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company would contact, you know, and come back to us, you know, with something specific that
<br />said, yes, we did contact whomever, like, you know, more in that urbanized area. And that’s just
<br />my opinion. Thank you.
<br />WATANABE: Mr. Domingo.
<br />DOMINGO: You know, my concerns are along that same line. And I always felt that
<br />having a tower of this size is not appropriate in a zoning district such as this, for residential
<br />districts. I just feel that way. And I’ve been a part of, not a part, but I knew some individuals
<br />who had towers next to them and the impact and the reaction it caused them. And, you know, I
<br />certainly wouldn’t like to have a tower next to me always looking down on my residence. And
<br />on top of that, you know, though we have only one individual coming before the Planning
<br />Commission, I’m wondering if, and my concern was if other residents have expressed similar
<br />concerns as hers, and I guess she indicated that she doesn’t know. You know, it would be better
<br />to know that the applicant had gone through the community and just explained the purpose of
<br />what they’re trying to do, and they would come before us and say, yes, the community is in total
<br />favor of this or a majority of the people in the community is in total favor. It would be hard for
<br />these individuals after the tower is up to then react to that tower being there because it has
<br />already been built, the permit has already been given them. And, you know, I just don’t want to
<br />see any of these residents go through that.
<br />WATANABE: Okay. Do we have any -. Mr. Housel?
<br />HOUSEL: I tend to agree. I have concern about the other neighbors and if they’re
<br />worried about this. And I think especially in a small community it’s important to be good
<br />neighbors; and so I think it would be very good for you to try to verify if you can, you know, if
<br />there are alternative locations for this, and, also, maybe talk to some more of the neighbors and
<br />see what their concerns are, too, just to make sure everything is covered, you know, before you
<br />go ahead.
<br />WATANABE: Mr. Woodward?
<br />WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman, it seems that we’re kind of at an impasse here; and I think
<br />there are two things. Obviously with six members, three of whom have already stated their
<br />objections, it seems they’re going to be voted down or continued. And I might suggest that we
<br />consider continuing this to get more information to allow T-Mobile to pursue the questions that
<br />have been brought up, rather than just to vote it down.
<br />WATANABE: I would tend to agree. Let me express my personal opinion. I would have
<br />a tendency to approve this because I think cellular communications are important, you know,
<br />from both the public safety standpoint -. And let’s assume you had an accident on Volcano
<br />Highway you would certainly want to be able to contact emergency services, etc. On the other
<br />hand, Laurie, if I’m hearing Ms. Bowman correctly then she’d be more comfortable approving
<br />this if you could demonstrate that there were attempts to find alternate sites and for whatever
<br />reasons those attempts were not successful. I understand that you took over this process later on,
<br />but possibly you could dig up some of that documentation. And maybe, because certainly we
<br />don’t have the votes today, maybe we could continue this shall we say, I don’t think it will take
<br />that long, to the next Hilo meeting. And, hopefully, we’ll have sufficient documentation then as
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