2021-06-03 Windward Exh A AT&T Mobility USE 21-000087

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AGUINALDO: Yes. KAY: All right, perfect. Thank you as the Chair mentioned this is a Use Permit application for a telecommunications tower. Sorry, okay, yeah. The subject 6.875-acre property here outlined in red is located in the Hamakua District of Hawaii Island. For reference we've got the Daniel K. Inouye Highway running generally east west through the slide and Saddle Road generally running north south through the slide. The subject property again is just north of where those two (2)roads diverge. The applicant is requesting a Use Permit to construct a new non-manned telecommunications facility consisting of a 105-foot tall stealth "monopine"tower with 5 feet of branches and related equipment within a 616-square foot portion of a 6.875-acre property situated in the County's Agricultural zoning district. The "monopine"tower will be designed to mimic a pine tree to blend in with the other coniferous trees on the subject property, to accommodate co-location of the antennas for other wireless carriers and will comply with all Federal, State, and County rules and regulations. The project objective is to fill a gap in AT&T's 4G LTE network coverage experienced by customers along Saddle Road between Waimea and the P6hakuloa Training Area(PTA). The facility will also expand AT&T's 5G network and provide a site for the FirstNet Program for emergency responders. This is the State Land Use map the subject property and much of the surrounding area is in the Agricultural district as indicated in green. The properties to the south of the subject property are Conservation as indicated in the light blue color. The General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map (LUPAG) designates the subject property in the area to the north as Extensive Agriculture and the areas to the south and the east as Conservation consistent with the State Land Use Conservation district. The County zoning for the subject property Agricultural-40 acres (A-40a) and the other surrounding zoning is Forest Reserve designation. Here's the applicant's submitted site plan on the left is the zoomed-out site plan showing the proposed lease area and tower location as well as other structures on the property. The tower area is located here and it's going to be adjacent between (two) 2 water tanks and then the lease area pardon me the equipment area is going to be to the north of that. Just for clarity the site plan shows that the distance from Saddle Road or the property line along Saddle Road is going to be a hundred and ten (110) feet distance from the north property line is about a hundred fifteen (115) and the distance from the corner of the Main Lodge structure is a hundred twelve (112) feet. On the right-hand side, you see a more zoomed in site plan showing a little bit more detail on the proposed facility. Here is the compound plan just showing the equipment shelter and fencing around it and other equipment that is going to be part of that. Here are some elevations of the monopine tower again just showing that the intent is for it to mimic a pine tree. So, that the motorist and other people viewing it will see it blended in with the other trees on the property. Here's some aerial photos of the subject property again just on the left-hand side here showing a zoomed-out version with Saddle Road running generally north south through the slide and the subject property outlined here in purple. Just showing that there are no occupied lands within the vicinity of the area, all vacant lands and then a zoomed in version again just showing the subject property, the existing structures and the general area of the 2 EXHIBIT A