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1) A listing of all telecommunications <br />towers within a 1 -mile (for towers 150 <br />feet in height or shorter or 2 -miles (for <br />towers greater than 150 feet in height) <br />radius of the proposed tower site. <br />Documents shall be submitted at the <br />time of application filing that indicate <br />the applicant's ability or inability to co- <br />locate on the identified tower(s) and <br />reasons why. <br />_Yes N <br />0 <br />2) Delineation of the boundaries of the _Yes N <br />maximum search range within which X N/A o <br />the telecommunication equipment can <br />function as intended. The following <br />information shall be provided for all <br />existing towers within the search <br />range: <br />(a) Tower height, as measured from XYes N <br />the base of the tower to the highest o <br />point of the proposed antenna, <br />including lighting rods, to be located <br />atop the tower structure; <br />(b) Existing and planned tower users; XYes N <br />0 <br />(c)Whether the existing XYes N <br />telecommunication tower could o <br />accommodate the antenna to be <br />attached to the proposed tower without <br />causing structural instability or radio <br />frequency interference; and <br />There are six telecommunication <br />towers within two miles of the PEMC <br />site. They area: <br />1. 15T monopole on Old NC 10, <br />2. 160'guyed tower on NC 86, <br />3. 178' monopole in Hillsborough, <br />4. 160' monopole on Landau Dr. <br />5. 254' lattice tower on New Hope <br />Church Road, and <br />6. 180' monopole on Palmers <br />Grove Church Road. <br />A radio propagation study included <br />these tower sites. Because of <br />terrain, coverage is not concentric. <br />The best coverage for PEMC is the <br />proposed 350' tower. Each of the <br />existing tower sites listed have <br />coverage deficiencies that would <br />have a sever impact on the radio <br />coverage PEMC requires due to <br />structure height, antenna height, <br />ground elevations, and terrain <br />features. <br />The PEMC radio system is a <br />trunked, two-way VHR system and <br />does not .utilize cellular technology. <br />PEMC requires a radio system that <br />will optimize existing frequency <br />spectrum and provide increased <br />voice channel capacity and data <br />functionality, This will require a <br />three tower system consisting of a <br />VHF trunked repeater equipment, <br />VHF top antenna, transmission line <br />for the VHF radio system, and <br />microwave dishes to interconnect <br />the three tower sites. The other two <br />towers are already installed in <br />Person and Caswell Counties. <br />The replacement tower height is 350 <br />feet, which includes a 30 -foot <br />antenna mounted on top of the <br />structure. <br />Piedmont Electric system. <br />The applicant tower is designed to <br />allow up to five (5) co- locations. <br />Orange County systems will be <br />allowed free of charge and private <br />companies will be charged a fee. <br />26 <br />26 <br />