Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Key Documents of the Milestone Communications Prince George's County Public Schools Cell Tower Deal

Key Documents of the Milestone Communications Prince George's County Public Schools Cell Tower Deal

LEGISLATION
Delegate Alonzo Washington's Bill on Cell Towers at Schools PG 417-18: This Bill would would ensure that if a cell tower company wants to put a cell tower on a Prince George's County School they must hold a public hearing at the school before the cell tower is cleared to be built. 


POLICY 
2017 Zoning Policy: Prince George's County Public Schools New Policy on Cell Towers at Schools Calls For A Public Hearing , a transcribed document on the public hearing and a sign out front of the school. 

LETTERS
PGCPS CEO Dr. Maxwell's Letter STATING THAT  "Milestone Communications has not met our desired standards of transparency" and ending the Roosevelt High School Cell Tower Proposal

PGCPS School Board Member Lupi Grady's Letter In Opposition To School Cell Towers to PGCPS
 CEO Dr. Maxwell Milestone Communications Letter to Citizen on Answers to Questions About The Greenbelt Tower
2014 Sept 24 CEO Dr. Maxwell's  Letter on how the money is small from the cell towers
June 6, 2017 PGCPS responds that Milestone sent PGCPS Notice to Renew the Master Lease. 
Milestone Communications Letter to PGCPS CEO Withdrawing From Eleanor Roosevelt High School and Accokeek Academy


LEGAL DOCUMENTS
Milestone Master Leasing Deal between Milestone and PGCPS on 72 cell tower sites Click HERE
Milestone Leases with various PGCPS schools for cell towers.
Interested in the Milestone Master leasing deal with other counties such as Talbot, Caroline, Dorcester and other school districts -click here. 
PGCPS Letters Authorizing Cell Tower Company to Move Forward with Specific PGCPS Schools

TRANSPARENCY IN PROCESS ? 
See documents only found with public information requests.
Status Reports from Milestone to PGCPS on Cell Towers going up in PGCPS From 2016 Through March 2017 

 BRIEFINGS
Briefing on Tasker Cell Tower
Briefing for Bowie City Council on Tasker Cell Tower

Public Information Act Requests
Emails between Milestone And Roosevelt High School Staff that show repeated request for meetings and includes the following statement about the Roosevelt High School Principle.
Emails From Public Information Act That show Communications on Carroll Middle School that show planning and more

Charles Carroll Middle School Deed of Lease
Charles H. Flowers High School Deed of Lease and Memorandum of Lease
Flowers High School - cell tower (pole) application
Flowers High School - Verizon application 9/26/14:

Greenbelt City Council Documents on The Roosevelt Cell Tower 
April 2017 Letter From Council Calling For Immediate Reconsideration of the Cell Tower Deal. 
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

EMAILS BETWEEN PGCPS and Milestone From Public Information Act on Meetings (not much here)

 Watch the School Board vote on the master leasing agreement here. 
Please note that when the Board voted there Was not a master leasing agreement Available to look at for the public, only a short Board Summary found here. 

 Did the School Board even know what they were voting on? 






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