A Tower Acquisition Case StudyJenna MetznikGreg Whiteaker
May 1, 2012 HERMAN & WHITEAKER, LLC
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Los AlamosHarding
Eddy
Roosevelt
Mora
TaosRio Arriba
Quay
Guadalupe
Sandoval
Sandoval
Sierra
Lincoln
Bernalillo
Union
ValenciaCurry
Chaves
De Baca
Santa Fe
Otero
San Miguel
Lea
Torrance
Colfax
Socorro
Winkler
Donley
Swisher
Hall
Midland
Lynn
Hockley
Hutchinson
Gaines
Lubbock
Moore
Dawson
Floyd
Howard
Lamb
Dickens
Yoakum
Sterling
Roberts
Kent
Armstrong
Andrews
Bailey
Borden
Carson
Motley
Hale
Dallam
Terry
Gray
Cochran
Mitchell
Parmer
Glasscock
Scurry
Sherman
Potter
Martin
Ochiltree
Hartley
Briscoe
Crosby
Hansford
Randall
Ector
Garza
El Paso
Oldham
Loving
Deaf Smith
Castro
US Hwy 66
Hwy 54
I- 40
US Hwy 60
State Hwy 337
US Hwy 60
US Hwy 54
US Hwy 285
State Hwy 247
State Hwy 246
Co Rd E022
Clovis Hwy
US Hwy 380
Sagebrush Valley Rd
Rio Penasco Rd
US Hwy 70
US Hwy 54
US Hwy 82
E US Hwy 70
Owen Prather Hwy
Queens Hwy
W US Hwy 62
State Hwy 529
US Hwy 82
Aberdeen Rd
E Ottawa Rd
E Chickasaw Rd
S Roosevelt Rd 10
State Hwy 206
Clovis Hwy
State Hwy 209
Curry Rd K
State Rte 288
State Hwy 209
State Rte 39
State Rte 419
I- 25
US Hwy 85
State Hwy 47
State Hwy 314 NWHwy 6
US Hwy 66
State Hwy 44
State Rte 126
State Hwy 96
US Hwy 84
State Hwy 44
State Hwy 595
State Hwy 537
US Hwy 285State Rd 522
US Hwy 85
US Hwy 56
US Hwy 64
State Rte 456
US Hwy 56
State Rte 102
State Hwy 120
State Hwy 39
I- 25
State Rte 442State Rte 518
State Hwy 76
US Hwy 85
Veterans Memorial Hwy
State Rte 16
US Hwy 285
US Hwy 60
State Rte 55
US Hwy 380
US Hwy 85
US Hwy 60
US Hwy 85
State Rte 304
Grant St
State Rte 107
State Rte 52
State Hwy 152
State Hwy 27
US Hwy 70
I- 10
State Rte 28
US Hwy 54
State Rte 213
SH 349
FM 179
US 82
US 60
US 60
US 87
IH 27
US 87
US 87
US 180
US 87
US 70
SL 46
US 62
US 62
IH 27
US 84
US 84
SL 289
US 84
US 84
FM 651
SH 176
TXRoad
SH 214
TXRoad
SH 207
US 287
FM 1788
SH 137
US 385
SH 207
US 62
RM 652
SH 176
US 380
SH 302
SH 70
US 54
US 62
FM 669
SH 158
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Rio RanchoPlacitas
Cedar Grove
Cedar CrestEdgewood
Moriarty
Carnuel
South Valley
Santa Ana Pueblo
Algodones
San Felipe Pueblo
Zia Pueblo
Lake Sumner
Clovis
Cannon AFB
Grady
Melrose
House
Tucumcari
Logan
Santa Rosa
Vaughn
Encino
Causey
Artesia
Hobbs
Lovington
Tatum
Eunice
Timberon
Alamogordo
La Luz
Boles Acres
Mescalero
NMTown
Capitan
Socorro
Magdalena
Alamo
Truth or Consequences
Las Cruces
Chaparral
Sunland Park
Santa Teresa
Anthony
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Eldorado at Santa Fe
GlorietaCanada de los Alamos PecosLa Cienega
GalisteoMadrid
Pena Blanca
Tajique
Meadow LakePeralta
Bosque Farms
Los Lunas
El Cerro-Monterey Park
Valencia
Los ChavesTome-Adelino
Los Trujillos-GabaldonRio Communities
Jarales
BelenManzano
Mountainair
Willard
Corona
Carrizozo
Ruidoso
Tularosa
Hagerman
Dexter
Lake Arthur
Hope
Loving
JalVado
White Sands
Radium Springs
Hatch
Salem
Rincon
Elephant Butte
Torreon
Jemez Springs
