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Board approves land‑lease for wireless antenna contingent on local and federal approvals
Summary
The Pine‑Richland School District approved a land‑lease agreement with Verizon/SmartLink for a campus wireless antenna, contingent on township planning, federal agency approvals (EPA, FAA, FCC), and receipt of radio‑frequency safety plans for all carriers.
The Pine‑Richland board on Thursday approved a land‑lease agreement to allow SmartLink (on behalf of Verizon Wireless) to install a wireless cellular antenna on district property, subject to final approvals from the Pine Township planning commission, federal agencies (FAA, FCC, EPA as applicable), and the district's receipt of radio‑frequency safety plans for Verizon, T‑Mobile and AT&T.
The motion specified that all land‑lease terms are subject to review by the district solicitor. A board member asked whether senior leadership was confident the installation presented no health risk to students; administrators replied the proposal meets federal requirements and standards and that the RF safety plans will be provided before activation.
The SmartLink representative said the anticipated timeline could allow groundbreaking after this school year's graduation and activation before next school year, but that municipal permitting was in process.
The board voted in favor of the contingent approval; staff will forward the RF safety plans and monitor the planning‑commission review and required federal agency clearances before any construction or activation.
