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Road. Itintersects here with South Road that€s running in an east-west direction. The red dot <br />identifies the location of this application. <br />The Intervenors in this case are identified as Ronald Wong and Dr. Bernard Fong. <br />Unfortunately, they€re not able to be with us. They had submitted a letter and stated due to <br />medical reasons they could not appear for this hearing. Their propertyis identified here in this <br />triangle-shaped lot just below the area of the application. <br />If I can direct your attention to the site plan that was submitted by the Applicant, this is on an <br />11,413-square foot area of an approximate 26-acre parcel. As you come from North Kulani <br />Road, you would take a right on to South Road, and just a brief way down the road you have a <br />little area that€s set aside that has all the improvements for the telecommunication tower. <br />There€s an access-way that comes off the South Road. There€s a fenced area, there€s an existing <br />communications building. These red circles identify four satellite dishes, and then we have the <br />existing200-footguyedtelecommunicationtower. <br />Again,thisisacontestedcasehearing.Arethereanyquestions? <br />GALDONES:Jeff,youhadmentionedthattheIntervenorsarenotpresentthismorning. <br />Did they notify you that they will not appear at all, or are they asking for a continuance? <br />DARROW:They just had notified us that they would not be present for the hearing. <br />They did not ask for a continuance. <br />GALDONES:Okay. Thank you. Commissioners, are there any questions of Jeff? <br />Commissioner Graham? <br />GRAHAM:Jeff, since the Intervenors are not here, could you give us a little recap of <br />your understanding of what you know about what their primary concerns are so that we can be <br />aware of them as we conduct this? <br />DARROW:There was a, the Intervenors had submitted two letters which should be in <br />your packet; and, basically, they say that they were never notified when the tower was previously <br />built. And the reason for that was that prior to 1999 telecommunication towers were considered <br />permitted uses within the State Land Use Agricultural District. More recently, Judge Nakayama <br />had reversed that decision and had said that telecommunication towers do require a Special <br />Permit within the State Land Use Agricultural District. As a result of that ruling, all the <br />unpermitted towers that we have around the island or towers that were never, that never did <br />receive the Special Permit, have been coming in and submitting for a Special Permit to allow the <br />retention of their telecommunication tower. <br />In the process, they were notified of this application and they have concerns that, No. 1, had they <br />been notified before, they could have come forward and it€s, you know, said their concerns, that <br />they had concerns regarding the emission of, I guess, a type of radiation that€s listed. <br />SIRACUSA:Electro-magnetic -. <br />2 <br /> <br />