MAILBAG:

Regarding “City moves cell tower,” April 30:

As a Huntington Harbour resident living 1.25 miles from this potential site for the cell tower, I do not feel opposed to or for the tower aside from the looks of it.

My concern and issue was more the precedent that this was setting for location within the city.

It appeared that the council, by this “emergency meeting,” were creating an albatross that would stir NIMBY mentality as it had with the desalinization plant. If it were not acceptable at the proposed site, then where would be acceptable?

All citizens would be at risk, would they not?

And would they not have a valid argument against one in their neighborhood or proximity? What are the city planning, building codes etc. that dictate this as allowable and where?

What council members, past or present, approved this, and what was their basis of supporting data from city staff to say this location is OK or future sites? A lot of unanswered questions.

I applaud Mayor Keith Bohr and Councilman Joe Carchio for their response to the citizens in our neighborhood, but it will take more than just an emergency meeting to quell this — and at what cost to the city for all the “studies” by outside consultants to find an appropriate location?

Why wasn’t the “homework” done before?

It is ironic that the city has such a difficult time getting construction projects completed without controversy (Sports Complex, Warner sewer project and now this). I cannot wait to see what demons lurk in Pacific City and the Senior Center.

I wish you luck.

DREW KOVACS

Huntington Beach

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City dropped the ball on cell-phone tower

It’s nice to know the “Peter Principle” is alive and well in the City Hall of Huntington Beach.

According to the front-page article regarding the relocation of a cell tower next to Harbour View Elementary School in the Independent (“City moves cell tower,” April 30), “But it could cost the taxpayers up to $50,000 to terminate the contract?.?.?.?”

Does anyone in the Planning Department do any research before putting a cell-phone tower next to a school?

Mayor Keith Bohr said, “We want everything to be a public hearing.?.?.?.?It simply fell through the cracks.”

A potential $50,000 crack.

TOPPER HORACK

Huntington Beach

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