Yolanda
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Santa Rosa City Council
March 26, 2024
Aaron DeLaO, Centerline Communications
Yvonne Pinto, Verizon Wireless
Pablo Sanchez, Verizon Wireless RF Engineer
Dave Cotton, Waterford Consultants RF Compliance Expert Paul Albritton, Verizon Legal Counsel
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2 2020 Verizon Wireless identified a gap in service in southeast Santa Rosa 2020-2022 Investigated multiple alternatives and designs April 2023 Prepared CUP application
June 19, 2023 City accepted CUP application
November 17, 2023 Notice of Application sent by City
December 1, 2023 Notice of Public Hearing sent by City
December 14, 2023 First Planning Commission hearing, continued December 28, 2023 First Design Review Board hearing, continued January 11, 2024 Second Planning Commission hearing - Unanimously Approved by Commission January 18, 2024 Design Review Board hearing - Unanimously Approved with change to a Monopole March 26, 2024 City Council hearing
Application Timeline
Facility Design
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• 69-foot tall monopole
• Verizon Wireless antennas at 65-foot centerline
• Space underneath for collocation of future carrier antennas • Tower and equipment enclosed within a 900-square foot lease area • Lease area enclosed by 6-foot tall chain link fence with tan colored vinyl slats 3 Photosimulations
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Looking South along Colgan Avenue, Near Closest Residence 4 Photosimulations
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5 Looking Southeast from Santa Rosa Avenue (View requested by City)
Photosimulations
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6 Looking East from Petaluma Hill Road (View requested by City)
Complies with FCC Guidelines
• Engineer with Waterford Consultants confirmed
that radio frequency exposure will be less than
FCC public limit
· 11.8% at ground level
• Denial based on RF exposure concerns
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7 Best of 14 Alternatives
8 • Other alternatives discounted
because:
Cannot serve gap (1-4, 7-14)
Residential proximity/prohibition
(6, 13)
Principal Factors to Discount Alternatives
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9 Address Cannot fill service gap No landlord interest Residential proximity/prohibition
1 T-Mobile Collocation – 1800 Santa Rosa Ave. X
2 AT&T Collocation – 1726 Corby Ave. X
3 Costco Rooftop – 1900 Santa Rosa Ave. X
4 Santa Rosa Marketplace – 1950-2100 Santa Rosa Ave. X
5 Proposed Facility – 244 Colgan Ave.
6 Redemption Hill Church – 2100 Petaluma Hill Rd. X
7 Goodwill – 463-467 Yolanda Ave. X X
8 Wyatt Family Trust – 747 Yolanda Ave. X
9 Watt – 2823 Petaluma Hill Rd. X
10 Nessinger Properties – 444 Yolanda Ave. X
11 Ulicny – 468 Yolanda Ave. X
12 800 Yolanda LLC – 800 Yolanda Ave. X
13 Rogers – 3015 Petaluma Hill Rd. X
14 Cunningham – 3018 Petaluma Hill Rd. X
Increasing Demand
10 • Rapidly-escalating demand for data in
southeast Santa Rosa
• Gap area includes Santa Rosa Marketplace
(540,000 square feet of retail) and
Santa Rosa Avenue business corridor
• Includes residential areas north, east, and
south
• Includes Highway 101 (140,000 vehicles daily),
Santa Rosa Avenue, and other streets
Gap in Network Capacity
11 • Existing Verizon Wireless macro facilities
are overburdened: Roseland, Fairgrounds,
and Dutton Road facilities
• High demand on data resources results
in slow data speeds and poor service
for many users
• Proposed facility will provide strong new
dominant signal to gap area,
relieving demand on existing facilities
Network Exhaustion
TTI Occupancy %
Downlink Throughput
Roseland Facility
South-Facing Antenna Sector
Low-Band 700 MHz Frequency
February 6-19, 2024
• As TTI occupancy increases,
data throughput drops
TTI Occupancy
Percent of data resources used
Downlink Throughput
Data speed in megabits/second
Network Exhaustion
TTI Occupancy %
Downlink Throughput
Fairgrounds Facility
Southwest-Facing Antenna Sector
Low-Band 700 MHz Frequency
February 6-19, 2024
• As TTI occupancy increases,
data throughput drops
TTI Occupancy
Percent of data resources used
Downlink Throughput
Data speed in megabits/second
Network Exhaustion
TTI Occupancy %
Downlink Throughput
Dutton Road Facility
Northeast-Facing Antenna Sector
Low-Band 700 MHz Frequency
February 6-19, 2024
• As TTI occupancy increases,
data throughput drops
TTI Occupancy
Percent of data resources used
Downlink Throughput
Data speed in megabits/second
Response to Appeal
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15 • Complies with General Plan: No impact to Light Industrial designation • Complies with Code:
Located on rear half of property
Over 300 feet from homes (four times the required distance) • Qualifies for CEQA exemption, with no impact to surface water quality • Proliferation of wireless facilities not a Code factor; collocation is not feasible • Code does not require demonstration of need; nonetheless, Verizon Wireless RF engineers provided evidence of significant gap in network capacity • Complies with FCC’s RF exposure limits, with power mitigation for two antennas Response to Appeal
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16 • Building Division will confirm and inspect structural integrity of monopole • Fire Department will review building permit application for fire safety compliance • Proposed facility is least intrusive, feasible alternative of 14 locations reviewed • Design Review Board approved monopole design, with minimal aesthetic impact on industrial/commercial surroundings
• Future increase in size not a factor for present application; monopole will include space for future collocation of antennas by another carrier • No substantial evidence for denial as required by federal law (47 U.S.C. § 332(c)(7)(B)(iii)) • Denial would constitute an unlawful prohibition of service (47 U.S.C. § 332(c)(7)(B)(i)(II)) Conclusion: Affirm Staff Recommendation
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• New facility needed for reliable service and public safetyin southeast Santa Rosa • Complies with all City requirements for approval
• Experts available for questions:
• Aaron DeLaO, Centerline Communications
• Yvonne Pinto, Verizon Wireless
• Pablo Sanchez, Verizon Wireless RF Engineer
• Dave Cotton, Waterford Consultants RF Compliance Expert • Paul Albritton, Verizon Legal Counsel
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