{"id":7194,"date":"2015-10-12T00:51:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T07:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=7194"},"modified":"2017-04-04T01:39:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T08:39:06","slug":"new-cell-tower-proposed-council-supports-application-to-build-structure-in-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=7194","title":{"rendered":"New cell tower proposed &#8211; Council supports application to build structure in Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">by\u00a0 Kevin Mills &#8211; Mission City Record \u00a0\u00a0posted Oct 9, 2015 at 4:00 PM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A new telecommunications tower\u00a0could rise in Mission. \u00a0Council has agreed to support an application\u00a0by Rogers Communication to\u00a0construct a tower on the rural property\u00a0located at 31866 Rodman Ave. in the\u00a0southwest area of Mission. \u00a0The application was originally submitted\u00a0in 2013. However, the previous\u00a0council put the request on hold pending\u00a0a review of the district&#8217;s Wireless\u00a0Telecommunication Towers Policy.\u00a0According to the application, the new\u00a0tower is needed to address coverage\u00a0gaps in the central Mission area, including\u00a0the Silverdale neighbourhood area.\u00a0The proposed lattice self-support\u00a0tower would be 50 metres (165 feet) high.\u00a0A public consultation was held in\u00a0November of 2013.\u00a0&#8220;I believe that we need some new cell\u00a0towers in this community,&#8221; said <strong>Mayor\u00a0Randy Hawes<\/strong>. \u00a0He questioned the purpose of holding\u00a0another public consultation on the\u00a0subject. <strong>\u00a0&#8220;Regardless of the _results, what would\u00a0be the chances of us saying&#8217; No, we don&#8217;t\u00a0want cell towers because a lot of people\u00a0came and said they&#8217;re dangerous to our\u00a0health?,\u201d<\/strong> he asked the rest of council.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He said some residents may believe\u00a0that cell towers are dangerous and have\u00a0documents found on the Internet to\u00a0prove it,\u00a0but he prefers to accept &#8220;the\u00a0real science.&#8221;\u00a0Hawes also said some people may not\u00a0like the sight lines, or the look of the\u00a0tower, but questioned if that would be\u00a0cause to not support the proposal.\u00a0Council gave its support to the proposal\u00a0and decided not to hold another public consultation. However homes within\u00a0a 300-metre radius of the proposed site\u00a0will be notified. \u00a0Now that council has given its support,\u00a0Rogers can apply for a federal license\u00a0before it can begin construction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">COMMENTS \u00a0:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missioncityrecord.com\/news\/331837691.html\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">http:\/\/www.missioncityrecord.com\/news\/331837691.html<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><tt><a href=\"mailto:rhawes@mission.ca\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Email Mayor Randy Hawes rhawes@mission.ca<\/p>\n<p>mission.ca\/municipal-hall\/mayor-council\/mayor-randy-hawes\/<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><\/tt><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0 Kevin Mills &#8211; Mission City Record \u00a0\u00a0posted Oct 9, 2015 at 4:00 PM A new telecommunications tower\u00a0could rise in Mission. \u00a0Council has agreed to support an application\u00a0by Rogers Communication to\u00a0construct a tower on the rural property\u00a0located at 31866 Rodman Ave. in the\u00a0southwest area of Mission. \u00a0The application was originally submitted\u00a0in 2013. However, the previous\u00a0council [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,103,28,226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bc","category-canada","category-cell-tower","category-mission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7194"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9841,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7194\/revisions\/9841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}