WHEREAS: American Tower Systems applied for building permits for construction of a 756 foot telecommunications tower at 4623 41^st Street, N.W., and

WHEREAS: The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) issued necessary building permits for construction of the tower and construction of the tower started, and

WHEREAS: Apparently there was no public notice given of the proposed construction of the tower, and

WHEREAS: Tenleytown residents seeing the start of construction and obtaining information on the project, objected to construction of the tower because of height, environmental and other impacts, and

WHEREAS: The Williams Administration, responding to the residents and finding a number of procedural errors in the process of reviewing the building permit applications, issued a notice rescinding and cancelling the building permits,

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: ANC3F commends Mayor Anthony A. Williams and the DCRA for responding in the best interest of the Tenleytown neighborhood and the city by stopping construction of the tower.

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Approved by vote of 7-0-0 at a duly noticed meeting on October 16, 2000 with a quorum present.

/s/ David J. Bardin______________     /s/ Robert V. Maudlin______________
Chair                                                      Secretary