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Wireless tower, it’s the same for our entire industry. And then, so we try to plan for the height in order to do that. And I see sometimes that the Commission may be resistant to approve tall towers, but the whole point is to limit the amount of towers that we have around our island. And if this application does not get approved, we will probably have to have another cell tower somewhere else in, you know, to cover the area that this tower could cover. And I just wanted to make that clear; I’m sure you knew that already, but I wanted to reiterate.Also how important it is that we have cell phone communication for public safety and also to provide voice and data services, too; it’s so important to our economy. And that’s all I have to say. Thanks. WATANABE: Thank you. Fellow Commissioners, do we have any questions of Ms. Mettler? Seeing none, then, Eric, name and address, please. SCHATZ: Good afternoon. Eric Schatz, representing Coral Wireless dba Mobi PCS. Address is 1200 Bishop, excuse me, 733 Bishop Street, Suite 1200, Honolulu. I’m here representing Mobi PCS in support of this application to replace the 80-foot wooden monopole, guyed pole, with a 120-foot steel pole. Mobi PCS began providing service on the Big Island just over a year ago. We do not currently provide service to this particular area, and we would like to do so. Without the increase in height and the additional structural support a steel pole will offer, we are going to be forced to build another pole somewhere else in order to provide this coverage. We greatly prefer to locate on an existing structure or an improved structure, if we could, rather than building one of our own. And that’s all my testimony. Thank you. WATANABE: Thank you. Fellow Commissioners, any questions? DOMINGO: Mr. Chairman? WATANABE: Yes. DOMINGO: It’s obvious then that both of you, the companies that you represent will be co-locating on this pole, if it’s granted the necessary height. SCHATZ: Verizon Wireless is currently on the pole, and would like the increased height to add services, I believe; I don’t want to speak for Verizon. Mobi PCS is not on the pole, but would like to locate there. DOMINGO: Okay. WATANABE: Any further questions? Okay. Thank you for your testimony. You both may be seated. I believe I left off with you, Mr. Woodward. WOODWARD: Yeah, I would like to move in the matter of Special Permit No. 1191, that we approve the amendment to allow the replacement of the existing 80-foot monopole with a 120-foot steel monopole. And I believe there were some additions, when we last met, to some of the conditions; that essentially this 120-foot steel monopole will not have any guy wires, and so Condition No. 6 can be deleted. IWASHITA: Mr. Chair, point of procedure. EXHIBIT B 4