PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-USE-2022-004)

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TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS ATTACHMENT TO SPECIAL PERMIT OR USE PERMIT APPLICATIONS In addition to the requirements for submitting a Special Permit or Use Permit Application, please provide the following additional information when applying for a telecommunication tower: 1. What is your schematic plan for tower development on the Big Island?Provide a map and written description of these sites. Justify how this particular subject site plays an integral part in this overall plan. AT&T prepared a schematic map showing the existing coverage without the proposed Facility and the coverage expected with the new Facility. The maps clearly show that the proposed Facility will provide solid coverage in and around the proposed Facility as well as extending coverage both east and west on Daniel K. Inouye Highway. This Facility will provide E911 services in areas that currently have little or no coverage. Full-sized maps are on Pages 15 and 16. 2. Building plans for the tower, certified by a structural engineer licensed in the State of Hawaii,verifying that the tower,together with initial antennas and other equipment proposed to be installed thereon for co-location, are structurally sound and wind resistant. Christopher P. Sekol, a structural engineer licensed in the State of Hawaii,provided a letter dated April 29, 2022. The letter states that: "DaVinci Engineering intends to design this 180-ft monopole to withstand the basic wind speed of 101 mph per the ANSI/TIA-22-G-2. The wind speed is a design speed which means that the structure will safely withstand the full design wind speed within the specifications for limit-state as defined by the Load and Resistance Factor Design(LRFD)methodology." The letter is attached to this report at page 22. 3. A design plan for the tower and appurtenant structures,including discussion on tower selection and antennas,visual impacts, color,lighting,landscaping and safety. The Applicant proposes the use of a 180' monopole painted to blend with the surrounding area. The monopole can be painted a color that will blend with the surroundings. The use of the monopole has a smaller silhouette and is less visible that a stealth tree pole that are sometime used. Stealth tree poles do not weather well in Hawaii making them an eyesore in a very short time. The dense foliage will naturally screen the tower. The monopole provides the best option for this location. A picture of a similar installation is found on the following page for your consideration. Lighting is not proposed on the tower. Security lighting mounted somewhere near the ground equipment will comply with the County of Hawaii Lighting Ordinance. Photo simulations of the monopole created using 6 different vantage points. In these simulations,the color beige is used to blend with the sky. Another option would be to paint the monopole a brownish green color to match the trees. The simulation taken from the closes vantage point is shown on the following page. Please see the others photo simulations on pages 24 to 29. 11Page