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the street to the northeast is the Hawaiian Paradise Park Subdivision. This particular white line running in a north-south direction through the middle of the map is identified as the Keaau- Pahoa Road. And we have the Orchidland Drive identified in this area. The area of the application is identified with a red dot. The applicant in this case, CELLCO Partnership doing business as Verizon Wireless, is requesting a special permit to allow a 104-foot self-supporting steel monopole telecommunications tower and related equipment. This will be on a 1,100 square foot portion of an approximate 2-acre piece of property. Referring to the applicants site plan that has been submitted along with the application, this th particular road fronting the property is identified as 35 Street, and then we have Orchidland Drive in this particular area. The parcel is identified in blue. The area that were looking at for the special permit project site is identified in pink. More specifically, we have an enlarged view th with the driveway coming off of 35 Street. th Since our last hearing, October 24 when the contested case hearing was conducted, we have received the proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law from the Hearings Officer dated th December 19. Weve also received the objections to the Hearings Officers report from the Orchidland Community Association, as well as a response letter to the Orchidlands letter from thth the applicant dated January 9, correction January 6. Are there any questions? ALAMEDA:Fellow Commissioners? Commissioner Siracusa. SIRACUSA:Jeff, I see on the map that theres also a white dot. Is that pertinent? DARROW:No, Maam. That was a previous application where the dot did not come off as nicely as I would have liked it to. Sorry about that. ALAMEDA:Fellow Commissioners, before us, as part of the background report, you do have your findings of fact, you do have the objections, and you do have the response letter to the objections. So we have a lot of information in front of us already. This did go through a contested case. Jeff, Mr. Darrow, would you like to just share a little bit on the findings of fact, maybe to highlight or, for the fellow Commissioners? Or, Commissioners, youve got a pretty good sense of the Hearing Officers report? Commissioner Watanabe? WATANABE:Actually,Ithinkwegotaprettygoodsenseof-.Ifitsokay,maybewe could move on to the testimony -. ALAMEDA:All right, to the applicant. Okay, will the applicant or its representative pleasecomeforward.Reminder,thisisacontestedcase.Weshouldbringallpartiesforward, the applicant, the Department, the intervenor. And why dont I swear all of you in at once. Pleaseraiseyourrighthand.DoyouswearoraffirmtotellthetruthnowbeforetheHawaii County Planning Commission? Yes? TESTIFIERS:I do. 2EXHIBIT B