109-H. Public Correspondence.pdfATTACHMENT H
Colin Jung
From: Colin Jung
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 3:55 PM
To: 'willie.ieee@gmail.com'
Cc: David Knapp; Gary Chao; Aarti Shrivastava; Traci Caton; Kimberly Smith; Grace Schmidt
Subject: RE: Petition for Withdrawal of Approval of a T-Mobile Microcell Proposal, file no. DIR-2010-28
Dear Mr. Lu:
I have received your email of September 131h. If you wish to challenge the Community Development Director's approval
of a T-Mobile Microcell Proposal at 11371 Bubb Road (file no. DIR-2010-28), you MUST file a written appeal request with
the City Clerk's Office and pay the appeal fee of $162.00 by September 21, 2010.
For more information, you may contact the Clerk's Office at 409-777-3223 or email at CityClerkList@cupertino.org
Colin Jung
Senior Planner
City of Cupertino
From: Traci Caton On Behalf Of City of Cupertino Planning Dept.
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 9:28 AM
To: Gary Chao; Aarti Shrivastava; Colin Jung
Subject: FW. Petition for Withdrawal of Approval of a T-Mobile Microcell Proposal, file no. DIR-2010-28
From: willie.ieee@gmail.com [mailto:willie.ieee@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Prof. Willie W. Lu
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 9:01 AM
To: City of Cupertino Planning Dept.; Cupertino City Manager's Office; City of Cupertino Environmental Division; PIO
Intern
Subject: Petition for Withdrawal of Approval of a T-Mobile Microcell Proposal, file no. DIR-2010-28
Atten: Colin Jung, Senior Planner City of Cupertino
Re: Petition for Withdrawal of Approval of a T-Mobile Microcell Proposal, file no. DIR-2010-28
Dear Mr. Jung:
My name is Willie W. Lu, a resident on Bubb Road, within 200 feet of the proposed antenna.
I am a senior radio transmission engineer for about twenty years, and was a professor of radio antenna group of
Department of Electrical Engineering in Stanford University as well as former member of U.S. FCC.
Technological Advisory Council. Therefore, I am fully qualified to initiate this petition and request for
withdrawal of this approval of a T-Mobile microcell proposal, file no. DIR-2010-28.
The reasons and grounds for this petition are based on the following observations and investigations:
1. T-Mobile's proposed antenna with max ERP of 360 watts is a regular "high -power" antenna for mobile
cellular communications without any sense of "microcell". This type of antenna is normally installed in a
sepearate, high tower or on top of high building far from the populated residence area. Bubb road is near this
junction and is very dense - with aoundant housing blocks, elementary schoui and middle school. T-
Mobile's statement is an obvious intention of "misleading".
2. The current federal ruling and standard as adduced by the applicant is not applied for such a particular area.
Rather, the cited standard is for an average slow -fading flat propagation environment wherein most situations,
there are not so dense populations in the area and it is not for such uphill area. A person exposed in such a
radioated area. may not be harmed within a certain short period of time, but can be hazardous to that person's
health if staying or living there for a considerable period of time. The direct distance from the proposed antenna
to the Regnart Elementary School is only less than 500 feet. Based on the radio propogation model
for the surrounding area, all elementary students will be steeped with about 540mV/meter. If the student just
stays on campus for several minutes to an hour, it may be harmless. However, if they stay in such a dangerous
environment for several hours, it can generate appalling problems for kids especially six years old and under,
based on the radio health analytical model published in the 2004 World Wireless Congress, San Francisco.
3. The asserted area is on the gradually uphill side of the road and there are many multi -story houses. Therefore,
to meet the requirement of this special environment, the proposed antenna must be at least over 100 feet to
satisfy the safety issue of the radio transmission for the people living within 500 feet of this strong radiated
antenna.
4. The radio pollution to the human being relies on both the received radio signal strength and the time exposed
in such a radiated environment. As time increases, the pollution will significantly increase in a non -linear
manner. For an adult of age 20 through 40, such an effect may not be so serious if only exposed within a few
hours of a distance less than 300 feet. However, for adolescents, young children, babies, seniors or pregnent
women, such radiation can cause disorder, defectiveness and other health concerns. On the nearby Bubb Road,
there are many senior citizens and disables living in their house all day long, and many of them live on the
second -story of their house which is within less than 200 feet of the proposed antenna.
5. The proposed antenna is located at the junction of the Regnart Elementary School and Kennedy Middle
School. In the morning and afternoon, there are hundreds of kids walking and biking to both schools and
the adjacent Monta Vista High School. Because of severe traffic congestion in this section, kids can stay much
longer in this radiated area, especially walking within the zone of the radiating antenna. Based on the antenna
sector planning, the radiation can fully cover Folkestone Dr and nearby streets, the mainstreets to Regnart
Elementary School, and when in students dropofflpickup time, hundreds of parents and kids are passing
through or on these streets.
6. Based on my experiences, expertises and judgement, this is not a lawful practice to install a high-powered
antenna in a low -height pole in such a crowded residential area.
7. In a more detailed calculation on the west and south uphill sides of the antenna, many houses are above 30
feet high from the ground level of the antenna, so by the proposed 2 degree downtilt and 28 degree vertical -
3dB beamwidth with 44 feet antenna height, the lower 3 dB beamwidth horizon is only about 0.03 mile which is
about 158 feet. The path loss there at frequency 1900Mhz is about 71dB. If the transmitting power is 300W
which is about 55dBm, so the received signal at 158 feet is about -16dBm which is near 1700mV/meter of field
strength - Very dangerous!
To protect the health, safety and interest of the community and citizens, I strongly petition to withdraw the
approval of this project with file no. DIR-2010-28.
We are collecting the signaures from the community, and reserve rights to seek legal protocols to protect the
safety of our community and citizens if this petition is not successful.
If you have any further question regarding this petition, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Willie W. Lu
in corporation with:
David Lu
Case# PSF20102901BW
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To: City of Cupertino Planning Dept.
Subject: Petion for DIR-2010-28
Please reject the application for DI 2010-28 to be installed at 11371 Bubb Road.
We live at 21512 Regnart Road which is very close to the site of the cell tower. We are concerned as
we both are seniors, husband is already retired and spends full time in the home and the wife is
planning to retire on Dec 17, 2010.
-Thanks,
Suresh and Rema Vasa
21512 Regnart Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
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Crom: willie.ieee@gmail.com on behalf of Prof. Willie W. Lu [wwlu@ieee.org]
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Subject: Appeal DIR-2010-28
Attachments-: Appeal_DIR201028.pdf
See attached, though I try to come if time permits.
BR.
Prof. Willie W. Lu
Principal Investigator and Chief Inventor Open Wireless Architecture (OWA) Core
http://www.facebook.com/openwireless-
e-mail; wwlu(@ieee.org
If this email were expert and/or legal advice, you will be billed accordingly.
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IN THE OFFICE OF CITY OF CUPERTINO, SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Appl. No.: DIR-2010-28
Location: 11371 Bubb Road
Applicant(s): PG&E
APN: 356-23-046
Description: An appeal of an approval of a Director's Minor Modification to allow three
panel antennas and associated equipment to be installed on an existing PG&E pole
located in front of 11371 Bubb Road
Director
Community Development Department / Planning Commission
The City of Cupertino, California
A eal of the Approval Re. DIR-2010-28
November 9, 2010
This Appeal of the Approval DIR 2010-28 has hereby been filed in the Office of the
Community Development Department and/or Planning Commission, the City of
Cupertino.
This hereby testifies that, the analytical radio transmission model filed in the
application is limited to the Flat Plain only. It does not apply to the Uphill area
where the cited property is Iocated. In addition, during the schooling time, all
Kennedy Middle School and Reguart lEIementary School students converge here
within hundred feet of the radiated transmitter in such an uphill area.
Respectfully submitted,
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Prof. Willie W. LU
Former member, V.S. FCC Technological Advisory Council
Former Professor, EE Department, Stanford University
1218 Bubb Road, Cupertino, CA 95014
e-mail: wwlu@ieee.org
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Traci Caton
prom: Lynne Tsobanakis jlynne@apple.com]
Jent: Monday, November 08, 2010 6:52 PM
To: City of Cupertino Planning Dept.
Subject: Support Petition (Proposal, file no: DIR-2010-28) to Withdraw Approval of T-Mobile Microcell
on 11371 Bubb Road
We support the withdrawal of the petition of T-Mobile Microcell. We do not feel that this is
the appropriate location for the proposed antenna in such a densely populated area where
numerous school children live, play and attend the schools which are within 500 feet of this
antenna. This type of "high power" antenna should be placed in an area that is more remote
away from a populous residential area. The effects of this can long term prove to cause
health issues. Please do not approve T-Mobiles' antenna installation and protect the health
of our residents.
Thank you,
Costa and Lynne Tsobanakis
21520 Addington Court
Cupertino, CA 95014
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