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I'm just wondering. I raised my children there for 40 years. How would you like to look at that? <br /> [indecipherable] <br /> LIN: Ma'am. You've had your chance to testify and I'm afraid if you interrupt the <br /> hearing you'll have to be removed. Thank you. Hearing that there are no questions for the testifiers <br /> here in-person, are there any testifiers via Zoom on this matter? <br /> HATA: No, there are no testifiers on Zoom for agenda Item 91. <br /> LIN: Thank you Janice. Okay. We'll move on to staff presentation. So, if I could <br /> ask for, okay, so staff Jessica. <br /> KAY: Janice just want to confirm that you can see the slide show? <br /> HATA: Yes, good. <br /> KAY: Thank you. <br /> ANDREWS: Thank you. Good morning, commissioners. I'll be presenting on behalf of <br /> the Deputy Planning Director. So, this is a Special Permit application for Academia Sinica Institute <br /> of Astronomy and Astrophysics. This is the location map showing you the subject property in red. <br /> It is just to the north of Pahala. <br /> The applicant's request is a Special Permit to allow the following uses on a 2-acre portion of a larger <br /> 10.7-acre property. 10 commercial TV satellite dishes (20 feet in diameter)with reception capacity <br /> of 400 to 800 megahertz fixed in a stationary position facing northeast with 7-to 8-foot-tall support <br /> poles. A 50-foot by 50-foot dipole antenna array with stationary dipole antennas. A gravel <br /> driveway approximately 1,400 feet in length and 10 feet in width with an unobstructed clear width of <br /> 20 feet for Fire Department access. One catchment tank of at least 4,000 gallons capacity for fire <br /> suppression. One port-a-potty. Two 40-foot shipping containers for storage. A small 25 to 30 panel <br /> solar array, solar power array to support approximately 10 kilowatts of power to be installed on top <br /> of or adjacent to the shipping containers. Underground power lines connecting the satellite and <br /> dipole antenna arrays to the shipping containers and solar power array. And fencing to protect the <br /> proposed arrays from grazing animals, enclosing an area of approximately 1 acre. <br /> Reasons for the requests. According to the applicant, the array of satellite dishes would conduct <br /> scientific studies on the astrophysical origin of Fast Radio Bursts or FRBs. FRBs are powerful radio <br /> bursts coming from within and outside of our galaxy, which are not yet understood. The applicant <br /> intends to study the sources and origins of these radio bursts, which requires a"radio-quiet" site. <br /> Ka`u was found to be the best radio-quiet area on Hawaii island, based on surveys conducted by the <br /> applicant. The satellites and antennas are designed for FRB reception only. Therefore, no outward <br /> transmission of radio signals would occur. In addition, all satellites would be fixed to look at the <br /> northeastern sky only, thus no satellite movement would occur. The proposed use would be <br /> temporary, with an unspecified lease term that includes the option to renew the lease. And the <br /> proposed facility will operate unattended on a continuous basis, with one person checking on <br /> operations once or twice a week. <br /> 6 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br />