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<br /> ~rr <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> November 2 1987 <br /> CONTACT: reg Page, Project Manager, 687-5548 <br /> erry Jacobson, Planning, 687-5481 <br /> andra Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDI TE RELEASE <br /> i <br /> COMMUNICATION TOWER PROPOSED FOR CITY VIEW SITE <br /> i <br /> The city of Eugene public works department has scheduled a meeting for <br /> Thursday, ovember 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Westmoreland Community Center to <br /> discuss t e proposed siting of a public safety communication tower at the <br /> City View reservoir. <br /> Pres ntly the city has one radio transmission site to serve the area's <br /> j transmission needs. According to Greg Page, project manager, the area <br /> needs a n w state-of-the-art radio transmission system to provide a more <br /> reliable ublic safety communications network for city ambulances, the 9-1-1 <br /> center, a d the police, fire and public works departments. The new site <br /> would pro ide primary public emergency radio transmissions and would serve <br /> the Venet Elmira, and Crow areas to the McKenzie Bridge and the Goshen and <br /> Creswell reas to about Harrisburg, he said. <br /> "The current radio transmitter site is over 25 years old and is at <br /> I <br /> maximum c pacity," Page said. "It was build when Eugene covered a much <br /> smaller g ographic area. In fact, with our present range, the fire department <br /> cannot us the tower to reach medic units when they are outside the city. We <br /> need a ra io transmitter that will meet our communication needs for the next <br /> 25 years. <br /> more <br /> <br />