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Approved 7/8/2013 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 6/10/2013 Page 8 of 92 <br />the site and say then don’t need it but they have indicated that a condition will reserve that site and 1 <br />offer that site to the county. What we do with it is our prerogative at an appropriate time. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Larry Wright: Are volunteer emergency services technically part of the county or not? And how 4 <br />would they interact with this tower? 5 <br /> 6 <br />Michael Harvey: I don’t know if I am qualified to answer that question. What I will say is there is 7 <br />countywide information network, VIPER system that volunteer fire departments are tied into as 8 <br />additional intended communication is provided then obviously the local departments, as my 9 <br />understanding, have access to that same system. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Larry Wright: They run independent of this telecommunications tower? 12 <br /> 13 <br />Michael Harvey: We have an emergency communications system through the county, the VIPER 14 <br />system. It may be determined that this system is not necessary and we do not need an antenna on 15 <br />this tower. The local volunteer fire departments make use of the same VIPER county wide system. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Larry Wright: I am really confused because the Planning Board was talking about the need for 18 <br />telecommunications towers because some emergency systems had to communicate through Mebane 19 <br />to interface with 911 or there was a very awkward system of communication because we had so 20 <br />many spots without coverage. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Michael Harvey: Mr. Chairman, I don’t feel comfortable responding because I don’t have any 23 <br />knowledge to testify this. What I can testify to is that David Sykes of Orange County Emergency 24 <br />Management indicates that he believes the tower is a good location and obviously one of the 25 <br />conditions, I wish I could answer but I don’t feel I should mislead you, is that if they offer a site to the 26 <br />county, the county can do with it what it wishes. 27 <br /> 28 <br />David Blankfard: On your structural qualifications, tab 28, it states the tower will be designed for 90 29 <br />miles per hour wind speed however, once you get emergency services on there, your importance 30 <br />factor will change to be slightly elevated. How are you going to deal with that once the tower has 31 <br />been constructed? Will you have someone else come back and verify that? 32 <br /> 33 <br />Jill House: It will be designed for standard loading for the four carriers so you won’t need to 34 <br />reevaluate it after the carriers are installed. If anyone additional goes on, it may accommodate even 35 <br />more equipment. 36 <br /> 37 <br />David Blankfard: Okay. So it will be checked again? 38 <br /> 39 <br />Jill House: Yes. Actually CMS requires the structural analysis for each publication but they will need 40 <br />to be structurally enhanced we don’t anticipate. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Michael Harvey: That is covered in Section 5.10.8 location is required to go through similar process 43 <br />in terms of submitting the necessary documentation. 44 <br /> 45 <br />Karen Barrows: There is a letter from Michael F. Plahovinsak, P.E. who is a professional engineer 46 <br />and he starts by saying I understand there may be some concern… 47 <br /> 48 <br />Michael Harvey: That is tab 28. 49 <br /> 50 <br />Karen Barrows: Is that what you are addressing? 51 <br /> 52 <br />Larry Wright: Did you get your questions answered? 53