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Page 3 that can be generated from new cell sites on a property 3 This study was performed notby the Ciiy but by athird party wirelessvendor consultant ATS Communications contracted by the City This Lake Forest based company partners with the wireless telecommunication companies to identify and locate potential wireless cellular antenna sites It then proactively markets these locations to the wireless carriers in an attempt to create a revenue stream for that location This vendor consultant is paid by the wireless providers indirectly in that it will receive its compensation by netting a signiFcant percentage of the revenues the City will receive from the land use leases for these towers Indeed although its dba is ATS Communications it is registered and operates in the State ofCalifornia as Telecom Parhiers Group Coip 4 Thus it is in ATS s financial interest to get as many towers installed as possible ATS is not a neutral party c TMobile TMobile hasthe largest nutnber of towers in the City ofTustin already eleven in all T Mobile has filed this application based upon a claim that there is a purportedly a gap in coverage in this East Tustin area necessitating the tower The truth ofthis representation however is cast into doubt by TMobile s own data on its website where a consumer can checkhis her coverage in their area According toTMobile s Personal Coverage Check found athttp www tmobile com coverage pcc aspx the area in and around Cedar Grove Park ranges from Good to Very Good with the Park itself being in the Very Good range Data coverage is even better The entire range spans from No Coverage Partfler Good Very Good and Excellent Copies ofthese results can be Found with this letter as Exhibit Number2 and s incorporated by this reference These maps indicate that there isin car or better coverage for virtually all ofthis area without the proposed Cedar Grove tower It appears that whatTMobile portrays to the City to obtain approval for the cell phone tower is indirect conflictwith what they maintain to the buying public on their website putting its representations to the City into question MoreoverTMobile s effort to explore alternative locations in this area also may be a bit disingenuous based upon the representations made at the October 20 2010 zoning administrator hearing Indeed little if any effort has been made to identify or secure the numerous other higher elevation alternative locations in this area 3 History of the Cedar Grove Tustin Ranch s history is inextricably entwined with the story ofthe Irvine Ranch What is now known as Tustin Ranch was annexedjust a little over twenty years ago in 1986 Itis deeply rooted in the Irvine Family history The Irvine Family planted the Cedar Grove trees in the early 1900 s as an experiment to determine if it would make au adequate windrow as an alternative to ATS Communications literature found on its websiteathttp atscomm services wireless master plan html However according to the Orange County C1erk Recorder s office ATSCommunications dba registration expired on July 29 2007 s For purposesofthis exercise we used the Sedona neighborhood address of 1161 S Goetting Avenue which is ownedand occupied by Thomas and Sharon Michael
F 4 the costly and imported eucalyptus trees that they ultimately used throughout the Irvine Ranch area The experiment ultimately failed but the grove has been preserved as a markofthe history ofthe area Few if any other historical markers exist in Tustin Ranch Simply put this grove has historical significance not only to the City ofTustin but also to Irvine and the County as a whole Its scenic beauty needs no mention It is probably the oldest preserved Ranch site within Tustin James Irvine s love of trees is evidenced in his gift ofthe county s first regional park now Irvine Regional Park He placed several conditions on his land donation including that there be absolutely no harvesting of trees which instead were to receive good care and thepeat k wus to be kept crs natural as possible G One can liken Tustin Ranch s Cedar Grove to the majestic oaks ofIrvine Regional Park it is one of the last vestiges of Tustin Ranch history that must be preserved protected and kept nahu al No one would thinkof putting up atower next to Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park or upon Mount Rushmore or next to the General Grantor General Sherman trees in Sequoia National Park Our Cedar Grove is our own little piece ofTustin Ranch history desecrated by a 65 modern fake tree tower It should not be 4 Cont7ict with City GeneralPlan and Purpose The proposed placement of this tower is in direct conflict with the City General Plan and is inconsistent contrary and out ofcharacter with the nature beauty landscape and historical nature of the park and surrounding neighborhoods scenery charm The City ofTustin published an updated General Plan in 2008 as a blueprint Eor fiiture growth and development in the city Lt addresses issues in relation to land use circulation housing the conservation ofnahrral resources the preservation of open space the noise envirorunent and the protection of public safety as required under Section65302 of the Government Code An approval ofTMobi es application for a wireless telecommunication facility at Cedar Grove Park would be in direct conflict with the goals objectives and strategies described in the City s General Plan The preservation of the Cedar Grove isof paramount importance in the General Pialand is alluded to numerous times both directly and indirectly throughout To this end the City s Wireless Master Plan prepared by financially interested party ATS Cormnuuications is also in direct conflict with the General Plan For example within the General Plau is the Land Use Element LUE a guide land use in the City It provides in pertinent part for allocation of DEVELOPMENT CIARACTER IN IJAST TUSTIN Liebeclc Judith Irvrue A HistoryofInnovation andGrowth 1990 City of Tustin General Plan TGP tune 17 2008 page 6 Pioneer Publications
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