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Regarding going underground for utilities, we would prefer not to go underground because of the <br /> sense of cost of the long run. Hawaii Electric Light Company (HELLO) typically requires those <br /> long underground runs to be encased by concrete. We would prefer not to do that at this time so, <br /> I would say we'll try and keep the I think there's only three (3) or four(4)poles proposed for this <br /> site, so we prefer to keep it overhead at this time. <br /> CLARKSON: Thank you for your response. <br /> REPLOGLE: Okay, thank you Mr. Novak. Any further questions? Yes, Mr. Au. <br /> AU: Thank you Mr. Chair. Mr. Novak thank you for your presentation. I might have missed it <br /> but my main question that I have is the military. You know the military has a very important job <br /> to do, they need to train up there and protect us and I want to make sure that that's not affecting <br /> them and what kind of conversations have you had with the military regarding this pole. <br /> NOVAK: We reached out to the Army at the beginning of the search ring for this but due that <br /> Army the lease situation on their army based they didn't feel comfortable with anymore <br /> entitlements so that didn't really get past it as far as. But regarding the coverage, the military has <br /> several sites all over in the State of Hawaii and we do interference. AT&T does bulk <br /> interference reports with all their frequencies for Pearl Harbor any military base. We provide <br /> them with all AT&T's license frequencies with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) <br /> and they run for cell sites on the Army bases, Marine and Navy facilities they run these <br /> frequency reports every time AT&T acquires a new spectrum from the FCC to so if there's any <br /> interference or potential issues with those. Because this site is off the Army base, we didn't run <br /> any interference report against these, but they've been done in the past and there's been no issues <br /> with AT&T's license spectrum interfering with Army, Navy, Marines anything of that nature. <br /> They've never restricted any frequency band on any of their Army bases due to interference <br /> issues. <br /> AU: Thank you for your answer. Thank you. <br /> REPLOGLE: Is there anything else? Yes, Mr. Lin? <br /> LIN: Mr. Novak thank you for your presentation. My only question would be kind of going off <br /> of Mr. Clarkson's concern about the coverage. So, I see that the proposed tower has extended <br /> coverage but in between that tower and going to north there's still a gap between there. Is there <br /> any plans to add another tower to extend that coverage? <br /> NOVAK: So, with the FirstNet network has been in process for several years now these search <br /> rings were issued we've been through this Commission about 4 times now. There is one <br /> additional search ring that hasn't been presented to you and it's on the other side of Saddle Road <br /> coming from Hilo. So, we are still working on the design and a location for that it's between <br /> Conservation districts. We're trying to find the optimal site for that still but that's the one <br /> additional FirstNet site on Hawaii that we're still looking for coverage on and it's along Saddle <br /> Road there. <br /> 11 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />