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Pitkin County to consider lease with Verizon for Crown Mountain cell site; BLM approvals required
Summary
Pitkin County telecommunications staff presented a proposed lease with Verizon Wireless to use county space on Crown Mountain and add antennas and a generator to a tower on BLM land; staff will bring an ordinance for first reading Aug. 13 and a public hearing Aug. 27, contingent on Bureau of Land Management SF-299 approvals.
Pitkin County telecommunications staff on Aug. 5 presented a proposed lease with Verizon Wireless to colocate equipment at the county’s Crown Mountain communications site near Basalt, a move intended to fill persistent cell-coverage gaps in Willits, Emma and Missouri Heights.
Jeff Krueger, the county telecommunications director, said Verizon would occupy an unused room in the county’s 45-by-20-foot shelter, install antennas on a 10-foot extension to the existing 60-foot tower, add microwave backhaul…
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