The proposal for a cell tower at the site of a water tank off Vision Road has been dropped. AT&T ended talks with the Inverness Public Utility District for a tower after a property owner who allows the utility district access to the site declined to grant AT&T access, according to the district’s general manager, Ken Eichstaedt. AT&T, which said the project was part of an effort to expand rural Internet access, had approached IPUD in February. The proposal included modest rental income for the district, and Mr. Eichstaedt had noted that it could benefit Inverness to have better cell service. But roughly a dozen residents, concerned about having a tower in the middle of the neighborhood, expressed serious reservations at a March board meeting to discuss the issue. It was at that meeting that another major issue came to light: the district reaches the water tanks though an easement crossing privately owned land. The owner, Ed Conner, has land on either side of the district’s property. He said at the March meeting that he had donated the land for the district’s water tank with the intention of preserving the watershed and wildlife. “It’s inequitable that the burden falls on us for our generosity,” he said. Mr. Conner expressed dismay at the prospect of a cell tower right beside his property, where he hoped his children would one day build homes. A spokesman for AT&T, Benjamin Golombek, said the corporation is still looking for a site in Inverness. A site conditions manager for a consulting group working for AT&T said the group nixed another potential site in Inverness, on Drakes View Drive, after the property owner pulled out due to concerns from neighbors.