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Also, we found out that if the tower adds more equipment, they don’t need to go through a fifth,
<br />a hearing process like this, it’s just an administrative thing -- where I was told by the company
<br />that, yes, they have to go through a hearing. There’s some information that is given and that we
<br />received that’s in conflict. They are minor things, but things aren’t always what they seem,
<br />okay.
<br />I do have a problem also as far letters of recommendation or people saying that they are for the
<br />tower. I do have a problem, as I said, with the congregation and the Commission waiting your
<br />decision on those, because there is money being exchanged. Without the T-Mobile company on
<br />that property the church would not be for it. So there is income to the church. No matter what
<br />their program is going to be or how that money is being used, that’s not the issue. The issue is
<br />there is payment involved. And how they spend it is up to them. But the residents of Kurtistown
<br />are not getting paid, they are coming to you as far as telling you that they do not want this tower
<br />in a residential area.
<br />And I have submitted some signatures, not a whole lot because I tried to keep them within the
<br />range of the people that were contacted by the company, so that, you know, you would know
<br />who lived closest to the tower area. And a lot of those names on there are people who live in the
<br />area. They live along the highway, they have their residences, they’ve been long-time residents.
<br />Their children, as my testimony says, their children and grandchildren live there, you know. So
<br />they’re not just there temporarily. They’ve built their lives around Kurtistown, and their
<br />residence, okay. I’m sorry and I apologize because I was not able to contact all of the people on
<br />the listing because I only got the listing this past week from the Planning Department, who has
<br />been very good about keeping me up-to-date on things. So I tried to contact whoever I could by
<br />telephone or by going to their homes. Many of them didn’t know what was going on, okay, so it
<br />was communication again. Many of them did not attend the community meeting,
<br />communication again. They may have received the letter, may have not. They may not have
<br />thought it was important, I don’t know. But the community meeting, there were just three from
<br />the actual community who showed up, the other three was part of the congregation, and
<br />including the pastor, okay. So based on the signatures that I have for the Kurtistown people you
<br />will find these names on the listing or people who live in the same area, okay; and they’re long-
<br />time names, if you know the people who live in that area, okay.
<br />We did ask questions at the community meeting. Some questions were answered simply with
<br />just “NO,” or whatever. We were advised that they would consider our concerns where we had
<br />them, but then the site of the tower would go through, okay. So I’m asking that the
<br />Commission -. It’s not for them to decide, it’s for you to decide what’s best for the community,
<br />and based on these people who don’t want it on a residential area. It’s not the signal, it’s not the
<br />tower, it’s not the company that they are saying they don’t want. They don’t want it on a
<br />residential property, they don’t want to destroy the integrity of the residential property zoning.
<br />They’d like the company to just find a comparable spot, close by, whatever, but just not on
<br />residential property. That’s the only thing that the residents are asking, nothing else, you know,
<br />as far as that, okay. So -.
<br />WATANABE: Okay. Does that about summarize your -?
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