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any discussion as far as facts, findings, conclusions or anything in any of the material thatwas really brought up in the contested case hearing. So thats what bothered me. Im wondering if there is just a little simple explanation for why it came out that way. ALAMEDA:Ms. Todd? LEITHEAD-TODD: When I, in drafting something towards a particular position, my understanding of the rules in drafting is that you dont have to draft every single finding or refer to every single factual thing. So I looked at those things that I thought were important and that were relevant, and I included them in those. And, in this case, these were going to a Hearings Officer so I basically put in what I thought was relevant to the Conclusions of Law. GRAHAM:So does that mean if I am accurately portraying what I read from the transcript that you didnt find the intervenors contentions and witnesses, and all that, relevant to -? LEITHEAD-TODD:I didnt think that they were substantial enough in terms of supporting the conclusions of law that I was putting in the proposed findings and proposed conclusions. Youre not required to put everything into your findings when you submit it. Its just a question of whetheryourfindingsaresupportedbythefactualrecord.AndinthiscaseIfeltthatthe findings that I put in were supported by the factual record. ALAMEDA:Thank you. Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA:Yes. I would like to ask Mr. Young some questions, plural, about co- location. I know that all those utility poles along the highway, the big ones are owned by Helco and the smaller ones are the telephone company. And I understood that although there is a joint pole agreement the Helco was asking more than the telephone company wanted to pay and so the telephone company was allowed to put up their own poles, as a result of which we have a plethora of poles, really unsightly ones along the highway. Now I understand that that sort of thing goes to the Public Utilities Commission. And Im wondering if you are going to, if your company is going to work up a co-location agreement with, say, another wireless company like Cingular or whatever, whether you would have to go through the Public Utilities Commission, is there a process there, or whether you just negotiate company to company? Thats my first question. ALAMEDA:Thank you. Mr. Young? YOUNG:When it comes to co-location we work directly with another carrier. Their application would need to go through the same process that were going through today. We would not need, as far as Im aware, not need to go through the Public Utilities Commission. We currently have a letter from Cingular Wireless, again it should be part of the record that was submitted, expressing their interest in going on the proposed antenna pole should our proposal be approved. ALAMEDA:Thank you. Commissioner Siracusa? 9EXHIBIT B