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Jacki Safko
Beaumont Business Association
503-445-8723
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Beaumont Business
Association to meet with Clearwire about
wireless antenna
Tuesday meeting about proposed WiMax
antenna on Fremont and Alameda is a final step in
application process
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PORTLAND, OR - March 1, 2010- This Tuesday at 6pm the Beaumont Business Association will meet with
a Clearwire representative regarding the
proposed cell tower installation at Fremont
and Alameda
near 37th. Steven Topp of Powder River
Development Services will be representing the wireless company.
David Soloos of the City's Office of Cable
Communications and Franchise Management (OCCFM) contacted the Beaumont
Business Association about scheduling the meeting.Once
the meeting time was set he declined to attend, saying that it wasn't
an official city meeting and it wasn't necessary for him to be there.
The meeting will take place at 6:00 pm, Tuesday March 2nd in the office
directly above Soluna Grill at 4440 NE Fremont.
Wireless companies like Clear must complete several steps in their
applications for wireless equipment on utility poles in Portland's
residential neighborhoods. They are required to hold a meeting with
neighborhood associations and business
associations in residential areas where wireless antennas and cell
towers are being installed. (See Wireless Application Checklist http://www.portlandonline.com/auditor/index.cfm?c=27798&a=269996)
After those meetings they must wait thirty days before submitting their
applications to OCCFM.
The proposed Clearwire WiMax
installation at NE Fremont and Alameda
(37th), is meeting with vocal opposition from neighbors. Residents
organized an opposition group, RespectPDX, in response. Signs reading "Wilshire
Market--tell Clearwire to clear out!"
and other messages dot the yards near Fremont
and Alameda in NE
Portland. The Beaumont Wilshire Neighborhood
Association voted to oppose Clearwire's plans
for a wireless tower on Northeast
Fremont Street near 37th Avenue or any Priority 4
residential street and recommended that the City of Portland reject the company's request
for a tower and adjacent equipment cabinet.
The Fremont and 37th installation was
the first under Portland's
new policy: "Siting private wireless
facilities in city right-of-way". (Binding City Policy
BCP-UTL-1.05). Eight hundred new cell towers are expected to
be installed on Portland's
residential streets in the next four years.
RespectPDX sponsored
the February 21 showing of FULL SIGNAL, a movie about the health impact
of wireless technology and opposition to cell towers, in order to raise
awareness in the community. Other groups are sponsoring FULL SIGNAL,
including a free showing at 7:30pm on March 15th at Pacific Northwest
College of Art.
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