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MARTIN: No. He’s got a standard monopole there, and we’re proposing what they call a <br />stealth pole to hide it. <br /> <br />NISHIMOTO: Okay. Will the surrounding area also be this barren on the subject property? <br /> <br />MARTIN: Not from what I saw this morning when we drove by. It was really pretty <br />overgrown. <br /> <br />NISHIMOTO: Can you describe any noise impacts that might result from the construction of the <br />tower once it’s actually standing? <br /> <br />MARTIN: They do have air conditioners but they are really not very loud. I don’t think that the <br />neighbors would be affected by it unless it was super quiet. I spent the night in Hilo, Naniloa <br />yesterday, and the coqui frogs were quite loud so I don’t think it’s going to be anywhere close to <br />that but and then we do plan on having an emergency generator, and we do, can put a sound <br />cowling on there, and with the 6 DBI I guess is what they, what they say, 60—I’m sorry. And <br />that is—that’s pretty quiet. It’s about the same noise decibel as an air conditioning unit which is <br />allowed in the subdivision, you know. <br /> <br />NISHIMOTO: So, I’d like to go over the compliance with any of the Zoning Codes. Can you <br />explain the permitting process and how this tower might comply or how we can insure that it will <br />comply with these Codes and applicable rules? <br /> <br />MARTIN: Well, let me look at my notes, hold on—I can’t really remember what this question’s <br />about--okay, so what I need to do for my job to comply with permitting is we first get that survey <br />that I talked to you about. We order geotechnical soil sample. We have a professional structural <br />engineer licensed in the State of Hawai‘i as required by this County to certify that it is a hundred, <br />you know, a 100 miles an hour sustained winds. We file an application whether it be a Plan <br />Approval or Use Permit, whatever’s required by this, by the Zoning Code. And then we apply <br />for a Building Permit and in that case, we are under the 2006 IBC Code which requires a 105 <br />miles an hour. And then during that process, during inspection process, we do the structural <br />engineer comes out and verifies that this, that the foundation was constructed properly. <br /> <br />NISHIMOTO: Is there anything submitted to the County, the Hawai‘i County Building <br />Department, for review before the construction begins? <br /> <br />MARTIN: Oh yes, the Building Permit drawings, the construction drawings, which include <br />structural drawings, electrical drawings, primarily. <br /> <br />NISHIMOTO: Earlier you, today you testified, that you spoke with some Board members of the <br />Ainaloa Community Association. What did they tell you about their current voice and data <br />service, phone service, Internet services, and the like? <br /> <br />17 <br />EXHIBIT F <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />