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Campaign to Amend Current EBRP 5G Cell Tower Ordinance Federation of Greater Baton Rouge Civic Association 5G Cell Tower Task Force

Shenandoah

Shenandoah

Westminster

Tara

Tara

Sherwood Forest

New 5G Wireless Facilities Existing Wireless Towers New Improved Version? Taller towers, widely spaced Shorter towers, closer spacing Located on private property Located on public RoW

Co-Location of Facilities can get UGLY! Can you hear me now? Small Cell Facilities in Oakland, CA

Online GIS Map of all BR Cellular Tower/Small Unit Installations ●Cell towers locations ● Small Cell 5G Facilities

Distr tributi bution n of 5G Faciliti ties es by Metro Council District 03 5 Welch 8 34 Breakdown of all 5G Towers by 4 Banks Council District 9 Loupe Council 5G Tower Council Member District Count Wilson 1 Welch 0 2 Banks 3 Green 15 3 Loupe 5 4 Wilson 8 Collins-Lewis 5 Green 4 6 Collins-Lewis 9 Cole 7 Cole 15 11 8 Amoroso 11 Amoroso 9 Hudson 12 38 Hudson 10 Wicker 32 11 Watts 38 Wicker 12 Frieberg 34 12 Totals ==> 171 Watts Frieberg 32

5G Towers in Front of Homes by 5G T 5G Tower ers s Subdivision Council 5G Tower Subdivision Name District Count in front of homes 3 Hermitage 1 4 Sherwood Forest 2 Steele Pl, Walnut Hills, by 7 10 Glenmore, Westdale Hgts Subdivision Lake Sherwood 1 8 Woodland Ridge 1 9 Shenandoah 6 and Beauregard Town 2 Council District 10 Spanish Town 1 S Baton Rouge 1 Tara 1 Goodwood Pl/Est 2 Southmore, Willows, 3 Magellan 11 Westminster/PineP 2 Jefferson Terrace 3 Willowgrove 1 Audobon Terrace, Morning 2 Glen Pollard Est 5 Southdowns 3 12 University Gardens 3 Mayfair, Lynwood 2 Totals 52

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pace # usid site_id Lat Long Address ZIP MRLOU022146 230608 CRAN_RBHM_LBRWN_033 30.35552 -91.05562 10511 Pecue Ln 70810 MRLOU022217 230609 CRAN_RBHM_LBRWN_032 30.36412 -91.06164 9471 Conti Dr 70810 MRLOU022129 227776 CRAN_RBHM_LBROW_037 30.36448 -91.10454 9233 Bluebonnet Blvd 70810 MRLOU022128 227780 CRAN_RBHM_LBROW_036 30.36698 -91.10393 9023 Bluebonnet Blvd 70810 MRLOU022242 227832 CRAN_RBHM_LBRWN_031 30.36766 -91.06342 13500 Broad Ct 70810 MRLOU022181 227773 CRAN_RBHM_LBROW_041 30.37457 -91.0877 11452 Cotton Ln 70810 MRLOU022112 227825 CRAN_RBHM_LBRWN_030 30.38472 -91.042 12356 Industriplex Blvd 70809 MRLOU022177 227821 CRAN_RBHM_LBRWN_028 30.4073 -91.04166 12413 Wyndy Ave 70816 MRLOU022093 227823 CRAN_RBHM_LBRWN_027 30.41036 -91.03577 4497 Stumberg Ln 70817 MRLOU022209 227822 CRAN_RBHM_LBRWN_026 30.41057 -91.0403 4505 Southwind Dr 70816 MRLOU022139 227771 CRAN_RBHM_LBRWN_024 30.41505 -91.03165 13311 Country Manor Ave 70816 MRLOU022241 227775 CRAN_RBHM_LBRWN_023 30.42076 -91.02623 14202 Hollow Tree Ridge Ave 70816 MRLOU022230 227774 CRAN_RBHM_LBRWN_022 30.42988 -91.02577 14358 S Harrell's Ferry Rd 70816 MRLOU022091 226207 CRAN_RBHM_LBRMN_041 30.43579 -91.15635 1415 Hearthstone Dr 70808 MRLOU022195 226216 CRAN_RBHM_LBRMN_039 30.44097 -91.15969 2830 McGrath Ave 70806 MRLOU022124 226233 CRAN_RBHM_LBRMN_037 30.44147 -91.15147 765 Florence St 70806 MRLOU022182 226218 CRAN_RBHM_LBRMN_038 30.44228 -91.16231 2373 Oleander St 70806 MRLOU022187 226217 CRAN_RBHM_LBRMN_035 30.44461 -91.15066 458 Steele Blvd 70806

