conditional use authorization. under section 303, the commission must find a project is necessary or desirable and compatible with the neighborhood or community. at&t has provided the department with coverage maps indicating a service service at the site -- and the residence the were previously approved. based on at&t's information, service would be approved before the four and five blocks east and west of the site and the three blocks north and west of the stock. at&t has work on the project to make it visually compatible. the site is occupied by the jurors below -- by the jewish bureau of education. within the past week, the

department of energy has received five letters in opposition and one letter in support of the project. at this time, the department recommends approval and at&t has provided standard information at that the site is necessary. at&t has worked with the department on a site that is compatible for the neighborhood. thank you. i am available for any questions. president olague: project sponsor? >> good afternoon, president olague, members of the commission. i am here with mr. addison and who conducted the radio frequency tests. i am also here with amy millions

from kei. at&t is taking a conditional use permit to install six new panel antennas on the roof of the property located at 6 01 14th avenue, also known as the bureau of jewish education. the necessary equipment will be located outside the public via in the basement of the subjects -- outside the public view in the basement of the subject facility. under the city sighting guidelines, this is preference one, a public structure. at&t conducted a significant site analysis. 15 sites were chosen and evaluated are around the area. all of them were preference seven locations.

one of the alternative analyses considered, across from the property, was 1300 balboa st., which is occupied by a church and located in residential-mixed low density area. however, at&t determined that the location did not provide an opportunity to incorporate a proposed wireless communications facility because of the building's architectural uniqueness. it has a large former window and a roof that would make it -- a large dormer window and a roof that would make it impossible. we have information and details in your packets. it was also detailed on yen and 81 k supplement the letter. the gap is proposed for

significant demand by at&t character -- at&t customers in the area. it is even higher in san francisco. we conducted two community meetings -- the required one on april 20. i attended it. i presented at. there were about four people who signed an, about eight people who attended. we conducted a second community meeting on october 25 where emf was a predominant subject of the meeting. i want to thank the department of planning staff for their hard work and support. we ask for your support as we diligently tried to upgrade our network to meet the exploding wireless and technological demands of the city and county of san francisco. we are happy to answer questions you may have. president olague: thank you.

let's open it up for public comment. catherine, followed by zina. as i call your name, please start coming up to the mic. sure. >> my name is vadim. i am a parent. my son goes to first grade. i am probably in a unique position to testify to the technical aspect of this, as well as the sec protection of legal framework. -- fcc protection legal framework. i am an engineer in my daily job. day after day, i sealed electromagnetic fields in tell the commission -- in telecommunications systems.

i do not work on antennas, but i run high-frequency simulators. i work for companies like intel, cadence design systems, which was and called for projects for the dot, in bed look at studies done by epidemiologists -- and i look at studies done by epidemiologists and interested parties and i read those epi, dpd, all those things a layman would not know what they are about. they make more sense to me than to others. i would like to comment on a few points that are usually brought up in defense of safety argument. one argument that is often made is almost all of us have all middle wi-fi router in our

living room and we sit a few yards away watching tv. well, that router in its a few million watts of radiation. an antenna -- much less six of them -- its power is 200 watts. so, if you walk between the two buildings of the school and the bureau of jewish education, if you put your back against one wall and walk straight to the other building, you will count 11 steps. is about 11 meters or 35 pete. what is the difference between 100 watts and 10 million what? 10,000 times? the distance is, yes -- three times of the distance you were sitting from your router. but the wattage is 10,000 times higher. so, so much for that argument. on safety.

secondly, another argument that is made often is we have 20 years of history of usage of cell phones and sell towers -- cell towers. that argument does not hold water either. the pervasive technology has only been around for two or three years. president olague: thank you, sir. everybody has three minutes. no. >> ok. >> hey. my name is gene schuster and i am a parent of the child goes to the school. just because of the internet

installation in this building, we are thinking about the possible radiation exposure. i should mention -- they hold the meetings with the public, and i was there, but it was not properly announced. we found out about this just a couple hours before the meeting, just because some of the people who were involved had our phone numbers to call as. most of the neighbors did not even know about this meeting. we were really surprised. the consulting company was there that did the job for at&t. it was the safety zone for antennas that are going to be installed, 63 feet.

