HomeMy WebLinkAboutCUP 04-01 Nextel Communications/Cingular Wireless - Telecommunications Tower (Cell Tower)REQUEST:
SUBMITTED BY:
APPELLANT:
CASE NO:
CITY OF PALM DESERT
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
STAFF REPORT
Consideration of a City Council request for review of the Planning
Commission's approval of CUP 04-01, a request by Nextel
Communications and Cingular Wireless to construct a 75-foot high
monopine wireless telecommunications tower with two adjacent
equipment shelter buildings within a 25'x 60' fenced area. The
project site is located 300' south of Country Club Drive and 1,300'
east of El Dorado Drive and is a part of a Southern California
Edison substation.
Francisco J. Urbina, Associate PI
City Councilmember Buford Crites
CUP 04-01
CASE APPLICANTS:
Nextel Communications
c/o Tetra Tech, Inc.
Attn: Jim Lee
1590 Milliken Avenue, Unit H
Rancho Cucamonga, CA. 91761
REPRESENTATIVE FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
VelociTel, Inc.
Attn: Steve Stackhouse
18071 Fitch Avenue, Suite 200
Irvine, CA. 92614
DATE: June 24, 2004
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Cingular Wireless
Attn: Saundra Jacobs
3345 Michelson Drive,
Suite 100
Irvine, CA. 92612
Recommendation:
That the City Council continue the public hearing to August 26, 2004, to allow more
time for the applicants to evaluate altemative locations and types of wireless
facilities.
Staff Report
Nextel Communications & Cingular Wireless
CUP 04-01
May 27, 2004
I. UPDATE SINCE APRIL 8, 2004 CITY COUNCIL MEETING:
Continuance of Public Hearing Requested from May 27, 2004 to June 24, 2004:
The City Council continued the public hearing on this case from April 8, 2004 to
May 27, 2004 in order to provide the applicants time to find altemative locations for
their wireless facilities. The applicants have each recently submitted letters
(copies attached) requesting that the City Council continue the public hearing to
August 26 , 2004 , because they are still evaluating alternative wireless facility
locations within the Southern California Edison substation on Country Club Drive.
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City Manager
Department Head:
Philip Drell
Director of Community Development
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C/O Philip Drell, Director of Community Development
City of Palm Desert
73-510 Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert, CA. 92260-2578
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RE: CUP Case No's.: 04-01 and 04-04, Nextel Communications and Cingular
Wireless's proposed Unmanned Wireless Telecommunication Facility, WTF Site
No. SB-377/ SCE Concho Substation, generally located at 76-055 Country Club
Drive, Palm Desert, 92211, under the APN: 632-470-001.
Honorable Mayor and City Council;
On behalf of my client Cingular Wireless in the aforementioned Case No. 04-01
and 04-04, being a request for a WTF project located as described above, I wish to
request a continuance of the public hearing on this matter as we are still in the midst of
addressing and/ or resolving some of the issues raised by the City Council at it's hearing
of April 8`h, 2004.
With the direction previously provided from the Council, we have been in contact with
SCE, the Indian Ridge Country Club and Palm Valley Country Club personnel as
requested.
However, the considerations and due diligence in having to re-evaluate and in potentially
redesigning our facility and proposal has taken longer then anticipated. In the final
analysis, it would be premature to attempt to consider this matter any further at this time.
While this case was to be heard at the June 24th public hearing date, I would respectfully
request that this proposal be continued to your August 26, 2004 meeting as recommended
by your staff, and based on City Council meeting dates that are going dark, or not held.
Please let me know if there is anything else needed or required relative to this request, or
if you should have any questions regarding same.
18011 Fitch Av., Irvine, CA 92614 USA T: 949.809.4999 F: 949.553.3919 www.velocitel.net
CUP Case No.: 04-01 and 04-04, Cingular Wireless's WTF proposal, etc. Page 2
Thank you for your attention and consideration of this Cingular Wireless WTF project as
we continue on with our proposal with the City of Palm Desert.
Respectfully submitted,
Steve Stackhouse, AICP
Project Manager
VelociTel, Inc.
Office: 949.809.4999, ext. 2713
Mobile: 949.689.0134
CC: Tam Taylor, Regional Director of Real Estate and Development for Cingular
Wireless
Duan Dao, Planning Manager for Opus Engineering on Districts 3 & 4 for Cingular