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Council holds public hearing, cites urgency for taller first-responder communications towers
Summary
Council heard staff and a councilmember discuss the emergency need to allow taller towers to support SHREC's new facility in Spokane Valley and unanimously reaffirmed interim rules to permit the structures.
The Spokane Valley City Council on Sept. 16 held a public hearing and unanimously reaffirmed emergency interim regulations to allow taller wireless towers when used by regional first-responder communications facilities.
Eric Lamb, the city’s deputy city manager, told the council the regional emergency communications operator known as SHREC needs a taller tower to provide redundancy and reduce potential interference at a newly acquired facility in Spokane…
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