Council unanimously approved a self-supporting, 70-meter Rogers cell tower in the remotest corner of the city boundary at the end of Claymore Road.
The company had been searching for a location since 2014 including two proposals that received negative feedback for being too close to residents or Qualicum Beach Elementary. None of the six properties within the 200 meter notification area, including the only actual neighbour, objected to the selected location on the far end of Claymore, away from the school.
The company will pay the town $1,000 a month, increasing by 10 per cent for each of four renewable, five-year terms.
• As of their Jan. 11 meeting, Qualicum Beach town council is live-streaming and archiving video of their regular meetings live on their website. Go to www.qualicumbeach.com for the list of recorded meetings and click on “video” to watch, complete with agenda links so you can jump to the topic of interest.
• With the Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce vacating the town owned “Lee house,” their downtown location, to consolidate in their waterfront visitor’s centre property, the town will be looking for tenants for
April 1.
• The next Qualicum Beach regular council meeting is Monday, February 1, 7 p.m. in the town hall council chamber.
