| Draft Environmental Impact Statement Shorts School Road Am Antenna Structures 46 deciduous trees lining the Snohomish River. However, because they would clearly be built elements, rather than natural elements, unity level for this view would be slightly reduced. Lighting In the evening, the two blinking, red hazard warning lights at the apex of the tallest antenna and the three smaller marker lights at the mid-point of the antenna would be visible in the middleground from Viewpoint 2. Because of the approximate 170-foot elevation of the viewpoint, the blinking lights on the 349-foot antenna would be closer to eye level and could cause a visual distraction. However, the distance (0.98 mile) from the antenna would lessen the visual impact of the lighting in general. Final Adjusted Visual Quality Rating: 3.8 (down from 5.8) Viewpoint 3 The foreground views from Viewpoint 3 would remain the same under the Preferred Alternative. Because of the topography, only the top portion of the 349-foot antenna would be visible in the middleground. The smaller antenna are too short to be seen from this viewpoint. This antenna would be seen against the evergreen trees on Fiddler�s Bluff. Background views of the Kenwanda neighborhood on Fiddler�s Bluff would remain the same. There are no memorable landscape elements in this view, and so the vividness level would remain low under the Preferred Alternative. The antenna visible from Viewpoint 3 would represent only one of many built elements in the view. Because only a portion of the antenna is seen from an approximate 1 mile distance, it would not be a dominant element and encroach on the integrity of the view. As a result, the level of intactness would remain in the medium range. Likewise, the homes visible in the foreground and middleground would remain dominant elements without a coherent visual pattern under the Preferred Alternative. The antenna would only slightly decrease the existing level of unity in this view. Lighting In the evening, the two blinking, red hazard warning lights at the apex of the tallest antenna and the three smaller marker lights at the mid-point of the antenna would be visible in the middleground from Viewpoint 3. Because of the approximate 170-foot elevation of the viewpoint, the blinking lights on the 349-foot antenna would be closer to eye level and would cause a visual distraction. However, the distance (1.01 mile) from the antenna would lessen the visual impact of the lighting in general. Final Adjusted Visual Quality Rating: 2.7 (down from 3.2) Viewpoint 4 Under the Preferred Alternative, existing elements such as the road, a farmhouse with fencing and equipment, and telephone poles, would remain visible in the foreground. The 349-foot antenna, painted in orange and white bands, and the seven 199-foot antennas, painted in neutral colors, would be visible on the existing agricultural field in the middleground, at a distance of 0.53 miles. Because of the openness of the field, a greater proportion of the antenna would be visible against the sky from in this view, than against background landforms. All of the shorter |