Post by Admin on Jun 9, 2015 12:25:38 GMT -5
See the entire Hearing here>>>Polk County Hearing June 3, 2015
This is the Polk County TV website. The page will have a Sm all square in the upper left that looks like the photo above and has ..."brought to you by PGTV". Mouse Over (i.e. hover your cursor) over the bottom edge of the square and you will see the "Controls" panel emerge. (If you don't aim your mouse cursor over the bottom edge of that square, it will remain blank.)
When the controls emerge, go to the far right and you will see a Sm all solid rectangle. CLICK IT and your picture will be enlarged to a Full Screen! (You don't have to go Full Screen but it is easier to view than a 3 x 3 box).
Once you activate Full Screen, MOUSE OVER the bottom edge of the screen and you will see "controls" emerge again. The right-pointing solid arrow on the far left is the PLAY button, just like on a remote control. Click it to begin the video.
The little white progress button will move to the right as you view. You can move it yourself to accelerate the pace (or go back) by mousing on top of the solid circle, HOLDING your mouse down and physically moving it to the left or to the right.
S-bag's hearing is the first one and starts at Index position 11:32 so if you want to skip the preliminaries, do as suggested above and move the little circle to the right with your mouse until the Index number appears.
The FOR/AGAINST stats are located at 12:48 and are:
5 letter/8 people in Support
12 Emails/16 people in Support...............total 17 contacts 24 people
5 Phone Calls/6 people Opposed
6 Letters/ 10 people Opposed
24 Emails/ 30 people Opposed...............total 35 contacts 46 people
(I'm not good at math but this would appear to be 2 to 1 Against.)
Of the 6 people testifying OPPOSED, ALL 6 were non-Board Parcel Owners.
The opposing comments included:
1. Insufficient Notification to Owners/Request to Postpone until Winter Snowbirds return, Negative Failure Analysis of Application
2. Objection to Impact Statements Refuting claims by Applicants relative to accessibility of multiple internet sources and supposed "no impact" on real estate values, Majority of Owners absent and unaware of Application, Request to Postpone Hearing for 90 days,
3. Objection to Refute Applicant Impact Statement about Tennis Court tower i.e. that it had "no impact" on Fire, EMS or Police Access/Response, 8 photos with measurements offered into evidence, Request to relocate Tennis Court tower,
4. Objection to Esthetics of Beach Site degradation with Beach tower on site, strong objections to Beach tower
5. Objection regarding Applicant lack of disclosure about true ownership of towers, Objection to including 3 deeds to common properties not referenced in Application, Request that Commission require documentation of ownership and clarification of including 3 additional parcels not cited in application,
6. Statement that Verizon provides great internet service, Objection to forcing towers that are not good for the community for benefit of a few snowbirds not even living in community, Request that towers be relocated outside of S-bag.
Of the 4 people testifying FOR, 2 were Board Members, 1 was an ex-board member and 1 was not even an owner in SLR (Lived across SR60 and subscribes)
The support comments stated:
1. we need super high speed internet and other providers low quality, most people subscribe, advantageous to Polk County, refutes "not owned by SLohA" because they were donated (in the fashion of trees and exercise equipment)and are on the asset sheet and reserves
2. KCNet also provides for economical home phones and heightening of towers due to trees growing
3. Customer who lives on the other side of SR60 (not a S-bag owner) likes the internet service
4. Applicant St aib (final speaker)who summarized history of company and towers
The Applicant representing the Application was D Brnd and, when invited to make closing comments and/or rebuttals, declined to speak.
Only 1 of 4 Commissioners supported waiting for snowbirds to return and stated it would cause no harm to the company. The other commissioners took a Very Narrow View of their role and seemed to not want to get involved and voted for the Land Use Modification WITHOUT a single condition! (They had 3 Options: Grnt, Deny or Approve with Conditions.)
The entire meeting took an hour and ends at Index 59:59.