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<br />KERN: Okay, can I ask the representative for Verizon Wireless to come forward. If you’ll raise your right hand <br />I’ll swear you in. Do you swear to tell the truth today before the Windward Planning Commission? <br /> <br />SUNG: I do. <br /> <br />KERN: Okay. And name and mailing address. <br /> <br />SUNG: My name is Steven, last name Sung, S-u-n-g, 581 Kamoku Street, Apartment No. 1708, Honolulu, HI <br />96826. <br /> <br />KERN: Very good. You may begin. You may add anything to the application. <br /> <br />SUNG: Yes, the presentation was well presented. We’ve been looking for quite, Verizon, we’ve been <br />contracted by Verizon to look for a site to cover Leilani Estates for quite some time. We looked at a couple of <br />other locations. That’s with Kamehameha School, which did not work out. And we were directed to basically <br />change the searching somewhat to just go ahead and provide the coverage just for Leilani Estates, and cover the <br />road well. And you, know, we went through couple of locations. At the end we just felt Leilani Estate <br />community ground was the best location, a mutual location where, you know, if we put in one residence, let’s <br />say even though they’re zoned Ag, we were afraid that other residents might want the site to be at their location, <br />as well as the rent and what have you. So we just felt that being Leilani Estates community ground is a mutual <br />location, the rent would go toward the community itself. We just thought it would be the best, best I guess, <br />solution for everyone. So as I approached the Leilani Board we kind of looked at the community center and we <br />all felt that, and the Board felt comfortable being toward the back of the community ground, which is where we <br />have it proposed now. So-. <br /> <br />KERN: Great. Before we ask questions, did you get a chance, you guys had a chance to look at the <br />recommendation and conditions? <br /> <br />SUNG: Yes. <br /> <br />KERN: And you guys are acceptable with those? <br /> <br />SUNG: Yes. <br /> <br />KERN: Okay, great. Commissioner Au. <br /> <br />AU: Question. <br /> <br />SUNG: Yes? <br /> <br />AU: Have you had community meetings? Have you attended community meetings and talked to them? <br /> <br />SUNG: Yes, we’ve had. Actually I somewhat did a door-to-door thing. That didn’t work so well. I went <br />during the day and most of the residents weren’t home. So what I did was I kind of consulted with the Board <br />president. And later on they had a neighborhood community watch; and in that meeting they usually have, they <br />held a meeting once a month and they passed out newsletters to all the residents. So they noted that there was a <br />meeting for the Verizon tower. And we had a meeting, I think it was a couple of weeks ago which I think it was <br />somewhat 40 to 50 residents that showed up. And I just pretty much gave them a status of where we are as far <br />as zoning, just informed everyone of the Planning Commission hearing as well, and we kind of listened to any <br />comments that they might have; and mostly it was, you know, people that wanted the site there. So -. <br />4 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br /> <br /> <br />