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

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CLARKSON: So the motion to continue failed because it did not get a four -vote majority of the Commission? ANDREWS: That's correct. Yes. CLARKSON: And, that's one that requires four votes. You sure about that? HALL: Yes, all action of the Commission requires a majority vote, yeah. AU: So, Mr. Chair, I'm prepared to make another motion. CLARKSON: Well, let's—since we're actually proceeding with the application, let's hold off and hear a presentation for some additional information. We had testimony. We had a presentation last month. Let's hear any additional information about this application from staff ANDREWS: Yes, there is additional information that was provided by the Applicant, and I'll forward to that slide. This was, well I'll start here, this was the original site plan provided by the Applicant and at the last hearing, there was discussion about the location of the tower, and pertaining to its distance from the road, from the highway. And, I'm just going to jump forward to what was recently provided by the Applicant. Here, which is two proposals. They look very similar, but I'll highlight what has been changed. The Applicant submitted this one which is 155 -foot setback to the road centerline, and that is the centerline of Highway 130. So, the dimension here, which is very difficult to read, is dimensioned 155 feet which is the height of the tower from the centerline of the road on the left here. And, on the right, it's 155 -foot setback to the road edge. So that's the edge of the highway. So, they have submitted these two proposals for your consideration. That concludes the information. CLARKSON: Okay, thank you. Any questions for staff? Okay MARTIN: I'd like to also point out that we provided a letter from Sabre Industries, the tower manufacturer. It was my understanding that the Commissioners were concerned about the tower falling and blocking the road. So, we went to the tower manufacturer, and we asked them, what is the fall radius for a tower like this? They explained that the tower is stacked. It comes in several pieces, and it's stacked. And, so, it can be designed so that it could, if it exceeded the wind load of a 140 miles an hour, which is what they plan to design it as, if it exceeds that, that the maximum amount of radius would be 75, not a 155. I just wanted to bring that to your attention. CLARKSON: So, it would have bolts holding two sections that would fail roughly half way up and allow only the top to fall off MARTIN: That's right. CLARKSON: That's from wind. EXHIBIT D 9