EMR News I - III Qualicum Beach Cell Tower
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Appears the Town of Qualicum Beach has even less respect for residents concerns than they did when I was there 20 years ago. Recently the town council approved the construction of a Telus cell tower at one of the prime entrances to the town.
The town Director of planning Luke Sales noted ““The town has received a large volume of unsolicited
correspondence on the proposed locations, as well as requests from community members to make a delegation to council regarding this issue. Sta # have not allowed delegations”
No delegations despite as former mayor and now councillor. Teunis Westbroek stating “ they’ve been telling the public they’d have the opportunity to weigh in once it was before council, they should wait the extra month.” as the original application allowed for.
Coun. Adam Walker noted “My concern is that up until not that long ago, a couple of days ago, we’ve been telling the public... this isn’t before council yet, this isn’t before the town. You know, we’re not in a position where we can comment or do anything with your feedback and the s ta # recommendation is to allow the community to, in written form, submit all of their feedback to town.
With the some 25,000 peer reviewed scientific papers noting concern about exposure to radiation the words of Coun. Scott Harrison demonstrate his lack of understanding of the issues. He is in favour of a talk with Telus about the aesthetics but feels the health concerns are not supported by the international organisations tasked with make sure people are safe. I assume the organisations he is referring to include the Industry funded and created ICNIRP.
Not much point in having public meetings or even accepting information from the public when the local bureaucrats can convince council to ignore the public’s concerns. Who is working for whom in the Town of Qualicum Beach? Appears the residents are there for the pleasure of the town staff.
The town Director of planning Luke Sales noted ““The town has received a large volume of unsolicited
correspondence on the proposed locations, as well as requests from community members to make a delegation to council regarding this issue. Sta # have not allowed delegations”
No delegations despite as former mayor and now councillor. Teunis Westbroek stating “ they’ve been telling the public they’d have the opportunity to weigh in once it was before council, they should wait the extra month.” as the original application allowed for.
Coun. Adam Walker noted “My concern is that up until not that long ago, a couple of days ago, we’ve been telling the public... this isn’t before council yet, this isn’t before the town. You know, we’re not in a position where we can comment or do anything with your feedback and the s ta # recommendation is to allow the community to, in written form, submit all of their feedback to town.
With the some 25,000 peer reviewed scientific papers noting concern about exposure to radiation the words of Coun. Scott Harrison demonstrate his lack of understanding of the issues. He is in favour of a talk with Telus about the aesthetics but feels the health concerns are not supported by the international organisations tasked with make sure people are safe. I assume the organisations he is referring to include the Industry funded and created ICNIRP.
Not much point in having public meetings or even accepting information from the public when the local bureaucrats can convince council to ignore the public’s concerns. Who is working for whom in the Town of Qualicum Beach? Appears the residents are there for the pleasure of the town staff.