The following individuals played an important role in the development of this plan. Gratitude also is extended to the citizens, wireless industry and other stakeholders who participated in the public hearings and other special meetings.
Grand Junction Regional Communications Center
John Camper, Chair and Chief of Police, Grand Junction
Matt Lewis, Sheriff, Mesa County
Ken Watkins, Fire Chief, Grand Junction
Judy Macy, Chief of Police, Fruita
Deb Funston, Chief of Police, Palisade
Mick Lockwood, Fire Chief, Plateau Valley Fire District
City of Grand Junction
Mesa County
City Council
Board of County Commissioners
Phyllis Norris, Mayor
Rose Pugliese, Chair
Marty Chazen, Mayor Pro Tem
John Justman
Barbara Traylor Smith
Scott McInnis
Bennett Boeschenstein
Duncan McArthur
Planning Commission
Chris Kennedy
John “Rusty” Price, Chairperson
Rick Taggart
Robert Erbisch
Christi Flynn
Planning Commission
David Hartmann
Christian Reece, Chair
Phillip Jones
Jon Buschhorn
Joseph Moreng
Kathy Deppe
Chip Page
Ebe Eslami
George Skiff
Keith Ehlers
Bill Somerville
George Gatseos
Ron Wriston
Aaron Miller
Steve Tolle
County Administrator
William Wade
Frank Whidden
City Manager
Tim Moore
Project Team
Project Team
City of Grand Junction
Mesa County
Jim Finlayson, IT Director
Rick Corsi, IT Applications Manager
David Thornton, Principal Planner
Troy Flick, IT Manager
Scott Hockins, Special Projects Manager
Kaye Simonson, Lead Planner
Steve Smith, GIS Analyst
CityScape Consulting Team
Grand Junction Regional Communication Center
Susan Rabold, Project Manger
Paula Creasy, GJRCC Project Manager
Elizabeth Smith, Government Relations Manager
Jon Edwards, P.E. Principal Engineer
Anna Tapp, GIS Mapping
(Ord. 4703, 6-1-16)
(a) 
Purpose.
The following is an excerpt from the Request For Proposal (RFP-3890-14-NJ):
In May of 2014, the Grand Junction City Council adopted a three to five years Economic Development Plan (EDP) for the purpose of creating a clear plan of action for improving business conditions and attracting and retaining employers. Section 1.4 of the EDP focuses on providing technology infrastructure that enables and supports private investment. Expanding broadband capabilities and improving wireless and/or cell coverage to underserved areas are key objectives of the EDP. The City has determined that the development of a Wireless Telecommunications Master Plan (WTMP) for eventual inclusion in the City’s Comprehensive Plan would be a positive step toward accomplishing those objectives.
A request for proposal (RFP) was issued by the City of Grand Junction and Mesa County which specifies several geographic study areas of interest for the WTMP.
The goal of the WTMP is to facilitate the creation of an optimized wireless telecommunications environment that is efficient, capable, and meets the long-term forecasted user requirements of the businesses, residents and visitors in the City of Grand Junction and Mesa County.
CityScape Consultants, Inc. (CityScape) was awarded the contract to develop a WTMP (hereafter referred to as a Wireless Master Plan or WMP) for the City of Grand Junction (City), Mesa County (County) and the Grand Junction Regional Communication Center (GJRCC). The WMP will serve as a general planning tool for the City, County and GJRCC. CityScape works exclusively for public agencies to address these identified concerns. CityScape specializes in developing land use strategies to control the proliferation of wireless infrastructure, affording the maximum control for local governments, while maintaining compliance with State statutes, the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 and subsequent federal regulations.
The WMP is intended to balance the goals of providing good wireless network services throughout the defined study areas while minimizing the visual impacts of the telecommunications infrastructure. It is an illustrative planning tool and guide for developing planning policies for future wireless communications infrastructure. The WMP includes a framework for maximizing network coverage while minimizing the future number of new telecommunication facilities; and suggestions for design standards that will guide decisions about the siting of future communication facilities.
The WMP provides a short history on wireless telecommunications technology, an overview on network deployment practices, an inventory of existing wireless infrastructure throughout the City and County, theoretical propagation mapping, 10-year projection maps of potential future network deployment patterns and recommendations for meeting future network deployment objectives over the next 10 to 15 years.
(b) 
WMP Study Areas and Tasks.
There are nine geographic regions identified as study areas:
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The City of Grand Junction (the 201 Service Boundary was used to approximate the boundaries of the City because of the irregular boundary created by noncontiguous annexations of property into the City limits)
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Study Area A: City of Fruita (Lower Valley), Town of Palisade, Town of DeBeque
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Study Area B: Glade Park, Gateway, Whitewater, Town of Collbran
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Study Area C: Corridors (Interstate 70 and Highway 50)
The scope of services includes the following six tasks:
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Task A: Preliminary research and data assessments.
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Task B: Infrastructure assessments; kick-off meeting; and theoretical root mean square (RMS) mapping.
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Task C: Theoretical propagation mapping based on participant responses at kick-off meeting.
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Task D: Design and development of draft master plan; draft ordinance review and amendment recommendations; and technical meeting.
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Task E: Public meetings and presentations of draft documents.
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Task F: Final documents.
(Ord. 4703, 6-1-16)