Okaloosa County BOCC — October 15, 2013 — I - Daniel R. Dunlap Correspondence — reading text

ATTACHMEN ' T Ciga) Edyne Bamberski From: Lauralee Westine Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 4:49 PM To: Edyne Bamberski Subject: FW: Bluewater Cell Tower Lauralee G. Westine, Esq. Law Office of Lauralee G. Westine, PA 800 Tarpon Woods Blvd., Suite E-1 Palm Harbor, FL 34685 Tel. 727-773-2221 Fac. 727-773-2616 Mobile 813-598-1545 lwestine@westinelaw.com or lauralee@westinelaw.com From: Elliot Kampert [mailto:ekampert@co.okaloosa.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 4:26 PM To: Lauralee Westine Subject: FW: Bluewater Cell Tower Good afternoon, Ms Westine: As follow up to our conversation regarding the proposed Bluewater Bay cell tower, below please find the email | received from our Public Safety department regarding this matter. Thanks, Elliot L. Kampert, AICP; Director Okaloosa County Growth Management Department 1804 Lewis Turner Blvd Suite 200 Ft Walton Beach, FL 32547 850-651-7180 Please note: Due to Florida's very broad public records laws, most written communications to or from County employees regarding County business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this written e-mail communication, including your e-mail address, may be subject to public disclosure. Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 1:58 PM To: Elliot Kampert Ce: Ken Wolfe; Randy McDaniel; Dino Villani; Don Vanderhoek; Vic Everett Subject: RE: Bluewater Cell Tower Good afternoon Flliot, Thanks for the e-mail and update regarding the new tower in Bluewater Bay. To put it succinctly, yes, the State Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) antenna that resides on the current tower is an integral part of our County emergency communication system. The tower is referred to by the State as the “Niceville” tower, and it provides coverage to the system users in the Valparaiso, Niceville and Bluewater Bay areas. PVE TEV t TIVILLEN 6 LT Caqa\ ry state user Transportation. The local users include the fire districts (any fire district that could respond into Niceville, Blue Bais including South Walton & Walton County Fire Rescue), Emergency Medical Services and law enfo rcement (Sheriff's Office, Niceville Police, Valparaiso Police and Airport Police). Our ability to communicate with e 21 via this radio system is vital to the emergency response system for Okaloosa County. Ifyouneed any itional information, please let me know. Thanks, Daniel R. Dunlap, ENP Bre. | 911 Communications Division Chief Okaloosa County Department of Public Safety 90 College Boulevard East Niceville, FL 32578 Office - 850-689-5607 Cell - 850-585-3565 From: Dino Villani Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 13:39 To: Elliot Kampert Cc: Ken Wolfe; Randy McDaniel; Daniel Dunlap Subject: RE: Bluewater Cell Tower Elliott | gave this to Danie! to reply From: Elliot Kampert Sent: Monday, July i5, 2013 1:37 PM To: Dino Villani; Ken Wolfe; Randy McDaniel Subject: Bluewater Ceil Tower Good afternoon: As you know, Crown Communications has started the ball rolling to construct the tower in Bluewater Bay. | had asked them to check with the Schoo! Board to see if they (the Board) would allow them to locate on one of the Board’s large parcels in the same area. Unfortunately, the School Board is not interested, and so they are moving forward with the site on Bay Drive (Parcel 22-15-22-0000-0001-0090) as there do not seem to be any other suitable, available parcels in the area. This is important as | am certain there will be resistance to siting the tower in Bluewater Bay, but if this is the only feasible site available, then we may not have much of a choice. So, is the existing tower — and of course the proposed tower which will replace it — an integral part of the County emergency communication system? This is an important factor we must take into consideration. ' Thanks, Elliot