2020-02-06 Exh C New Cingular dba AT&T Mobility USE 19-081

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inescapable from anywhere on our farm. Furthermore, environmentally conscious people are predominantly health conscious, regardless of the suppression of medical evidence. Such people are not inclined to subject themselves to the perceived radiation risk. Attracting and retaining qualified apprentices would become exceedingly difficult if this tower is built. This is my life savings invested in this. Everything I've worked for, for my entire life is invested in this property. AT&T stands to make huge, obscene profits on this, and they're shutting everybody else down. The tower would damage the operation in many other ways, for example, in order to be competitive in a global marketplace, the small farmer must use every tool available. Aerial drones have become an indispensable tool in agriculture for every aspect of managing farm property, crops and pest control. Drones cannot be used within, my understanding, is one thousand foot of the tower. We're way closer than that. Last but not least, AT&T is very skilled in their site scouting process. One of their principle motivations for focusing on this site is demographic. During their scouting, they observed that this is an economically depressed neighborhood occupied predominantly by non -Caucasian residents. Iwasaki Camp is still struggling to recover from the closing of Puna Sugar. Despite the high population density, AT&T choose this site because they believe the residents would be too ignorant and busy with their own problems to give them any trouble. Please do not add to the heavy burdens of this neighborhood by approving this monstrosity. There are huge areas of remote vacant and agricultural land in Puna. The owners of those lands would be delighted to share in AT&T's obscene profits by leasing them space for a tower. I beg the Commission to deny this application without further consideration. If you do so, perhaps next time AT&T will not attempt to subvert the permit process or arrogantly disregard the welfare and will of our community. Thank you. RAFFIPIY: Thank you Mr. Clark. Ms. Andres? MANEJA-ANDRES: Aloha, thank you for listening to my statement. My name is, I'm going to attempt to speak without being emotional, but my name is Anna Maneja-Andres and I wanted to go on record to say that my entire family and I oppose the proposed development of the AT&T cell phone tower and facility. My family and I live together, with my mother and my sister's family. My sister and my brother-in-law had to leave because they have to work. We live on a ten -acre property on 17-4101 Kua`aina Road, directly across the proposed location. We're against it because we're concerned about the possible adverse effects it could have on human and animal health and our agriculture. On our property, we have macadamia nuts, banana trees, literally dozens of trees, flowers, and plant types that my mother, a retired DOE teacher, and our family cultivate. I'm not sure if an environmental impact study is required for such a project, but in viewing information online, it seems that these types of towers pose health risks not only for our plants and animals, but also for our children, our elderly community, and everyone in general. Many of the people in our community are low-income households. Many of them have English as a second language, many who do not understand exactly what's happening or what's going on. And I don't think that enough time or effort has been put forth to educate them about what exactly is happening. My family and I are against the location of the proposed tower because of possible health risks it poses, possibly. My mom purchased this property in 1996 as a location to retire to in the country with her children and her grandchildren, to be able to garden and farm on her land. This structure takes away from our land being country. This is one EXHIBIT C 15