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- Attachment I. <br /> Letter from National League of Cities <br /> <br /> M~y ~ 200~ <br /> <br /> Th~'l~mblo Pstdck L~hy <br /> <br /> 'Waehinsin~ D.C. 20~10 <br /> <br /> Oa behalf of the meatb~r~hlp ofth¢ Natior~ l.~at~0 0fCitica. wc am writing.to <br /> mq~resa cur ~ttong rmppoxi fnr tl~ Local Control ofBroadoam ToWer~ Act (g.3102) <br /> ~ Lo~J COal~O1 of Ceihl~r Towels Ac~ ($J103). WO br.,li~e lhe. 1996 <br /> <br /> ami local zoning and land use authority wflh regard to tower placer. Th~so <br /> mcasum~ would roetorc cite ~bility of local ~vernmerds to cffccdvely balance tl~ <br /> ne~ls oftolecommunii:miorl~ provider~ ~ the zontfl~ needs ofthe/r c/tim/tO, <br /> <br /> As you I~.w, the Tclccommu~/0~livas A~ of 1996101[lSlalion codified the fed-tel <br /> 8ovemmetlf~ confide, ut~ o finm-c,m]cd comp~fion e~l dee. ms, ed govg~mem <br /> r~ulatto~ ~ tim tclcphorkv industry. For local go,..emm.-r~ C~O~ d~c nation, lher~ <br /> h~ been lmme~e local eonv'l~ct over ~ower siting ~at ~V~ms f~ ~ ~n~ of <br /> <br /> While the Act added Stt~tiol1704. codified a~ Section 3~2(¢)t'7)fA). whioh ner, er~v <br /> <br />tow= dfin$, it did ~p~HiosIly If~t fl~ mth~rity of~tc or let:~l go~rmt~at~ m <br />prevmt unmaer,~-blo gi~orlmination m'nong"provid~..s of functionally equt-,ml, e~ <br />r. etvi~,~," The A~ t~-th~ prewntcd state ~ locnl ~ove. l'ma~ttts from prohibiting <br />*'the pro~4sion ofp=sonal wireless s=vices," ~ sccflun al~o l'cqll~s S~0 ~ <br />local Bovernments to rmp~d ~ a ~a.sonable time to requcsis to ~tte wtrele~ <br />tower6 and fam'litf~, hi ~dillor~ ibis ~x~ also c'~cpr~aly ~orS{& loea! <br />~over~m~ats il'om pmhihl~U~ lower ,,t,,i.~ baa~i oa tho ~ dr~ of RF <br />en~stona, providing flint dlese altos oca~Ply with ~, ~ re~ulati0n$ concmulai <br />such embtaions. <br /> <br />Thii measure wotdd amend ~ Tdmommunteltgon~ Act of t ~6 m~[ maffirnl state <br />and lo~al aultmr]ty lo msula~c thc placeme~ c~r~ffuction, and m~lificafit:m of : <br />'b~ad~ast Ir~nsmisiton/'aoilitie6, Moreov~, it wouMpmhiblt the Pederal i <br />~.. ~cati_olia Commls~ion 6urn dopt~lg a final ml0 or othsrwis~ im~lcm~li.= <br />~ pofti0 ora pfop0sod ml~ r~linll ~ pt, wanpti0u of Smte'aud Jo~ zonJlIg <br />~ ~ ~o tmrioflons oone~r~g the fltiug, placeme~, and Oons~Io~ ~F <br /> <br /> IV-70 <br /> <br /> <br />