AT&T Pledge to the Nation https://www.cbsnews.com/news/5g-network-cell-towers-raise-health-concerns-for-some-residents/ • Melissa Arnoldi, president of technology and operations for AT&T • “Melissa Arnoldi, who leads AT&T's efforts, said if it's not already in your neighborhood, it's coming. • She said 5G uses high-frequency waves that support faster speeds but don't travel as far as current wireless frequencies. So instead of relying on large cellphone towers spread far apart, they need "small cell" sites that are much closer together. • " We're going to use our existing infrastructure today. Whether it's light poles, whether it's street lights. So we're going to make sure that we don't make it obtrusive to our customers and to the citizens," Arnoldi said.”

Baton Rouge 5G Cell Tower Initiative Facts Why Are We Here? • AT&T authored 5G Cell Phone Tower Ordinance and Brought to Metro Council Members • Misunderstanding of the FCC Declaratory Ruling and Third Report and Order – Current rollout NOT the intent of Congress or Metro Council • Metro Council did not provide any oversight provisions in ordinance • AT&T blitzkrieg to put up as many towers as possible before public outcry • NO rhyme or reason to placement of towers – front yards, medians, schoolyards

Why Are We Here? • NO consideration for homeowner property value • NO consideration for subdivision property value • NO conclusive evidence of non-harmful effects of 5G RF – contradicting reports. There ARE enough studies on the negative effects of 5G technology on humans to warrant more conclusive research • This is just the first wave of AT&T towers – many more planned • Other cellular carriers will want to have their network towers – there will be hundreds of towers throughout the parish located in every neighborhood – no consideration for co-habiting tower locations

FCC Declaratory Ruling Facts / State of Louisiana • On page 44 of the Declaratory Ruling and Third Report and Order • 82. “Section 253(b) saves state “requirements necessary to preserve and advance universal service, protect the public safety and welfare, ensure the continued quality of telecommunications services, and safeguard the rights of consumers. And Section 253(c) preserves state and local authority to manage the public rights-of-way.”

State of Louisiana 2019 HR 145 – A Resolution • To urge and request the Department of Environmental Quality in conjunction with the Louisiana Department of Health to study the environmental and health effects of evolving fifth generation cellular network technology (5G) and report its findings to the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and the House Committee on Health and Welfare no later than sixty days prior to the convening of the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature.

Short Time Frame - Next Steps • A moratorium on any new towers until notification process developed – Mayor granted. • Metro Council will discuss 5G issue and ordinance on June 26 • Metro Council will schedule a vote in the near future on amended ordinance. • Amended Ordinance creating guidelines as to the placement of all 5G towers

Short Window – Next Steps • The 5G Cell Tower Task Force and several member subdivisions have been working with the Daigle Fisse & Kessenich Law Firm. They have prepared letters for HOAs and homeowners to send to the Metro Council that brought to the point we are at now. • The Daigle Fisse firm already represents some 30 HOAs and Crime Districts in Baton Rouge area.

Next Steps • Daigle Fisse & Kessenich, PLC, with offices in both Baton Rouge and the Northshore, has been assisting the Task Force with understanding of the legal issues. • Partners, James L. Bradford, III, D. Stephen Brouillette and Sheri Morris, have been providing legal counsel to date free of charge to help shape the response to AT&T actions and particularly the small cell tower ordinance.

Next Steps • Daigle Fisse has proposed a budget to do two things: • (a) provide a legal memorandum surveying the law applicable to locating and permitting small cell towers, with particular focus on what the City-Parish can control within its own right of way, as well as brief survey of the local laws adopted by other communities to address this issue; and • (2) a draft of an amendment to the existing small cell tower ordinance with a primary focus of providing

Next Steps • (1) real and adequate notice to property owners within the vicinity of the proposed towers, with a procedure for those landowners to be heard by the City-Parish, IN ADVANCE of any issuance of a tower permit; and • (2) a set of criteria or issues that the City-Parish must take into consideration prior to issuance of any tower permit (among the criteria that might be included could be • (a) the aesthetic effect of the tower on the neighborhood or target location; • (b) effects of tower location on adjacent property values; • (c) alternative location opportunities in the same target area; • (d) opportunities for co-location on already existing structures; • (e) potential requirements for mandatory co-location in areas where the avoidance of tower proliferation is imperative, and undoubtedly other considerations as well).