so, it is a dangerous level of radiation. so, from the information they were able to survive -- to provide us -- i measured this, and they were able to give this information to their antennas, and it is just 65 left the bank is a the rules that at&t is supposed to follow, right? we also developed 420 inches from the building. we could probably do this more if we had more time to look into this. i do not know if you need this information or are aware? president olague: you are certainly welcome to submit if

you like, sir, for the record. i will keep calling names and you can sit or stand, whatever your preference is. [reading names] >> my name is catherine. in the principle of the hebrew -- i am the principle of the hebrew academy. i have an associate's degree in electronics technology and am a former intel employee. i am opposed to the district request for the following reasons. since the parents have been informed of this request, i have been besieged by them in my office. i have not had nearly as much time for normal work as i would. the administration of the school has been informed by multiple parents that under no

circumstances for any reason will their children return to school if the antennas are erected and on the roof of the bureau of jewish education. this would cause a loss of tuition income for us, and that is extremely unfortunate because the school was already in desperate financial straits. if this chain of events that happens, it could very well mean the end of the school. many of the people who are speaking today will tell you about the importance of the availability of the orthodox jewish education for bay area jews. as a non-jew i cannot speak on the subject. however, i can speak for the academic excellence of the school. lessons in our schools are taught two or more grade levels above the california standard. our admission rates to uc-

berkeley -- the cumulative admission rates from 2006 to prison -- to present -- is two times the national average. we have students to take advanced placement courses. some of them complete their bachelor's degree in two or three years because of the courses they take the school. plus the atmosphere at the school is wonderful. it is the best atmosphere i have ever seen in a school and it is the best working environment i have ever been in. it would be a terrible shame to lose such a gem of a school. i implore you to deny this request. thank you. president olague: i will keep calling names. if you have heard your name, feel free to come to the mikc.

schlomo, rabbi lipner. i apologize if i am mispronouncing your name. i am sure i am doing that. >> good afternoon. in the treasurer of the student council of the hebrew academy. i came here from the ukraine in 1994. in 1997, my parents and grandparents decided to move away from communism to the united states and open up a new life for me. in order for me to have a brighter and more successful future, we moved to california. my very first american school was lafayette. in the fourth grade, my parents and i noticed that the school did not teach anything about my

jewish heritage. my parents enrolled me come up which i have attended for eight years. i became -- from the very beginning, i fell in love with my school. not only does the school have a vigorous academic curriculum, but also a very advanced dept.. this is the only high-school in the bay area that is completely orthodox and teaches kids about their jewish roots. if it were not for the academy, i would not have the privilege to learn about the practice of judaism. whether it is proven not, the parents will be scared and they will take their kids out of the school. i, having experienced the benefits of this amazing institution, would not want these children to miss out on what i have gotten from the school. please reject this proposal. thank you. president olague: i will keep

reading names. genrietta. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is david. i've been going to this school since preschool. i continue to enjoy it to this day. in 1989, my parents decided to take their son, my older brother to the school and move from russia to america. they wanted me to experience the american dream. as jews, they wanted to escape the eight they were experiencing in russia. -- the hate they were experiencing in russia. is true we do not have conclusive evidence these antennas can cause any harm to anyone. is also true that we do not have conclusive evidence that cannot

cause any harm to anyone. the hebrew academy has kids as young as three years old within 35 feet of the proposed site. we do not know and may never know for sure, but we cannot use these precious in-as experiments. i am sure the opposition can give you what they see as conclusive evidence saying it is not dangerous. in the end, the fact maybe these antennas may not cause any harm, but as of now, we simply do not know for sure. and we do not want to find out by a child developing cancer. additionally, there are plenty of other places the antennas can be erected -- on trees, like telephone poles. y within 35 feet of the school? -- why within 35 feet of the school? the simple fact is the installation of the santana's is not totally necessary in this

unique place -- the installation of the antennas is not totally necessary in this unique place. the fact is we do not know and we may never know, but in encourage the commission to air on the side of caution -- err on the side of caution, not for my sake, before the children. president olague: thank you. i encourage you to come up to the mic if you encourage your name. i will keep calling all the cards. [reading names] >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am a 22-resident at 577 14th avenue which is on the northwest corner of 14th avenue, across from this building. and i am very much in opposition to this proposed site. a year ago i was in opposition

of the proposed site of the building right behind this building at balboa, which was the t-mobile site for three antennas that did not get installed, but that side is still an open side that still may yet be installed, which would mean we would have two buildings right next to each other for a total of 11 antennas. those three plus these six potentially and two already on this building. that seems like a pretty intensely wired corner in the city. i would like to make a comment to a question that was made during the comments to the supervisors. i am very heartened to hear about our supervisor eric mar's proposal and that seven of our supervisors have voted in confidence to his proposal, and

hopefully that will make progress. but you made the comment about why would at&t go to the expense of putting these antennas all over the city? well, michael krozny did a show on public radio that because of the lack of broadband space and the higher amount of broadband being all used up and the only available spectrum is lower to the ground, and there is a great competition to get the available broadband. they are like placeholders, you know? they see the networks are expanding because everybody has an ipad and a cell phone and all these mobile devices with 4g and 3g and next 5g networks.

