2019-05-02 Hearing Transcript - Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless USE 19-079

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CLARKSON: So, the motion on the floor is to, a recommendation for approval ANDREWS: Approve, it's an approval recommendation with conditions and with additional conditions as proposed. CLARKSON: Those additional conditions being the site location being 155 from the road and per the draft proof of access from Highway 130 to the site location? ANDREWS: May I clarify that the site plan selected was the one—which of the two site plans? RAFFIPIY: That, the one to the right, the revised. ANDREWS: Yes, from the road edge, yes. AU: Mr. Chair, I'd like to have a discussion as well. CLARKSON: Well, let's get a second first. AU: I second. CLARKSON: Any discussion? AU: Discussion—Mr. Garcia, thank you for your testimony. I think it's very important to hear from the public on all matters that this Commission discusses, you know, but cell phone towers are very important in this day and time. We all have cell phones. Emergency services use it. You know, the Applicant and the landowner are willing, and it's a needed service in all communities. I don't know how bad the cell phone is out there. Many other Commissioners can attest to that. But, sometimes when I'm driving in that area, I get, I don't have coverage, or when I'm there with my buddies or family or friends, I don't have coverage. And, you know, it's very important for me and my kids and my family and just everybody that—you know, communication is key. So, again, Mr. Garcia, thank you, but I do support this motion. CLARKSON: Any further discussion? REPLOGLE: Yes. Yes, may I? Thank you, Mr. Garcia. I agree with you, and this topic and subject has come up over every cell tower we've discussed since I've been here and today, I'm not feeling like pulling the rug out from under Hawaiian—the cell tower, Cellco, but I would like to say the next time you come before us, you best have answers to the questions Mr. Garcia brought up or I'll just vote against it. I understand what Commissioner Au was saying about communication but what good is communication if we're all dead. We won't die overnight, but, it's worth addressing seriously and if not, who is going to regulate it? Who is going to watch it? Anyway, that's my discussion. DARROW: If I can address that matter? This is a common matter that comes up before the Planning Commission, and it's a common matter that's brought before the Planning Commission—health risks regarding emissions from cell towers. And, unfortunately, the EXHIBIT D 14