MAC Considers Five Cell Phone Tower Proposals

Cell phone towers are always a perennial favorite topic at meetings of the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (NMAC) and at their last meeting of 2021, the MAC considered five separate proposals for continuing contracts for existing cell towers around town.

T-Mobile wanted an extension to continue operating a tower from a faux cross at the Church of the Nazarene at 2301 Miramar Avenue, a telecommunications facility of a PG&E tower at 5314 Crown Court, one at 5241 Jensen Road, one at 20980 Redwood Road, and another 6108 Greenridge Road

The MAC also approved a request from the San Lorenzo School District to sell a surplus piece of property at 2275 Arlington Drive. The Seneca Center- a school that provides services to special needs students- has been leasing the 9.3-acre space for over 20 years and wants to buy.

Though nothing would dramatically change about the way the property is used, the sale would constitute a disposition of public land to a private buyer, the MAC had to be consulted.

The MAC previously considered the item in October, but asked county staff to come back with more detailed maps regarding a potential subdivision of the property, which they did. 

Finally, the MAC approved an application for a variance to adjust a line between two single-familiar residential parcels at 5427 Jensen Road.