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Installation on the cell phone tower on Spindrift Way required that crews dig a 36-by-36-foot hole for the base, which was
then filled with 37 cubic yards of concrete. The tower stands 140 feet tall, and the base will act as ballast to hold it in place.
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the uplink/downlink data rate of
the consumers device
Fain detailed why Verizon
looked to put a tower on their
property.
“They selected this site be-
cause they had a giant hole in
their service area and they were
looking for the right spot to put
a tower to fill that hole,” she said.
“This tower will extend their
coverage area down to about Sea
Lions Cave.”
Thursday’s installation of the
new tower on Spindrift Way
required the preparation and
placement of a strong foundation
to hold up the tons of metal that
now arch skyward.
“We get a lot of wind in this
canyon, as it comes directly off
the ocean,” Olson said. “The
tower needs to be really sturdy.
I’m sure their engineers and de-
signers have taken that all into
consideration when figuring out
what is required to make this
work.”
Chris Allhands is one of the
owners of M&A Construction,
the company that is doing the
site preparation and coordinat-
ing the installation of the tower,
and he described the steps taken
to assure the stability of the new
structure.
“This was a fairly large project.
It’s got an impressive retaining
wall and it’s got a footing beneath
the retaining wall with a bunch
of rebar in it. The hole we dug
to anchor the tower was 36 by 36
feet, with 37 cubic yards of con-
crete and 22,000 pounds of rebar
added,” he said. “That’s what the
tower will sit on and the massive
base will act as a giant ballast to
hold the tower in place.”
The new Verizon cell tower
still needs to be connected to the
region’s electrical system and a
number of tests and adjustments
will have to be undertaken before
the cell site is completely opera-
tional, but those tasks should
be completed within the next
month.
SPECIAL MEETING from page negate the need for the district
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to borrow money to meet its fi-
nancial obligations.
Severance then said that other
The total owed to SVFR as
employees and volunteers in the of June 30 was $432,756, with
districts were intimidated by the reimbursements of $297,240 re-
anger directed at Langborg and cently received — and $179,521
were not willing to share their in process of being collected.
support for fear of retribution.
The updated information
“It’s sad that people feel intim- provided by McClure was ac-
idated by the hostile behavior of cepted after a couple of brief
a few and feel unable to express questions were answered with
their satisfaction with the lead- the assistance of Taylor.
ership of SVFR and WLAD,” she
McClure also pointed out the
said.
financials from WLAD were
Severance’s comments were positive and no shortfall was
met with a simple thank you expected for the ambulance dis-
from WLAD Director Rick trict.
Yecny, who was chairing the
Directors Ron Greene, from
meeting, and the group moved SVFR, and Larry Farnsworth,
to the next item on the agenda.
from WLAD, both spoke posi-
Next, SVFR/WLAD Office tively of the work McClure had
Manager Dina McClure present- done in compiling the informa-
ed an updated financial report to tion presented and expressed
the directors. She emphasized in confidence in her ability mov-
her report the nature of the fi- ing forward.
nancial shortfall that rocked the
The next portion of the meet-
SVFR board meeting last week. ing addressed the IGA shared
“The situation with SVFR is between SVFR and WLAD.
not a cash shortage but a cash
A working group of members
flow issue,” McClure said.
from both boards have created a
McClure than directed the charter that outlines the process
attention of the directors to the that will be used to evaluate the
updated financial information effectiveness of the IGA and
that she and retired CPA Kathy to determine the future of the
Taylor had compiled to answer agreement.
questions from the directors,
“We’ve met a couple of times
and the public, that have arisen and we’ve come back with a pro-
since the revelation of a looming posed charter,” Yecny said. “A
financial shortfall for the SVFR charter is kind of like a mission
district surfaced last week.
statement. What are we here for
These figures show that re- and what’s our purpose … so
cently received reimbursements our hope is that this will guide
for fire support missions and the work we do on this commit-
equipment purchases, coupled tee in regard to the IGA.”
with expected tax receipts, may
According to the text from
the charter, the IGA Review
Committee’s purpose is to re-
view and measure the effective-
ness of IGAs between the two
districts and to make recom-
mendations for improving such
agreements.
Under the charter, the com-
mittee intends to:
1. Create guidelines for mea-
suring IGA effectiveness.
2. Review actual performance
and compare to guidelines to
ensure IGAs are performing ef-
ficiently and as intended.
3. Provide a forum for creat-
ing suggested improvements for
IGAs.
4. Develop a succession plan
and job description for Chief/
Director for sponsoring board’s
approval.
5. Facilitate job performance
review of Chief/Director by uti-
lizing and compiling direct in-
put from member of both spon-
soring boards.
6. Develop a contingency
plan in the event that the IGA is
terminated.
7. Perform such other func-
tions as may be delegated by
either or both sponsoring orga-
nizations.
8. Communicate committee
activity, IGA effectiveness and
recommendations for improve-
ments back to both sponsoring
boards.
The proposed charter had
been circulated prior to its in-
troduction to the joint boards,
so board members held little
discussion. The motion to ac-
cept the charter was seconded
and passed unanimously.
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