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2 <br /> Speakers included five industry representatives and one Orange County <br /> resident. <br /> On January 18, 1996, the Ordinance Review Committee, as well as another <br /> interested Planning Board member and a member of the Board of Adjustment, <br /> met with the telecommunication providers who spoke at the public hearing. <br /> The purpose of the meeting was for the Committee to gain a better <br /> understanding of issues and technical concerns raised at the public hearing, and <br /> to consider modifications to the proposal which would address those issues <br /> while maintaining the purpose and intent of the proposed amendment. <br /> Attached is a summary of some of the key areas of concern raised at the <br /> November 27, 1995 public hearing. Changes to the original proposal were <br /> presented for public hearing on May 28, 1996. Additional revisions are <br /> recommended based on the comments received at the May public hearing, <br /> May 28, 1996 Public Hearing Comments <br /> 1. One of the major issues raised at the public hearing concerned the <br /> potential health effects of electro-magnetic radiation. <br /> The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Section 704(B)(iv) and the <br /> Federal Communications Commission New National Wireless Tower <br /> Siting Policies(Section 1.1307(b))prohibit denial of a cellular <br /> telephone facility on the basis of health effects if it meets applicable <br /> standards issued by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). <br /> Studies conducted in 1994 and 1995 for a 360°tower located at 515 <br /> South Greensboro Street, Carrboro, are attached. Conclusions of the <br /> 1995 study state that"exposure levels measured on the ground and <br /> inside the equipment shelter.......continue to be more than one hundred <br /> times less than the protection guides set forth in ANSI C95.1-1982..... It <br /> is extremely likely that a more sensitive electromagnetic monitor would <br /> show the exposure levels to be thousands of times less than the <br /> maximums established by the standards..." <br /> Attached is information from the American Planning Association <br /> regarding electromagnetic fields associated with communication <br /> facilities. It states that no scientific study has shown a specific <br /> correlation between cancer and cellular communication devices. <br /> Likewise, no study has conclusively proven them to be safe. It has not <br /> been possible to obtain conclusive evidence thusfar because most <br /> homes are equipped with a variety of appliances that generate <br />