2021-01-07 Windward Exh C AT&T Mobility USE 20-000084

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JACKSON: Yeah. CLARKSON: That tower was to be constructed and has it been constructed and was that considered by the Applicant? JACKSON: I can tell you where the tower was approved, and the Applicant can respond to whether they considered that site. So, if you look at this map it here the tower which was permitted for Verizon is actually located just off of the slide to the south off of Highway 130. So, it would be just off of the slide a little bit further towards Kalapana. CLARKSON: That's what I thought too. I'm just going to make a comment that as AT & T marches their coverage south, I would encourage them to co-locate on that tower if at all possible. JACKSON: My understanding also Commissioner Clarkson is that that tower has not yet been constructed they are still trying to work out some legal access issues before constructing. CLARKSON: Thank you. REPLOGLE: Any other comments or questions from the Commissioners? Okay, we will have the Applicant's presentation by Andrew Tomlinson, J5 Infrastructure Partners an agent for AT & T Mobility, Bryce Novak, J5 Infrastructure Partners agent for AT & T Mobility. Mr. Tomlinson you have the floor. TOMLINSON: Thank you, can everybody hear me? REPLOGLE: Yes. TOMLINSON: Great, thank you. Aloha and Happy New Year Mr. Chair and members of the Planning Commission. As you know I am representing AT & T and I'd like to thank you for considering our Use Permit application for development of the telecommunication facility in Puna. As Maija presented, AT & T is requesting a Use Permit for development of a 100-foot tower with a 1,050 square foot equipment area on the portion of the 41-acre property just off the Highway 130 on a private access dirt access road. I'd just like to reiterate that the facility is not in the Puna Forest Reserve and is approximately about 2 miles away. This proposed facility would meet AT & T's service objectives by filling a significant gap in AT & T's 4G LTE network experienced by its customers and Kam5'ili Homesteads, Kalapana and areas south along Pahoa-Kalapana Road. The facility will provide an important public benefit by including equipment to support FirstNet and I think as you are aware FirstNet is the Country's first nationwide communications platform dedicated to public safety. It represents a giant leap in communication capabilities for public safety personnel and gives first responders access to a highly secured dedicated interoperable network and ecosystem supporting voice data, text, and video communications. Since early twenty-twenty (2020)we've all been impacted by COVID obviously and this hearing is an excellent example of again why we're you know how we're being affected. EXHIBIT C 6