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Winter Springs officials press Verizon on small-cell siting as residents raise health and proximity concerns
Summary
City staff described long-running Verizon plans for small-cell nodes and said Verizon is willing to consider aesthetic and siting alternatives; residents raised concerns about proximity to homes and potential health effects, which the mayor said he found no evidence for in his preliminary searches.
City staff updated the commission on recent meetings with Verizon about small-cell 5G nodes and said the carrier is willing to discuss aesthetic treatments and alternate siting to reduce neighborhood impacts.
"They were certainly receptive to discussions with regards to meeting us somewhere with some of the aesthetics as it relates to decisions on color of poles," City Manager Kevin Sweet said, describing a two-hour meeting with Verizon engineers and…
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