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District. Subsequently the Planning Director initiated procedures to require a Use Permit in the County’s Agricultural zoned district. That includes RA, FA, IA, as well as Agricultural zoned districts. So that, you know, when these towers come in,it still requires a public hearing. So this is our first application in which Ordinance 1017 is applicable to, as well as our next application, so I won’t go into detail about that for our next one. The reasons for the request is that the current existing telecommunication facility requires an upgrade to improve coverage between existing tower sites, and the replacement of a wood pole with the steel pole will provide a stronger more storm-resistant installation. This is a site plan submitted by the applicant. This shows the property. The north is on the top right of the map, and then it shows the area of the tower sites. There’s actually four towers currently located there, three of which have been permitted through special permits. This particular tower, the existing tower, was, had been built prior to 19 -, when it required the special permit through the State Supreme Court. This shows a bird’s-eye view. You can see that there will be 12 panel antennas along the top of the tower. The remaining four for Sprint are located just below that on the tower. The Planning Director is recommending approval of this application. With that, that concludes our presentation. Are there any questions? KERN: Any questions for staff? DARROW: I do have one -. We did receive a letter this morning of support. And that has been, we only have one copy, and that has been passed out to the Commissioners. Thank you. KERN: All right, any questions? ONO: Yes. KERN: Commissioner Ono. ONO: Question on how old, you didn’t finish the year that the wooden pole was constructed. DARROW: Prior to 1999, the Planning Department interpreted State law and, to allow telecommunication towers as a permitted use, as well as within the County Agricultural district. There was an appeal to that decision to the Supreme Court in which the Supreme Court overturned that and stated that this required a special permit for telecommunication towers within the State Land Use Agricultural district. So from 1999 until 2007 any tower that had come in within the State Land Use Agricultural district went through the special permit process. In 2007, the State Legislature enacted 171 which allowed them to be permitted uses within the State Land Use Agricultural District. And, again, because of a controversy that surrounds some of these towers with surrounding properties, the Planning Director initiated procedures to still require a use permit in the County zoning sothat it can still come before Planning Commission and public hearing. ONO: No, I guess I’m alluding to the, whether the wooden pole needed to be replaced then therefore it would be more worthwhile to put up a, the steel pole -. But I was just wondering how old was the wooden pole that it needed to be replaced. DARROW: Well, it was constructed in 1997. ONO: Thank you. 2 EXHIBIT B