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GRAHAM: Thank you. Go ahead. ADAMS: Well, as to locating the facility further up the hill, as you look at the terrain in the area, it’s very rippled. There’s a lot of undulating terrain as it, it would be very hard to show. As you go up the hill, you look down, it’s almost like a fan if you look at it. And these ripples, the further back you go from the highway causes shadowing and it blocks the RF signal on the highway, which is our coverage goal for this facility. GRAHAM: So you’re saying you need it close to the highway to get the full signal strength? Is that only in the very immediate area of the highway or if you’re couple of miles down the road would it still make a difference? ADAMS: I analyzed multiple, multiple, dozens of locations along the highway, both east and west of this location, as well as north and south of the highway. And as with our Honokaa site, it is a shorter facility, granted, but it is located exactly on the highway and it lines up with that. This facility, it has a large span that it has to link up with the Waimea east side as well as our site in Honokaa. So down towards the highway the closer it is it, actually the road has leveled out due to the construction of the road, and so you have a better lineup looking east and west. You know, as you move north or south of the highway there you bring into more the terrain characteristics into play. GRAHAM: Okay, well, I certainly am not in the position to worry the details with you. It’s just that I know, it seems like it would be cost effective to you to have it as close to the highway as possible, but maybe visually effective for the community to have it farther away from the highway. So there’s that little push-pull; and I just have to accept your word, I presume, that it won’t work so well if it’s farther away. ADAMS: Well, yes, being close in this case it is advantageous; but it’s not always necessary. I mean we locate 2 to3 miles off the road if it is the best location for the propagation and it meets the criteria of the search and coverage objectives. So bringing in power and Telco facilities, we do it. We do what is best for the system, and for the coverage, and for our customers. GRAHAM: All right, thanks. And what is the exact distance from the highway that you have it located on your plan? ADAMS: Danette, do you have that? DARROW: It appears, the road is identified here. The scale shows 40 feet for this area. It appears to be about 300 feet. GRAHAM: Thank you, Jeff. All right, do we have any other Commissioner questions? I don’t have anybody signed up for public testimony. Is there anybody else here that would like to make any public testimony on this application? Well, if we have no further EXHIBIT A 12