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:10@hi.childrenshealthdefense.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201209T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201209T120000 DTSTAMP:20201209T011447Z URL:https://hi.childrenshealthdefense.org/events/urgent-re-5g-on-streetlig hts-honolulu-city-council-meeting-resolution-20-301-on-12-9-20/ SUMMARY:URGENT Re: 5G on Streetlights: Honolulu City Council Meeting Resolu tion 20-301 on 12/9/20 DESCRIPTION:By Debra Greene\, PhD of KeepYourPower.org\n\n\nStop small cell s on city-owned streetlights!\n\nOppose agenda item on the upcoming Hono lulu City/County Council meeting!\n\nWe all need to testify. See samp le testimony below….\n\n\nPlease write in to oppose! Meeting is Wednesd ay\, December 9\, 10 a.m.\, deadline looming…  \n\nYes\, everyone\, even non-residents who love Hawaii and/or own property here. \n\n\nDEADLI NE: No deadline is listed! Don’t be fooled! Typically 12pm the day befo re (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 u se of our publicly owned streetlights in our public rights of way! \n\n\n Two options to testify:\n\n\n1) Written testimony in advance by filling out the form: http://www.honolulu.gov/ccl-testimony-form.html\n\n\n\n\nI t says “Speaker Registration/Testimony” but don’t be fooled! The fo rm IS FOR WRITTEN testimony.\n\nHere’s the info 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 positio n on the matter: Oppose\n2) Give oral testimony online the day of the mee ting by joining the meeting online at WebEx or phoning in. You will have  3 minutes to testify. Prepare in advance. Best to register at least  24 hours in advance: www.webex.com Click “Join” enter meeting #  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 woul d 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 about he alth &\; environmental effects! If too many people testify about env ironment or health effects\, it can compromise the hearing (because the Telecom Act of 1996 prohibits objecting to cell towers/antennas on thos e grounds. Sad but true! Stick with the points below\, please).\n\nHere a re 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 ow n words.\n1) In August when similar proposals were on the agenda\, despit e overwhelming opposition on record by the people\, you passed the resolut ions anyway\, stating that your hands were tied and you could not legally  oppose. This is not correct. You have the power and authority to oppo se this resolution. Please honor the will of your constituents and stop the proliferation of small cells.\n\n2) Federal law requires an environme ntal review. In a 2019 ruling by the Washington DC Circuit Court of Appeal s\, any application for small cell wireless telecommunication facilities installation is incomplete if it does not include a National Environment al Policy Act (NEPA) review. Please abide by Federal law. The full court o rder can be found here: https://ehtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/Court-Opin ion.pdf\n\n3) There is not a significant gap in personal wireless service . Applicants are required to prove a significant gap in service but the re is no such thing. Honolulu is saturated with cell coverage. These facil ities are proposed by a site developer\, not by wireless carriers. Site de velopers do not provide personal cellular service. If there were a gap in coverage the carriers themselves (Verizon\, AT&\;T\, Sprint) would be making this proposal but they are not. Honolulu has adequate cell cover age. There is no need for more.\n4) The placement of these small cells wi ll reduce property values. (If you are a realtor use your expertise. If y ou live nearby small cells talk about how undesirable they are.) There is plenty of evidence: https://ehtrust.org/cell-phone-towers-lower-property -values-documentation-research/\n\n5) These facilities will inflict adve rse aesthetic impact. Honolulu is a tourist destination and these new sma ll cells hanging off of our street lights will produce visual blight\, d isturb the view plane\, be so ugly\, drive tourists away\, etc….\n6) Th ere are insufficient fall zones around street lights. The potential to c ause harm is extreme\, such as property damage to nearby cars\, and perso nal injury or death to anyone who might be unlucky enough to be near a c ell facility when it fails.\n\n7) Cell facilities have been known to cat ch fire. A quick search of YouTube will show multiple videos of cell ante nna fires. We do not want these fire hazards.\n\n\n8) Small cells need t o be set back from schools and homes. City street lights are too close t o schools and homes and children could be injuredif the facilities fall  or components are blown 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 enjoym ent of our streets and neighborhoods.\n\n10) Cell towers in residential a reas would create an access barrier to the homes and communities of Amer icans with Electromagnetic Sensitivity(EMS)\, an environmentally-induced m edical illness that can be caused by RF microwave radiation exposures. The se citizens (estimated to be 25\,000\,000 Americans and growing) with Fe derally-recognized ADA disability rights\, would be barred from accessing public spaces and could be forced to move from their homes. https://weare theevidence.org/electromagnetic-sensitivity/\n\n11) Site Developers are no torious for blanket installing unneeded and unnecessary cell facilities i n urban areas because it’s fast and cheap and they make money collectin g rent from the carriers for the life of the facilities. Site developers  do not have our best interests in mind. They make use of our publicly own ed\, taxpayer funded streetlights and electricity and pavements. They pay low rent for use of our street lights and saturate our streets and neig hborhoods with small cell antennas. Please demand hard data from them. Re quire records of dropped calls in the proposed areas from the carriers the mselves (Verizon\, AT&\;T\, Sprint). They can produce this information with the click of a mouse. We demand evidence of lack of coverage. Do not take the site developers word for it. We demand proof from the carrier s themselves.\n\n12) We are not anti-technology! We want optical fiber to the premises\, which is faster\, safer\, more secure\, more eco-friendl y\, and ultimately less expensive than wireless. We want SafeG! www.SafeG .net\n\n\n\nEmail your testimony by filling out the form (details above) : http://www.honolulu.gov/ccl-testimony-form.html\n\n\nView the meeting agenda and details by clicking here.Please share with others to oppose. P lease stick with the points above!\n\nHere’s a list of individual coun cil members if you wish to email each personally in addition to fillin g out the form described above.\n\n\n\n\nSubject line: Oppose Resolutio n 20-301\n\n \;\n\nakobayashi@honolulu.gov Council Chair Kobayashi\n \nkmpine@honolulu.gov Council member Pine\n\nhtsuneyoshi@honolulu.gov Co uncil member Tsuneyoshi\n\ntommy.waters@honolulu.gov Council member Water s\n\ncafukunaga@honolulu.gov Council member Fukunaga\n\njmanahan@honolulu .gov Council member Manahan\n\nbelefante@honolulu.gov Council member Ele fante\n\nrmenor@honolulu.gov Council member Menor\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