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Home My WebLink About20-01 Comments (2)Re: Tower Projects Subject: Re: Tower Projects Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:18:48 -0400 From: Eric Lawrence <elawrenc@co.frederick.va.us> To: Kamal Doshi <kdoshi@sharedtowers.com> CC: msmith@greenwayeng.com, aestes@rohnnet.com Hello Kamal. In response to your two inquires: 1. A condition was placed on each approved CUP application stating that "In the event a telecommunications tower is not erected within twelve (12) months of the approval of this Conditional Use Permit, then the CUP will be deemed invalid." Therefore, if you anticipate a failure to comply with this condition, it may be appropriate for you to re -apply for a CUP and have the condition modified, and the time frame extended. 2. The Hunting Ridge tower CUP approval enabled the construction of a 195 foot telecommunication tower. Therefore, you'll need to keep the tower under 195 -feet tall. Feel free to contact me with questions. -Eric Kamal Doshi wrote: > Hello Eric: > Just a quick update and a request: > - The cell companies have all slowed down as they all are having trouble raising funds after problems at MCI Worldcom, Quest and others. I cannot get any feedback out of Triton (partly because of their emotional attachment to competing sites). Shentel who likes my sites is unable to commit to any specific dates because of its budget constraints. If you have had any other inquiries for Route 522 corridor please let me know. For the time being, I am going ahead with Hunting Ridge (the first tower in the series) and Cross Junction after that. Others will probably wait for more interest level. I may need to come back to you for extensions of time on zoning approvals. Please let me know how that is to be handled. > - Regarding Hunting Ridge, we have approval for 195' tower. Our plan was to install a lightening rod of 4 feet and stay within the 199' guideline. The tower manufacturer Rohn has informed me that their towers are built in standard sections in 4' increments, thus the nearest available height to our requirement is 196' and they can ship a shorter lightening rod of 3' thus still maintaining 199'. I know this is different from the original plan but only by a small degree (1 foot) and I wanted to get your input on whether this would be acceptable. The other alternative is to build the tower shorter by four foot, which is also OK by me, but could give reason for a uncooperative future carrier to demand a new tower. > Kamal > cc: Alan Estes, Rohn (please wait till I receive feedback on this from Mr. Lawrence at Frederick County) > Mark Smith, Greenway Engineering. Eric R. Lawrence, AICP Director Department of Planning and Development County of Frederick 107 N. Kent Street Winchester, Virginia 22601 540.665.5651 I of 2 9/25/2002 11:19 AM .:^a SHENTEL SHENANDOAH PERSONAL COMMUNICA11ONS P.o. sox 280 • Edinburg, Virginia 22824-0280 • (540) 984-3000 January 16, 2002 Mr. Kamal Doshi Shared Towers, LLC 6501 Sandy Knoll Court McLean, VA 22101 Re: Shared Towers Sites — Route 522 Frederick County Dear Kamal: Shenandoah Personal Communications Company (Shentel) is interested in leasing space on the facilities you are developing along State Route 522 north from Winchester, through Frederick County, toward Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. This interest is conditioned on Shentel receiving the top spot on the sites at the currently proposed height and Shared Towers agreeing to lease terms comparable to leases already in place with Shentel. We plan to include your sites in our second quarter budget request for the installation to coincide with your development. As soon as we receive approval we will submit formal applications. Please keep us advised as to your progress along this Route. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. LLG/dp cc: Mr. William L. Pirtle Mr. Neil Fadely Sincerely yours, Leonard Greisz Project Manager A SUBSIDIARY OF SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY WE MUST SERVE WELL TO PROSPER • WE MUST PROSPER TO SERVE WELL NOV-15-2001 03:36 PM Shared Towers 7'036282654 1 253 423 3800 P.01 Shz- -d 'Powers, LLC 6301 Sandy Knoll Court, McLean, VA 22101 (703)-593-13%1 Fax 233-423-3800 e-mail: kdoshi i4sharedtowers.com November 13, 2001 Mr. Mark R. Chcran, Planncr County of Frederick 107 North Kent Street Winchester, VA 22601 Via Fa. 40-661-6395 Dear Mr. Cheran. We are happy to assist County emergency communications services (police fire, ambulance) by allowing theles to attach up to two ontni antennas on each of our proposed towers_ Like 211 other tenants, when they need the space, they will need to enter into a lease document (however, the rens will. be waivedk Sincerely, Shand Towers, LLC Kamal Doshi Managing Mcmber Cr.- Mark Smith, Greenway Engineering 540-722.9528 SEP -18-2001 07:41 GM Shared Tower=- 7036282654 1 253 423 3800 P_04 Towair Results ayVSMI "Mips::: u4blag I w-1ce. gov: U 12% I nwet A routine check of the coordinates, heights, and structure type you provided indicates whether this structure does or does not require registration. Any "fail slope" result tneans that your structure requiresFAA notification and FCC registration If all results are "pass slope", this means that the structure does not require registration, based on the information you provided. WARNING. Because the al rport database we use is updated periodically, it does not take into account the most recent airport construction, nor does it include proposed airports. You still must register with the FCC if your structure is located near one of these airports or if the FAA specifically asks you to register - even if you "pass slope" in all instances. Note: Use your Browser's print function to print your TowAir results. THE INITIAL INFORMATION ENTERED: 35'22'272 791739.5 .60.7 59.7 345.6 YC)Lt Structure does not require registration. There are no airports within 8 kilome-ters(5 miles) of the coordinates: you provided. 3 L.t I sif (L of 1 9,;13.'2001 9:06 Pr Existing toweres cannot provide coverage from Hunting Ridge to Timber Ridge Berkeley RAD Centers 170' a — A ERP 47 S ectra-Om s 182' SSSlope 3.1 -.Y Shared Towers Sites In Zoning Access Factor 10 Signal Legend Frederick County, VA Red 0-87 Good Coverage / Purple -87 -90 Acceptable Coverage' „ Reynol�d's Store 195' I' �i ii Blue -90 -93 Poor Coverage VA 1i��!`I� Green -93 -99 Calls Drop 3� k A A X� �.;I�i� sill ; ;,, ZFrequency 1950 MHzOmni DB906 Antenna Cross Ju tion 195' f / f / (a` �`• a' r ��. „i\ `. l (I' IIS l �,, r .� ��' , ► ( ,/' ° Jeffersor a k 4. �► ` s , A Huntin Rid a 195' s Hunting Ridge 39-16-07.2 78-13-28.3 195' Pole Ground 921' - y9hiya .R =.Cross Juction 39-19-10.2 78-17-37.7 195' Pole Ground 975' y-''Rolds Store 39-22-28.5 78-17-39.7 195' Pole Ground 1130' % Crown 140' Pole A Crown 39-12-53.37 78-12-15 195' SS Ground 940' Spectrasite-Omps 39-24-49.5 78-19-41.7 182' SS Ground 1383 Crown 195' SS Crown 39-14-37.9 78-11-49 140'Pole Ground 1190' i Q .�., ., •r I�/r FAI The Proposed Sites Complete The Coverage Gaps "V,C Berkeley RAD Centers 170' 0C A ERP 47 SS Slope 3.1 / Shared Towers Sites In Zoning Access Factor 10 / ti Frederick County, VA Signal Legend *V Red 0 -87 Good Coverage It!�' it, 41 Purple -87 -90 Acceptable Coverage-------- overages—JStore Store195't��,-;. _= Blue -90 -93 Poor Coverage Green -93 -99 Calls Drop i -�: ` , /Frequency 1950 MHz;' ` I / Omni DB906 Antenna Z A ion 195' G Jeffersor Huntin Rid a 195' < _ A A;ks Hunting Ridge 39-16-07.2 78-13-28.3 195' Pole Ground 921' Cross Juction 39-19-102 78-17-37.7 195' Pole Ground 975' a^2 Reynolds Store 39-22-28.5 78-17-39.7 195' Pole Ground 1130' Crown 140' Pole \ Crown 39-12-53.37 78-12-15 195' SS Ground 940' Spectrasite-Omps 39-24-49.5 78-19-41.7 182' SS Ground 1383 rr.,..,., 40G, ce Crown 39-14-37.9 78-11-49 140' Pole Ground 1190' STun om,N,A.. 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NORTH 2 u R 1U ti522j Ca" Y� R4WC R 944 Hh`ntirig'Ridu g Vq�tfiV r+jCN t� 4 dian Hollow 4 @ 2000 De.L Street Atlas USA; 9 2000 GDT, hu., Rel. 0472000 xti rn a SUNCOM DEFINED SEARCH AREA AND PROPOSED TOWERS FOR HUNTING RIDGE/ROBERTS SITE. 1 t WY slulw1com f { tt Member of the AM Wireless Nefi • + r w 24 - Ch". t:h t > r" • n r r LINE OF SITE DIFFERENCE FOR HUNTING RIDGE SITES 9 aN-m u n mber of the x� SYSTEM ALONG HWY 522 UTILIZING PROPOSED SHARED TOWER HUNTING RIDGE SITE WCR 944D Shared Tower's Hunting Ridge suncom KAe mitter of die AMT Wi reI ess N elwvR Coverage gaps which occur between Roberts and Shared Tower's Hunting Ridge. WCR 944E Roberts