at the base of the tower is the equipment cabinet and that all of the equipment will be inside this cabinet. Vice Chairman Bucchler asked Mr. Keenan what the depth of the antennas will be; he said they will be 6’ wide and 2.5’ deep. Vice Chairman Buechler asked if they will stick out further than the existing antennas on the tower; he said they will stick out father than some of the other antennas on the tower but not all of them. Mr. Keenan said that the Structural Engineer will provide more detail. Mr. Neuer asked Mr. Keenan who made the determination that the antennas must be 6” in diameter; he said that someone else will answer that question. There were no further questions for Mr. Keenan from the Board or the Professionals. Vice Chairman Buechler asked if any members of the public had any questions for Mr. Keenan; there were none. Mr. Pryor called his next witness. Mark Gonzalez approached the podium and was sworn under oath. Mr. Gonzalez stated that he is the Director of Engineering for Communication Infrastructure for the last 25 years and designs the communication pads and point to point networks. He said that he has testified before this Board on another occasion and named other companies where he has worked designing and building networks. Vice Chairman Buechler asked Mr. Gonzales what type of an engineer he is; he said he is a licensed electrical engineer. Mr. Neuer asked Mr. Gonzalez if part of his design function is where to place the antenna on the tower; he replied yes and detailed how he determines the height to place
licensed electrical engineer. Mr. Neuer asked Mr. Gonzalez if part of his design function is where to place the antenna on the tower; he replied yes and detailed how he determines the height to place them. Mr. Neuer asked Mr. Gonzalez how many of those antennas have fallen off of the tower; he replied none. Mr. Gonzalez, said that he has designed thousands of networks. Vice Chairman Buechler accepted Mr. Gonzales’ credentials as an expert in electrical Engineering.
File revisions (1)
- Sep 29, 2026
710bf55219e1330,396 bytes