The City Will be discussing the proposed Cell Tower at Roosevelt High School
in the Greenbelt City Council April 24, 2017 meeting 8pm.
PLEASE COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO STATE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE CELL TOWER
The April 24, 2017 City Council meeting is located in Greenbelt Maryland at 25 Crescent Road.
(Yes now we have TWO meetings for next week--please come to the Monday-Greenbelt City Council Meeting as well as the Tuesday "Community" meeting on the Cell Tower that Milestone Communications is hosting. (Read details on that meeting here)
Greenbelt City Council Documents on The Roosevelt Cell Tower
in the Greenbelt City Council April 24, 2017 meeting 8pm.
PLEASE COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO STATE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE CELL TOWER
The April 24, 2017 City Council meeting is located in Greenbelt Maryland at 25 Crescent Road.
(Yes now we have TWO meetings for next week--please come to the Monday-Greenbelt City Council Meeting as well as the Tuesday "Community" meeting on the Cell Tower that Milestone Communications is hosting. (Read details on that meeting here)
Greenbelt City Council Documents on The Roosevelt Cell Tower
DRAFT LETTER.
EMAIL, MAYOR JORDAN, 4-20-17.PDF
LETTER, KRISTEN STELZER, 4-18-17.PDF
LETTER, NICOLE ARD, 4-10-17.PDF
SAMPLE PICTURES (MILESTONE WEBSITE) OF MARQUEE TOWERS.PDF
LETTER, DAVID GOLDSMITH, 3-31-17.PDF
LETTER, KEVIN MAXWELL, 2-10-17.PDF
EMAIL, CINDY MURRAY, 1-31-17.PDF
MINUTES, WORK SESSION, 1-4-17.PDF
EMAIL, MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN, 12-20-16.PDF
EMAIL, MAYOR JORDAN, 7-14-16.PDF
HANDOUT DISTRIBUTED TO GREENWOOD VILLAGE RESIDENTS (BILL MANICO).PDF
QUESTIONS FROM MS SCARATO AND MILESTONE RESPONSES.PDF
Notes From Greenbelt Agenda Read IT ONLINE here
Email, Mayor Jordan, 7/14/16
Handout distributed to Greenwood Village Residents (Bill Manico)
Questions from Ms. Scarato & Milestone’s Responses
Milestone Communications is proposing to construct a marquee cell tower on the Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) site adjacent to Greenbelt Road. Milestone has scheduled a community meeting on Tuesday, April 25 at 7:00pm at the Seabrook Seventh-Day Adventist Church (8900 Good Luck Road).
A representative of Milestone emailed Mayor Jordan on July 14 and requested a meeting to discuss “cell tower development in Greenbelt” but provided no other specifics. Mayor Jordan responded that Milestone would need to meet with the City Council. Two dates in August were offered but Milestone never followed up to confirm a date.
On December 19, the City received an email from Board of Education Member Lupi Grady indicating that this proposed cell tower would be discussed at the ERHS Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) meeting on January 17. The email included information that Milestone had sent to the PTSA President.
The City learned more about this proposed project at a Work Session with Principal McNeill on January 4. Following this meeting, the City Manager contacted Milestone on January 12 to request a briefing on this project for the City Council and the community. Multiple dates were offered to Milestone on two occasions but the Milestone representative did not respond back to confirm any date.
On April 5, the City received a packet from Milestone (dated 3/31/17) regarding this project and the upcoming community meeting in Seabrook. This is the first time the City received correspondence from Milestone detailing the ERHS cell tower proposal and notification of the April 25 meeting. The City sent a letter on April 10 to Milestone requesting a community meeting be held in the City of Greenbelt. On April 18, Milestone responded indicating the April 25 meeting was sufficient.
Included in Council’s packet is a draft letter for Council review. Council direction is sought. (DEM)
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
Emails between Milestone And Roosevelt High School that show repeated request for meetings and includes the following statement about the Roosevelt High School Principle.
How much time do PGCPS educators spend dealing with cell phone related matters? Time is Money. More importantly, TIME is Education. Our educational leaders should be spending time on education, not cell towers.
What is the true monetary cost of these towers? Any cost benefit analysis should include the cost of PGCPS educators , PTA leaders and PGCPS staff salary .
How much time do PGCPS educators spend dealing with cell phone related matters? Time is Money. More importantly, TIME is Education. Our educational leaders should be spending time on education, not cell towers.