the cell phone companies are putting all the antennas they can at these lower levels to create a cloud web of the city said the their -- so they on the network needed. we need to not but be horses before the cart. we do not have the 20-year study to show that they are safe. we're not going to have these cancer clusters all over town because these antennas are everywhere. need to do a citywide study with the health department. -- we need to do a citywide steady on me -- with the health department. >> i respresent the property across from me jewish school.

is located on 1300 balboa st. and is something many immigrants. it is not any kind of radiation. it will affect the health of people. do not put up the and tennis wear something peoold, -- put u- antennas where some a people, young and old, are living. not to be at risk of dying. >> i have been going to public school for nine years.

i went to the academy as of this year. so, when you make your decision, keep in mind it will have a domino effect. if you vote for the antenna's the following will probably happen. parents out of fear will pull their kids out of school. and the school closes down because tuition will be lost, and there will be no orthodox education for the families in san francisco. therefore, putting up the antennas will put up a shield on the orthodox jewish education. in a way, this is a violation of our rights. you will be preventing the blooming of judaism in san francisco.

the rabbi does not accept students is by looking at their applications, which is what is done in most other schools. he evaluates every person as an individual. thanks to this, the school has been very successful and the students are taught with an emphasis on good citizenship. this makes the behavior of the students immaculate and we as people need to be raised as valuable members of society. many families can not send their kids to any other school. where will these families cutbacks please -- where will these families go? please ask yourself these questions. thank you. >> hello. in the mother of two children -- i am the mother of two children attending the academy.

i have the following concerns of the antenna placement. the reasons why i am voicing my opposition to the proposed cell tower installation is as solid. it was built in 1920. ," series concerns about its earthquake resistance -- i have serious concerns about its earthquake resistance. the battery and associated equipment required to power the antennas will be moved from farther away from the school -- a think it is about 35 feet -- from the preschool by rough measurement. if there were, god forbid, to be an earthquake, the risk of four explosions, fires, or battery leaks would be an additional disaster, especially with so many children. i do not know if there is a zone required for safety.

what about the batteries? the associated equipment? what safety zone do we give our kids? i did a little more research on lion, and i found the current equipment installed -- on my young, and i found the current equipment installed is in a state of corrosion and this repair. cingular wireless and at&t merged in 2004. one of the better looking cabinet out there has a sticker from cingular. that means it has not been looked at since 2004. what assurance do we have that it is going to be well maintained? did to these concerns, i respectfully ask -- due to these concerns, i respectfully ask that he denied the permanent. furthermore, i asked for the

removal of the existing equipment. thank you. >> good afternoon. yesterday cut-president -- i am the co-president of the hebrew academy. i went to a public school for around eight years. i have been at the hebrew academy for around four years and it is the best experience of my life. not only have been made a lot of friends -- i am very active in the drama club, other extracurricular activities. the hebrew academy is the only orthodox jewish school in the bay area. the school -- at the school god forbid, -- if the school, god forbid, closes down, there are no other alternatives. a lot of these families are

russian people who are jewish orthodox, and as you know, they have experienced a lot of horrible things. my father was denied a job, even though he was perfectly qualified, due to his religion. he was also emotionally and verbally abused because he was said to -- he was a jew, and my parents went to save me from this experience by moving to america. before coming here, i did not know much about my heritage, but now i know about the holidays and a lot of my friends love going to the school because they feel like they are at home because there are a lot of people they can relate to. the parents are so concerned, they now have to worry about finding alternatives, and kids now -- at the school, god

forbid, closes down, there is nowhere to turn to to learn about your heritage. if the antennas were to go up, i do not know what the parents would do. keep that in mind. thank you. >> hello. my name is george. i represent my field of study, wellness, electronics, and use of technology for healing. marconi -- as most people think of him -- he was it awarded a patent six months after he died by the supreme court. nevertheless, i am here to speak in opposition to