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November 8, 2004 <br /> <br />Mr. Jerome Udz <br />City Attorney for City of Eugene <br />Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C. <br />360 E- 10th Avenue, Ste 300 <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> <br /> Re: Supplemental Comments Regarding Proposed Amendments to Wireless <br /> Ordinance <br /> Eugene Code.Section 9.5750 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. I_idz: <br /> <br /> On August 23, 2004, I submitted a letter on behalf of AT&T Wireless Services <br />("AT'FWS") expressing ATTWS' initial concerns regarding Eugene's proposed amendments to <br />its wireless code, EC 9.5750. Since then, you and I have had several.discussions regarding the <br />proposed amendments. As you suggested, A-i-IANS Has completed a technical analysis <br />quantifying the effects o{the proposed code amendments on its ability to provide wireless <br />services to residents and visitors in Eugene. This letter is intended to convey the results of that <br />analYsis ;and to express A3-FVVS' continuing concerns regarding the proposed amendments. <br /> <br /> Overall, A~-FWS opposes these amendments because they will have a significant <br /> adverse effect on A3-FWS' ability to meet its customers' service demands in Eugene. Based, On <br /> my review of the materials submitted t.o the Planning Commission, the proposed amendments <br /> appear to be advocated by a few anti-wireless individuals who do not represent the views of <br /> the entire community, which daily relies on the expanding availability of wireless services. Rea <br /> Fowler o{ TerraQuest International will attend today's Planning Commission meeting to convey <br /> ATTWS' concerns to the Commissioners. , <br /> <br /> I. ATTW$' Technical Analysis <br /> <br /> If the City adopts the code amendments currently proposed, AT-IANS will be prohibited <br /> from constructing several wireless facilities needed to provide service within Eugene. Taking <br /> into consideration ATTVVS' current wireless coverage and its anlJcipated coverage and capacity <br /> needs, ATTWS identified on a map of Eugene several additional locations where it will need to <br /> construct wireless facilities over the next several years. ATTWS then ovedaid that map with <br /> Eugene's zoning map to determine the zoning of each location. <br /> <br /> Through this analysis, AT-IANS determined that over the next several yea-rs it will need to <br /> locate eight additional wireless telecommunication facilities in Eugene. Of these eight <br /> facilities, six will be directly impacted - and likely prohibited - by the proposed amendments to <br /> <br /> Y:\V'CI~AT'r~UGE~NE~2ND C.~MMENT I.,TR llD~G4,DOC <br /> <br /> 11/05/04 M0N 10:43 [TX/RX NO 8271] <br /> <br /> <br />