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Magnum said that you told him several times that you would bring Evans in to appear at a County"work session" so that any questions could be posed directly to him but that never materialized. After the vote, when the Rutland Board was being questioned by Sue Wollin, owner of Stoughton Farms, one of the members, Jim Lunde, commented that if Stoughton wants this station so bad they should build it in Mandt Park. Majid,the Evans report is as clear as a bell, this licensed facility cannot be built within the Stoughton city limits. Still, Rutland resident and Madison attorney, Jessica Polakowski,just made that statement yet again to a newspaper reporter a week ago. You know this isn't the case, have you conveyed this reality to those who question it? Magnum has paid these fees a second time. But, we're counting on you to not allow what happened the first time to happen again so we have two requests: 1. You state for the record that Evans has the full confidence of Dane County and that it is expected that the Rutland Board and its residents will give Evans the same credence that the county does. 2. That any questions that anyone has be submitted to Evans in advance of the study. There is clear precedence for this as in the previous study Evans responded to and answered a concern that had been posed by Jessica Polakowski. We trust, Majid, that you agree that while everyone is entitled to their own opinion, no one is entitled to their own facts, and that you will make certain that this time this matter will be conducted fairly. Finally, here are excerpts from the first Evans study, which address the key points to questions that were asked over and over about the siting window and whether a tower already exists that WBKY could co-locate on. If anyone questions any of them, those questions should be posed now in advance of the second Evans study: Evans Associates is of the opinion that a grant of the Magnum application is in the public interest, and is respectful of environmental impact factors consistent with other installations of this type. Broadcast radio facilities are mandated by the FCC to serve their cities of license. Depending upon the programming format used on the station, such service usually takes the form of entertainment, news and local public safety information delivered to the licensed community and the surrounding area. Weather information and school closings are examples of typical public safety broadcasts. Other aural services assigned to Madison or other communities would not usually exhibit a local Stoughton focus. The proposed construction of the broadcast facility appears to have met the public interest requirements of the FCC, the FAA, the Wisconsin Bureau of Aeronautics, and the Environmental Protection Agency2.