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WATANABE:Okay. Zion Estes? Mr. Estes? <br />ESTES: Excuse me for being last minute. I wasn’t aware that you guys were <br />dealing with -. <br />WATANABE: Yeah, I need to swear you in, sir. <br />ESTES: Okay. <br />WATANABE: Raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before <br />the Planning Commission? <br />ESTES: Yes, I do. <br />WATANABE: I need your name and address. <br />ESTES: Zion Estes. My address is 65-1316 Lihipali Road, Kamuela, Hawai‘i. <br />WATANABE: Fine. You may begin your testimony. <br />ESTES: Yeah, I was just listening to what the testimony was. As far as being low- <br />profiler, you know, you guys might want to research as far as different bandwidths, cause the <br />problem would be is, if you cover the transmitters, the communication companies are going to <br />have to run higher voltage through the transmission and that’s a lot worse for health – No. 1. No. <br />2 is that there is a federal mandate for the FCC called the National Broadband Plan coming out in <br />February of next year, and there is about ten billion in funding for rural and urban areas. So I <br />don’t think we want to really necessarily limit our local capacity in any region, you know; I think <br />that maybe subdivisions and maybe people that live on Ag land, you know, should vote whether <br />or not they want to have wireless communication capability in their area. But in general for rural <br />and urban development areas that’s the federal standard is that it’s being implemented as of next <br />year in February. And so if we get ourselves in position now until February – is what I’m doing <br />– we could capitalize and bring some, a lot of money into the local economy. And that’s about <br />all I had to say. <br />WATANABE: Thank you. Do we have any questions of the testifier? Okay, thank you <br />for your testimony. <br />ESTES: Thank you. <br />WATANABE: Okay, that’s the end of the public testimony. So, is anyone interested in <br />making a motion? Mr. Housel. <br />HOUSEL: Mr. Chair, I’d like to make a motion. On the amendment to Chapter 25, <br />Hawai‘i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), that we make a favorable recommendation to the <br />County Council. <br />EXHIBIT B <br />8 <br /> <br />