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From: Mark Graham <br /> To: WPCtestimony <br /> Subject: Support Item#4 on the agenda,Bill#194 <br /> Date: Monday,December 2,2024 2:10:47 PM <br /> December 2, 2024 <br /> Honorable Planning Commissioners, <br /> My name is Mark Graham. I live in Elk Grove, California, the city that in 2019 adopted the <br /> "front yard rule for cell antenna placement" into our zoning code. It's in the P.S. of this <br /> message. EGMC section 23.94.050 A. 6. b. <br /> You can read them in the Elk Grove Municipal Code here: <br /> his://www.codepubli shing.com/CA/ElkGrove/#!/ElkGrove23/ElkGrove2394.html#23.94.050 <br /> Radiation from cell antennas is hazardous to our health! The industry knows it. The <br /> government knows it. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) does not allow you to <br /> regulate placement of cell antennas on the basis of the environmental effects of cell antenna <br /> radiation BUT it does allow you to prevent the irresponsible placement of cell antennas. You <br /> can regulate placement, as we do here in Elk Grove, to protect what the City considers is <br /> aesthetic values. Our front yard rule (my name for it) for cell antenna placement has protected <br /> about 90% of Elk Grove homes from having a cell antenna placed on a city light pole in front <br /> of the house or apartment. The companies are still getting permits and installing antennas, but <br /> not right adjacent to our front yards. Telecom has NOT sued the City of Elk Grove. If we can <br /> do it then you can do it too. Bill 194 is not the same as our front yard rule but it is a measure <br /> intended to protect residents by the County exercising its power, its local zoning authority. <br /> Please give a Favorable Recommendation to the County Council proposed <br /> telecommunications ordinance, Bill 194. Dozens of local jurisdictions have implemented <br /> ordinances similar to Bill 194 to regulate the deployment of towers and antennas. It is aligned <br /> with all applicable Federal and State laws and offers important updates to the code. <br /> This is about: <br /> What: Windward Planning Commission meeting <br /> When: Thursday, December 5, 1:OOpm <br /> Where: Hawaii County Council Chambers in Hilo 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, HI 96720 (or via <br /> Zoom) <br /> Please acknowledge your receipt of this message. <br /> Thank you and best wishes, <br /> Mark Graham <br /> Co-Founder <br /> Keep Cell Antennas Away <br /> A local residents' advocacy group <br />