BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9@hi.childrenshealthdefense.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201209T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201209T170000 DTSTAMP:20201209T232518Z URL:https://hi.childrenshealthdefense.org/events/__trashed-2/ SUMMARY:URGENT: 5G on Streetlights: Honolulu City Council Meeting Resolutio n 20-301 DESCRIPTION:Act NOW to Stop This!\nStop small cells on city-owned streetlig hts!\n\nOppose agenda item on the upcoming Honolulu City/County Council meeting!\n\nWe all need to testify. See sample testimony below....\n\n \nPlease write in to oppose! Meeting is Wednesday\, December 9\, 10 a.m.\ , deadline looming...  \n\nYes\, everyone\, even non-residents who love Hawaii and/or own property here. \n\n\nDEADLINE: No deadline is listed! D on't be fooled! Typically 12pm the day before (Tuesday) but\, don't wait! Please submit NOW.\n\nNo need for long testimony (but sure can if you want !). Can just say you OPPOSE this use of our publicly owned streetlights in our public rights of way! \n\n\nTwo options to testify:\n\n\n1) Writte n testimony in advance by filling out the form: http://www.honolulu.gov /ccl-testimony-form.html\n\n\n\n\nIt says "Speaker Registration/Testimony"  but don't be fooled! The form IS FOR WRITTEN testimony.\n\nHere's the i nfo you need for the form:\n\nMeeting Date: Wednesday\, December 9\, 2020\ n\nCouncil/PH Committee: Council/Public Hearing\n\nAgenda Item: Resolution  20-301\n\nYour position on the matter: Oppose\n2) Give oral testimony on line the day of the meeting by joining the meeting online at WebEx or phon ing in. You will have 3 minutes to testify. Prepare in advance. Best to r egister at least 24 hours in advance: www.webex.com Click "Join" enter m eeting # 1469903404 and complete the registration process.\n\nThe agenda  has an incorrect link so we cannot access the info for this agenda item (do you see a pattern here?!) The agenda is long! We cannot predict when you would be called on to testify. Best to submit written testimony in advance unless you have time to be online at the meeting on Wednesday (we hope you do! The more the merrier!).\n\nPlease Remember: Avoid talking ab out health &\; environmental effects! If too many people testify abo ut environment or health effects\, it can compromise the hearing (because the Telecom Act of 1996 prohibits objecting to cell towers/antennas on th ose grounds. Sad but true! Stick with the points below\, please).\n\nHere are some points you can choose from to mix and match in your testimony.\ n\nDO NOT copy/paste them all. Pick one or two and please add your own w ords.\n1) In August when similar proposals were on the agenda\, despite ov erwhelming opposition on record by the people\, you passed the resolutions anyway\, stating that your hands were tied and you could not legally op pose. This is not correct. You have the power and authority to oppose thi s resolution. Please honor the will of your constituents and stop the pro liferation of small cells.\n\n2) Federal law requires an environmental rev iew. In a 2019 ruling by the Washington DC Circuit Court of Appeals\, any application for small cell wireless telecommunication facilities installat ion is incomplete if it does not include a National Environmental Policy A ct (NEPA) review. Please abide by Federal law. The full court order can be found here: https://ehtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/Court-Opinion.pdf\n\n3 ) There is not a significant gap in personal wireless service. Applicants are required to prove a significant gap in service but there is no such t hing. Honolulu is saturated with cell coverage. These facilities are propo sed by a site developer\, not by wireless carriers. Site developers do not provide personal cellular service. If there were a gap in coverage the c arriers themselves (Verizon\, AT&\;T\, Sprint) would be making this pr oposal but they are not. Honolulu has adequate cell coverage. There is n o need for more.\n4) The placement of these small cells will reduce prop erty values. (If you are a realtor use your expertise. If you live nearby small cells talk about how undesirable they are.) There is plenty of evid ence: https://ehtrust.org/cell-phone-towers-lower-property-values-documen tation-research/\n\n5) These facilities will inflict adverse aesthetic im pact. Honolulu is a tourist destination and these new small cells hanging off of our street lights will produce visual blight\, disturb the view plane\, be so ugly\, drive tourists away\, etc....\n6) There are insuffi cient fall zones around street lights. The potential to cause harm is extr eme\, such as property damage to nearby cars\, and personal injury or dea th to anyone who might be unlucky enough to be near a cell facility whe n it fails.\n\n7) Cell facilities have been known to catch fire. A quick s earch of YouTube will show multiple videos of cell antenna fires. We do n ot want these fire hazards.\n\n\n8) Small cells need to be set back from s chools and homes. City street lights are too close to schools and homes a nd children could be injuredif the facilities fall or components are bl own off by high winds. Our street lights are too close to condos and businesses (shops\, restaurants\, offices) with busy sidewalks. Residents and visitors could be injured if the facilities fall or components are  blown off by high winds.\n\n9) Noise pollution is a concern. Excessive noise from cooling the ancillary equipment (up to 28 cubic feet) for each small cell antenna would disturb the quiet enjoyment of our streets and ne ighborhoods.\n\n10) Cell towers in residential areas would create an ac cess barrier to the homes and communities of Americans with Electromagneti c Sensitivity(EMS)\, an environmentally-induced medical illness that can b e caused by RF microwave radiation exposures. These citizens (estimated t o be 25\,000\,000 Americans and growing) with Federally-recognized ADA dis ability rights\, would be barred from accessing public spaces and could be forced to move from their homes. https://wearetheevidence.org/electromag netic-sensitivity/\n\n11) Site Developers are notorious for blanket instal ling unneeded and unnecessary cell facilities in urban areas because it's fast and cheap and they make money collecting rent from the carriers for t he life of the facilities. Site developers do not have our best interests in mind. They make use of our publicly owned\, taxpayer funded streetlig hts and electricity and pavements. They pay low rent for use of our stree t lights and saturate our streets and neighborhoods with small cell ante nnas. Please demand hard data from them. Require records of dropped calls in the proposed areas from the carriers themselves (Verizon\, AT&\;T\, Sprint). They can produce this information with the click of a mouse. We d emand evidence of lack of coverage. Do not take the site developers word for it. We demand proof from the carriers themselves.\n\n12) We are not an ti-technology! We want optical fiber to the premises\, which is faster\, s afer\, more secure\, more eco-friendly\, and ultimately less expensive tha n wireless. We want SafeG! www.SafeG.net\n\n\n\nEmail your testimony by f illing out the form (details above): http://www.honolulu.gov/ccl-testimo ny-form.html\n\n\nView the meeting agenda and details by clicking here.Pl ease share with others to oppose. Please stick with the points above!\n\nH ere's a list of individual council members if you wish to email each per sonally in addition to filling out the form described above.\n\n\n\n\nSu bject line: Oppose Resolution 20-301\n\n \;\n\nakobayashi@honolulu.g ov Council Chair Kobayashi\n\nkmpine@honolulu.gov Council member Pine\n\n htsuneyoshi@honolulu.gov Council member Tsuneyoshi\n\ntommy.waters@honolul u.gov Council member Waters\n\ncafukunaga@honolulu.gov Council member Fuku naga\n\njmanahan@honolulu.gov Council member Manahan\n\nbelefante@honolulu .gov Council member Elefante\n\nrmenor@honolulu.gov Council member Menor\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR