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QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br /> Item C-3 <br /> PURPOSE <br /> '1. Consideration of certain County owned properties as candidate sites for telecommunication <br /> tower placement. <br /> 2. Designation of specific publicly owned properties as being eligible for the MTP. <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> Federal Telecommunications (Telco) Act of 1996 <br /> —Promotes `Information Highway.' <br /> Limited the authority of local governments to regulate towers. <br /> •In 2007 NC General Assembly allows local governments to permit `Spec. Towers.' <br /> Times Have Changed <br /> •Public Safety Response, <br /> 'Information Technology Info. Exchange, <br /> •Economic Development, <br /> •Enable core competency of government through improved service delivery, <br /> 'Spanning the `Rural Divide,' and <br /> •Broadband. <br /> Solution <br /> Zoning Ordinance Requirements -- Section 6.18.5 <br /> —Master Telecommunications Plan <br /> —Administrative Approvals <br /> •Funding Opportunity through ARRA <br /> •County Owned Sites <br /> •Proposed Public/Private Partnership <br /> •Comprehensive Plan Consistency <br /> PROPOSAL for BOCC <br /> •Identify suitable public sites, <br /> •Add these sites to the MTP for telecommunication development, <br /> •Authorize staff to apply for ARRA grants in the next cycle, and <br /> •Seek technical partnership, and <br /> •Later BOCC contract approval. <br /> County-Owned Tower Sites <br /> Other Non-Public Candidate MTP Sites <br /> OWASA, <br /> 'Orange County School Sites, <br /> 'Volunteer Fire Departments, and <br /> S:1Minutes12009 1 1 23 QPH.doc <br />