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at any point the Planning Director would give approval, you know, tacit approval on the applicants, to see whether or not they’ve met all conditions. And I think your answer to having someone doing inspections is a good one. Because, you know, it’s not of any worth if we impose conditions of approval and those conditions are not being met. And, you know, it would be a mockery to the whole process of hearings and everything. DARROW: Thank you. DOMINGO: Thank you very much. KERN: Any other questions? Commissioner Ono. ONO:Yes. I’m kind of overwhelmed by this. Eleven years for me as a lay person is a short period of time for constructing this wooden pole thing. And my question really is did we have, was the return paid in full so to speak so the first installment of the wooden pole and the investment of the material and equipment, whatever, paid up so that when you do this improvement there would be no increase in cost to the consumers? FOX: That’s a good question. And, unfortunately, I don’t think I can answer that. But if I understand correctly, you’re asking if the original developer of the tower received a return of their investment over that 13-year period. I’m not sure. There are changes in our technology every day. I can’t say that the antennas that are up there are very outdated. Most of the existing Verizon sites have had those antennas switched out. It has taken a while for us to get this application in. But I know that they’re looking to upgrade that site, specifically. ONO: So then I’m sure you won’t be able to answer. There may be a carry-over in terms of the original expense to the cost of constructing this new one. FOX: Possibly. I don’t know what it cost originally to build that tower, but it has been about 13 years now. So I would way that they did, you know, that they did get a return on their investment construction wise. But, you know, they do have operating cost as well. They do pay a monthly rent to the landowners, and I’m not sure what those figures would be. ONO:Thank you. KERN: Any other questions? I have a quick question. Changing over the antennas, how much does that improve the coverage from the existing antennas? FOX: Actually there was an exhibit in the application. That would probably show it better than what I can explain. There were propagation maps that were provided by Verizon, Exhibit J, and I’m working off a black and white; and I see you are too, unfortunately. KERN: Yeah, that’s why. FOX: Do you have the colored -? KOLAR: I have the colored here, if somebody else wants to look at it. FOX: Maria brought some colored maps; and maybe she can actually pass that around. KOLAR: Okay. 5 EXHIBIT B