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ORONO REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING HELD OCTOBER 8, 1990 ZONING FILE #1588 - US WEST NEW VECTOR GROUP CONTINUED power, the beam may have to be shaped and they may need a . secondary tower in another commercial industrially zoned area. He feels this is not the only answer. He also states, "We were told by the City that this is a 2 acre residentially zoned area and I never thought I would come to a Council meeting to see the big guns of US West, especially the attorney, threatening us to say we will put this tower here and litigate if you guys don't approve. I don't think this is the way US West should go about it's business." Bruce Clark, 625 Old Long Lake Road, states he has just spent thousands of dollars on a deck overlooking a very scenic marsh and this tower is unacceptable. Cathy Hollimon added that there was never a neighborhood meeting. The first they heard about this was when someone wanted to take pictures in their back yard and stressed the point that this would be done by the end of this year. Callahan stated that it seems an attempt had been made to contact residents. Mabusth stated that the applicant was using tax records that were about a year old and the Hollimons were new homeowners and didn't get the notice. Steven Champlin, 50 Myrtlewood, also opposes the tower, • primarily for aesthetic reasons. He expressed concern over seeing the tower on the Luce Line as well as from his home. He expressed concern over the hazard of towers to birds. He complimented the US West group in their handling of this matter but does not want to see this tower in their neighborhood. JoEllen Hurr, 930 Partenwood Road, asked if the Church would not lose their tax - exempt status if a commercial operation were on their site. Acting Mayor Callahan responded that it is possible that the income from the project may be taxable but the Church would probably not lose it's status but does not know for sure. Betty Wells, 70 Myrtlewood Road, stated that the Church has changed hands three times since it was built and this group may leave once the tower is built also. Ray Wells, 70 Myrtlewood Road, stated that they do look directly in that direction and would be looking directly at the tower at all times. Gabriel Jabbour, 985 Tonkawa Road, indicated that he and JoEllen Hurr had worked on the original draft of the ordinance in the early 1970's. The intent of the people who wrote the code was that antennas of this kind would not be allowed in Orono. He 23