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A new proposal by AT&T to erect a cell tower at a crossroads outside Nicasio drew critics to a site meeting last Friday. Some saw the plan to disguise the device as a water tower as ill-conceived, but the local landowners association’s main complaint was that it would disrupt the view. Above, a group of 15 huddle over architectural plans on the Dolcini Ranch opposite the Nicasio Reservoir, at the exact location of the proposed cell tower. David Briggs

A cell tower designed to look like a water tower has caused some consternation among local residents concerned about Nicasio’s pastoral landscape.

The Nicasio Design Review Board met with an AT&T representative on Friday evening to discuss plans for a new cell tower. The facility, which would be designed to look like a water tower and located on the Dolcini Ranch near the intersection of Point Reyes-Petaluma and Nicasio Valley Roads, drew concerns and questions…