LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Planning Commission will hold its first meeting of the year this week to discuss a cell tower project.

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.

The agenda is here.

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The meeting also can be viewed on the county’s website or Facebook page.

The main item of business is the consideration of a wireless communication tower and equipment proposed by Carlsbad-based Public Safety Towers LLC at 3275 Hill Road in Lakeport.

The commission is being asked to approve a major use permit for the construction of an 80-foot-tall wireless communication facility that will provide AT&T customers with service. The monopine cell tower will be designed to look like a pine tree.

The staff report said the project will include 15 antennas, 15 radios, three surge suppressors and three antenna mounts, within a 35-foot by 35-foot lease compound area that will contain equipment needed to support the tower. There also will be a battery backup system providing approximately eight hours of power and a backup generator.

The project is expected to be constructed within 110 days.

Once completed, the tower will be unmanned, with the staff report noting that there will be between one and four annual maintenance trips required.

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