May 5, 2005 MLPA eBlast: Star Wars, Wildwood Hike, Cell Tower Proposed for N. Highland & Lanier Place

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Star Wars, May 7th, in Sunken Garden Park 
   
 "Traveling through hyperspace isn't like dusting crops."

Need a Screen on the Green warm up?  A primer for the episode III release later this month?   Want to see some great costumes?  If so, bring family and friends and join your neighbors this Saturday night, May 7th, in Sunken Garden Park for the MLPA Special Events Committee's Movies in Morningside.  Our Neighborhood's movie night under the stars featuring "STAR WARS".  Yep, the original.  The park opens at 6:30, the show starts at dusk,  preceded by costume watching and general neighborhood chatter. Bring your own picnic dinner, or buy snacks and soft drinks at the event.

"...remember, the Force will be with you...always!"

A Wildwood Hike
Trees Atlanta invites you to hike The Wildwood, a 30+ acre preserve in the Morningside neighborhood.  The neighborhood steering committee is working with the City of Atlanta on a master plan for trails and other amenities - here is your chance to get back in the park and see the beauty of The Wildwood.  The tour will pass native plants like trilliums, mayapple and many varieties of ferns.  It will cover the natural (rock outcrop) and manmade landforms (agricultural terraces) present on the site.  And hopefully the wildlife will be out for the viewing.  Trees Atlanta will also explain their efforts combating invasive plants and how they are helping restore the native ecosystem in The Wildwood.

Details:
When: Sunday May 8th, 1pm - 2pm
Where: 1941 Wellbourne Drive
How much: Free
What to wear: sturdy shoes and long pants
Who to bring: Your mom and anyone else that wants to get out in the woods for an hour on Mother's Day.

Cell Tower Proposed for N. Highland & Lanier Place
MLPA's Zoning Committee heard an application last night made by TLC Wireless to construct a 120 foot cell tower on property leased near the intersection of N. Highland and Lanier Place.  The leased property is adjacent to the property leased to Coldwell Banker which property already has a 65' Metro PCS cell tower in place next to the parking lot.

The MLPA Zoning Committee recommended approval of the application to the MLPA Board with the following (unofficial) conditions:

1. that the applicant receive the approval of all neighbors within 300 feet;
2. that photo simulations be prepared to show what the tower looks like from 3 sides;
3. that the applicant provide a list of all current carrier tower sites in the area shown on the map they provided (generally their search area);
4. that the applicant provide an engineering structural failure report (to document their assertion that, in a catastrophic wind situation, the tower will not fall like a tree but rather buckle on itself);
5. that the tower be built so as to accommodate a minimum of 3 carriers; and
6. that a drawing be prepared to show the fence and screening proposed.

This application will be heard at the MLPA Board meeting at 7:30 pm Monday May 9th at Morningside Presbyterian Church.

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