From the transcript

It also makes it easier for them if they do want to put in a tower, they can— they go and look at the map and say, obviously, these are the locations the borough would like us to put cell towers to give the most setback to the residential and everything else, but also is properties that have good locations, and then they can pick off that list what will meet their needs the best. So I think it's kind of a win-win. I think so too. I think Title specifically mentioned that in one of the sessions, that if there— if we had had a list, they would have just picked from it. And I think if, if, uh, um, you know, maybe what we need to be doing is saying, okay, we like this lot, but The south 200 feet of this big lot, we would say, would be in it.

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