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IWASHITA: I do. WATANABE: Yeah, wait, before we even begin deliberation, let me interrupt for a minute. We do have two people from the public who signed up to testify, just to provide public testimony, not, like I indicated earlier, we have no intention of reopening the hearing, yeah? So I think – they’ve been waiting patiently – maybe we should show them the respect and allow them to provide their testimony, and then we can proceed, if you don’t mind. I apologize. So if there are no objections to that, let me call up these two individuals, Eric Schatz and Danette Mettler. Thank you -. HAYASHI: Mr. Chair? WATANABE: Yes. HAYASHI: While they are coming up, I just wanted to also include that, which I failed to do so, the public hearing notice was published in both West Hawaii Today and Hawaii Tribune Herald on January 31, 2009. WATANABE: Okay, thank you. That would be for this meeting date, right? HAYASHI: That is correct. WATANABE: Okay, thank you very much. Okay. May I swear the both of you in? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Planning Commission? SCHATZ: I do. METTLER: I do. WATANABE: Okay. Yeah, and then who wants to begin? Okay, Danette, would you state your name and address for the record? And then you may begin your testimony. It’s a little past lunch, so I would appreciate it if you limit your testimony to three minutes. METTLER: That’s fine. WATANABE: Okay? Thank you. METTLER: My name is Danette Mettler, and I reside at 76-6357 Kololia Street in Kailua-Kona. WATANABE: Thank you. And you may begin. METTLER: I’m here representing Verizon Wireless today. I just wanted to talk about some of the problems that we in this industry experience. We’ve been told by the policies of the County of Hawaii, and we’ve been told that we are to not have proliferation of towers. And so we plan for co-location when we go in for any of the towers. And although this is not a Verizon EXHIBIT B 3