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Minutes · Apr 2, 2014

April 2, 2014

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There were no questions for Mr. Bohlinger from the Public Advocate or Public. Mark Gonzalez, Director of Engineering, Communication Infrastructure Corporation (CIC), was sworn in, stated his credentials, and was accepted by the Board to be an expert in radio frequency. Mr. Gonzalez told the Board that CIC was a servicing firm that designed, installed and sometimes serviced microwave dish antenna systems for clients. He described how the proposed antennas fit in to a network scheme from Secaucus to Chicago. He said the proposed antennas would operate in full compliance with FCC requirements. There were no questions for Mr. Gonzalez from the Board, Public Advocate or Public. Daniel J. Collins, Chief Technical Officer, Pinnacle Telecom Group, LLC, was sworn in, stated his credentials and was accepted by the Board to be an expert in radio frequency compliance. Mr. Collins confirmed that he had performed an analysis on the proposed as well as existing dish antennas at the site; as a whole they were one-hundred-ihirly times below the FCC. requirement standard; the antennas were well within compliance. The individual antennas on average used less than one-watt of energy. There were no questions for Mr. Collins from the Board, Public Advocate or Public. Mr. Pryor advised the Board he had no further testimony. There were no comments from the Public regarding the Application. The Board deliberated on the Application. Conditions: 1. All open permits to be resolved, updated or closed to the satisfaction of the Building Code Official; 2. Property owner to remove any unused or abandoned equipment or debris from site; 3. All unused or inoperable antennas to be removed from tower structure prior to installation of Applicant's new antennas; 4. Applicant to provide updated correspondence from the property owner and structure owner that any maintenance or structural issues had been repaired; 5. Applicant shall provide survey certification of the actual height of the tower struciure. The Board voted on the Application as follows: Motion: Vice Chairman Weston Second: Mr. Ghebremicael Bagoff: - Carlucci: Yes Eben: Yes Ghebremicael: Yes Gurland: Yes Klein: Yes Lester: Absent McCartney: Yes Weston: Yes Wilkes: Absent Heller: Absent Vice Chairman announced a brief recess at approximately 8:59 P.M. The meeting reconvened at approximately 9:07 P.M. Vice Chairman Weston

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sent McCartney: Yes Weston: Yes Wilkes: Absent Heller: Absent Vice Chairman announced a brief recess at approximately 8:59 P.M. The meeting reconvened at approximately 9:07 P.M. Vice Chairman Weston indicated that Mr. Ghebremicael had excused himself from the meeting. PB-14-03/Valley Road Residential, LLC (Former Harvard Press Site) Block: 9; Lots: 1, 7, 44, 50, and 56; Zone: MUBR 22-26 Central Avenue; 9-15 Mitchell Street Final Site Plan NAPLANNING. BRD\WP\MINUTES\201 4\4-2-14 Minutes. doc 6

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