2022-09-01 Windward Exh A (Item 1 Renegade Towers PL-USE-2022-000004)

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Right now, E911 doesn't work and that's a problem and so the residents asked if I could move it to the Hilo side and I explained to them with the difference in elevation you would have to have like probably a 350-foot pole there. And FCC requires anything over 200-feet you couldn't have a tree pole, you would have to have a big tower that was painted white and red, and it would have to have a big beacon on top and that would be much worse than a stealth tree pole. So, it seemed Mary was the one that set up the meeting. She understood. Some of the other community members were afraid about the emissions, RF emissions. I provided information from a health physicist as well as FCC brochures which indicates that typically a cell phone antenna emits around one percent(1%) of the maximum amount of emissions allowed by the FCC. I did also bring a meter with me, and I tried to explain to them that their phone because of its proximity to them provides more of emissions than the tower would. But that they could limit that if they had the tower closer to them. Because when your phone, you're on a call and your phone drops that means that your phone had to power up so much that it gets to the maximum allowed by the FCC and then it drops the call. So, when your phone is powering up and you're putting it to the maximum amount you're putting it to your ear. That's where, that's where the emissions are. So, I hope I brought some comfort to them. I know some people, no matter how much information you give them they're still afraid. But the 1996 Telecommunication Code prohibits jurisdictions from denying applications for health reasons. The FCC strictly handles the safety issue. And I think on the aesthetic part that people were concerned about. I think that the stealth pole is a good mitigator for that. Do you have any questions for me? LIN: Commissioners, you have any questions for the applicant? DANIELE: Do you have a mock-up of what that would look like, as a stealth pole? MARTIN: I did provide that to the Planning Department. MERCADO: I can provide that for you Commissioner. DANIELE: Thank you. MARTIN: It is not for a photo simulation. It is an actual tree pole that's in Honolulu, in Makakilo. MERCADO: Thanks Christian go ahead, sorry. MARTIN: Oh, that's the one I gave you; I gave the Planning Department with the minutes of the meeting that we had. But you could show the one that's at the Volcano Golf Course as well. The pole on the right is the Makakilo cell phone tower and the other two I'm not sure where those were taken. MERCADO: The other two are just samples of what a monopole looks like. 6 EXHIBIT A