2020-01-08 Exh A Hearing Transcript Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Amend USE 15-056

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AU: Okay, so where are you at with the construction part? Because you've already acquired the land; you got your permit; you're just waiting for this access. So, just share with us exactly where you are. MARTIN: We already have the tower foundation designed. I plan on coming in for Plan Approval as soon as I get, as soon as I get the written approval from the Commission, and so, I could probably have this permitted by mid -year, and then we'll have to start applying for utilities and ordering the tower. It has to come by boat. So, really, realistically, I've been told we really only need a one-year extension. GRODZIN: So, we spent the past year, literally the past year, working on this access revision. That's how long it's taken us to work to design new plans to go through the process to get to today. So, I mean, five years doesn't seem like a long time, but almost a quarter of that was spent just working on revising access. But, like Danette is saying, we do want to build this structure, but now we have to go through plan review, if we get approved today, we still have to go through the plan review process. We have to go through a Building Permit process which, I mean, we'll do the best we can to get through those processes, but some of it is, you know, on the reviewers and sometimes that takes longer than you want. So, I mean, we want to build this thing in the next year, but we can't really, really we can't—we're not confident that we could get it built under today's timeline. AU: One more question. This is for staff or for Mr. Yee and Maija. So, can you just clarify this with me as far as process. So, the Applicant is coming in for a time extension and amendment, but now we're adding on another parcel, so from my understanding, the original special use permit was for one TMK. So, now the amendment is for another TMK. So, is it more appropriate for a new application or is it fine to just do an amendment to add on another TMK for the access road? JACKSON: Typically, whenever we add a new TMK, it can be done through an amendment process. The same public notification to surrounding property owners is done and it includes the additional parcel, so more neighbors are notified. But, it's essentially the same process. AU: Okay, thank you. CLARKSON: Any further questions? REPLOGLE: I have a question, and I don't know if you can answer this, but one of the earlier testifiers mentioned how within their subdivision, there's an AT&T tower, and you're going to put up a Verizon tower. Are you both separate— MARTIN: —Let me address this REPLOGLE: or do those overlap? Do we have to have a tower—if I'm Verizon, we got to put up a hundred towers and then we got to put up a hundred for AT&T? EXHIBIT A 17