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it will be constructed of the same material open lattice. Mr. Holloway said that since SBC Ameritec is not taking any new customers for the Mooresville area with high speed internet, this addition to the tower would supply Mooresville and surrounding areas with high speed internet. Mr. Holloway presented a study of communications and communications technology. Mr. Holloway stated that Eric Rogers is now providing a wireless service that is coming from the existing tower. Mr. Holloway said that the current tower puts Mr. Rogers at an economic disadvantage, it also puts the community at a disadvantage because he cannot send his signal past Mooresville corporate limits, the signal will not reach as far as Flagstaff, this puts him at a disadvantage that would discriminate against him unreasonably since he is already providing that service. Mr. Holloway said that it is not like he is coming into Mooresville to start up, his business is already located here. Mr. Holloway drew the attention of the board to the photo- graphs, showing how intrusive the addition to the tower would be. He also said the tower would be restrained in such a way to withstand high winds and would not be a danger to the surrounding properties. Mr. Holloway said that if Mr. Rogers cannot expand his business the community suffers and he cannot provide this service outside his area and competitiveness is then decreased, and economic development would suffer. At this time Mr. Holloway asked for questions. Donald Barry asked if the reason for the additional 40 feet is because of elevation to the highest point in town? Mr. Holloway said yes, so as to reach Flagstaff. Mr. Barry also asked if the tower would interfere with other antennas in town? Mr. Holloway said no, the federal regulations say that it cannot. Alan Kramer asked if the tower would be engineered to withstand other receivers, antennas and so forth? Mr. Holloway said that they wanted to keep it like it is at this time, and to remain lightweight because of it being on the building. With no other questions from the board Allan Kramer asked for questions from the floor. Brenda Mayfield, representing the Mooresville Revitalization Group, said that they have been working real hard the last fi ve years to get the downtown area classified as a historical district, "We finally got that. We have the Town working on new street lights, we've gotten new trash cans. We done all the type things to make the down town area look like it should. I'm not against business and definitely not the Rogers." She feels that adding on to the tower would take away from the down town area. Joan Studgeon a historical preservation professional that was hired to prepare the National Register of Historical places nomination for down town Mooresville. Ms. Studgeon felt that it would be wrong to have a 80 foot tower to the down town area. Mr. Holloway said that he agreed that the Historical preservation is important, but they are not adding a tower but extending the tower. After drawing attention to the photographs he asked that the Board grant the variance. Chris Crouch ask how far out the service would be able to go. Mr. Rogers said to would go out 10 to 20 miles and be able to service the out lying areas of Mooresville. Alan Kramer a read variance from development standards. Donald Barry motioned to approve the 40 foot addition to the existing tower the second from Chris Crouch, motion carried 3-0 with none opposed. The last item was Holloway Engineering for New Life community Wesleyan Church asking for a variance of use. The request was tabled from March. Mr. Holloway said they left needing more information and an artist rendering of the project. Also drainage calculations to show that they could control the storm water run off, and have a plan that shows the building and the retention system. At this time Mr. Holloway started showing the plan, showing where the apartments are