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Brad Hirst, 1811 Santa Rita Road, representing Sprint, gave a brief background on how long the cellular industry has been around and that the industry is growing each day. Sprint has eighteen approved sims, with this one being the nineteenth in the Tri-Valley area. Five of these sites are in residential areas. Radio towers are not new in this area. FCC licensing requires extension of service to the entire market including residential areas. He showed slides of what the towers would look like. The Pacific Bell tower was approved in March 1996, without an appeal. It was constructed to replace a 52 foot high tower. Sprint received design review approval without opposition in December 1996. In June 1997, Sprint and Cellular One received design review approval for the antenna mounted on the tower and tank. He said there has been considerable opposition since June based on visual impacts and health related issues. Sprint truly wants to work with the neighborhood. Four comments to the local issues: 1) at the July 30 neighborhood meeting, six of the nine people present owned and used cellular phones; 2) the City itself has approved a lease for a cellular antenna to go on top of the Operation Services Center, where city employees will occupy that building 24 hours a day; 3) the City presently encourages cellular phone use with neighborhood and cellular watch programs; and, 4) cellular phones help people help others. Pat Sausedo, 2911 Queens Estate, San Jose, representing Cellular One, said over the past weeks Cellular One has met with the Kottinger neighbors. Cellular One has tried to provide information and resolve concerns regarding the project. From these meetings she heard concerns about health effects from co-located facilities; who will be served by these facilities; why does Pleasanton need additional infrastructure; why the Kottinger site; and why not stop all approvals while a study is being done to determine a City policy. She said currently Cellular One serves over 6,000 customers for the City of Pleasanton. Cellular One is trying to provide city wide quality service for its customers. There is a demand for more facilities as the Bay Area grows. Cellular One would appreciate Council upholding the Zoning Administrator's decision on June 20. Dr. Jerrold Bushberg, 651 Gateway Blvd, So. San Francisco, presented slides regarding radiation exposure from the towers. The levels of exposure is substantially lower than the measure of what is acceptable by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement and the American Standards Institute. The World Health Organization and International Radiation Protection Association had a rather broad representation as to the effects of radiation from towers. He gave examples of other radiation exposures that might be more harmful, including microwave ovens. He agreed with the research in the report from Environmental Health Strategies. Mayor Tarvet asked how long the research had been going on. Mr. Bushberg said about 45 years. Personal Communication Systems have only been in operation for a few years, so there are not long term studies done on the effects of these systems, if any. By studying other frequencies, however, in or about the same frequency, a judgment can be made as to their effects. Pleasanton City Council 9/2/97 Minutes 14