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RECEIVED Planning Director SEP 0 12008 Planning Commission Town of Los Altos Hills TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS August 30, 2008 Cc: Mayor and all Town Council Members Subject: Application by A T & T for a wireless telecommunications facility at 26410 Duval Way Dear Ms. Pedro, I am writing once again on behalf of the residents of Duval Way to plead with the Planning Commission and the Town Council to reject an application for yet another "cell" tower on Duval Way! Let me begin with a brief history of our lack of success at having any influence whatsoever on the Towns approval of previous cell towers/antennas affecting the environment of, and potentially, the value of our homes, property and continued defacement of a historical building (pictures to be provided). • Beginning in 2001 we protested the expansion of use of a large, ugly tower, which had been erected in 1993 with, apparently no permits of any kind on the campus of Foothill College. We followed up with Santa Clara County, the Trustees of the Foothill/ De Anza College Board, The State of California through Chancellor Harris's office and determined that local municipalities were the permitting authority for any permits of construction. We lost. • Next, we protested the installation of antennas in the steeple of the church at 26410 Duval Way. We lost. • In spite of the Towns assurances that approval of the steeple antenna would not set a precedence for future antennas on the site and that "Duval Way has enough", an application for another antenna (a very bulky flagpole which, irregularly flies a flag) was approved on the church property closest to Duval Way. We opposed that application. Acain• We lost • We were again assured that the flagpole would be the last. Now we are faced with the new, subject application by A T & T for a 65 -foot tall fake tree carrying six antennae near the comer of Duval Way and Robleda Rd. In addition, the A T & T drawings indicate the provision for "future carrier antennas".