Ponderosa
La Jara
Regina
Los Alamos
White Rock
San Ildefonso Pueblo
Espanola
El Valle de Arroyo Seco
Pojoaque
Chimayo
Rio Lucio
Taos
Taos Pueblo
Ranchos de Taos
Angel Fire
Taos Ski Valley
Questa
Eagle Nest
Red River
Cimarron
Springer
Maxwell
RatonFolsom
Des Moines
Grenville
Clayton
Mosquero
Roy
Wagon Mound
Chamisal
Alcalde
San Juan
PenascoVadito
Santa Clara PuebloRio ChiquitoLa Puebla
Cuba
Dulce
Chama
San Jon
Dimmitt
Stratford
Texhoma
Gruver
Gruver
SpearmanSpearman
Perryton
Morse
SunrayCactus
Texline
Dalhart
HartleyDumas
Stinnett
Channing
AdrianVega
Bishop Hills
Amarillo
Sanford
FritchBorger
SkellytownPampa
White Deer
Panhandle
Claude
Groom
Howardwick
Clarendon
Timbercreek Canyon
Canyon
Happy
Hereford
Friona
Nazareth Tulia
Farwell
Bovina
Hart
Edmonson
Kress
Silverton
Turkey
Quitaque
Lockney
Plainview
Hale Center
Olton
SpringlakeEarthMuleshoe
Sudan
Amherst
Littlefield Spade
Floydada
Petersburg
Crosbyton
RallsLorenzo
Abernathy
Anton
ShallowaterIdalou
Slaton
Lubbock
O'Donnell
Post
Tahoka
WilsonNew Home
Ropesville
SmyerOpdyke WestLevelland
Morton
Whiteface
Sundown
Meadow
BrownfieldPlains
Wellman
SeagravesDenver City
Andrews
Seminole
Lamesa
Ackerly
Westbrook
Forsan
Coahoma
Stanton
Big Spring
Kermit
Goldsmith
Midland
Gardendale
Odessa
West Odessa
Wink
Dell City
Homestead Meadows North
El Paso
HERMAN & WHITEAKER, LLC
New Mexico Texas
Win-Win-Win TransactionSingle Tenant Multiple Tenants
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Win-Win-Win Transaction
Plateau sells latent assets; can reinvest proceeds
American Tower maximizes collocation
Community gains the Broadband advantage
Plateau sells latent assets; can reinvest proceeds
American Tower maximizes collocation
Community gains the Broadband advantage
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Build, Acquire, Maintain NEPA Compliant Sites
•Compliance is part of the American Tower make-ready model• Our customers require compliance verification prior to each installation
•Step-wise approach to verifying compliance file is complete• Confirm tower facility specifications and location details
• Identify date of original tower construction and subsequent “substantial”modifications
• Review existing FCC NEPA compliance report
• Request additional NEPA documentation from Seller, Seller’s environmental consultant, or installed customer as needed
• Engage the FCC to discuss methods of curing significant data gaps
• Carry out FCC-approved curative plan, which may involve working with other local, state, and federal NEPA and Section 106 stakeholders
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Acquisitions: NEPA Compliance Review Criteria
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NEPA Compliance Curative Action
•Worked cooperatively with the FCC, New Mexico SHPO, and Texas SHPO
•The FCC was our compass throughout the process
•A consistent, repeatable curative approach is needed for all Twilight Towers
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