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MARTIN: When I first came to meet with Rhonda and Debbie with the Ainaloa Community
<br />Association, they said you don’t understand how happy we are to have you here. We really,
<br />really need this service. This was back in 2011 when I, when I first spoke to them and they said,
<br />you don’t understand, we just got dedicated lines here, five years ago, before that, we all, we’re
<br />on party lines. So, we are really behind the times with, with our choices. We didn’t have any
<br />other choices. We, and we’re happy to be able to have that, you know, they also have restricted,
<br />not everyone has the availability to Internet in this area of our County.
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<br />NISHIMOTO: And, in your explanation of optimal building or subject sites for the construction
<br />of the tower, did you receive any feedback from any other Ainaloa resident expressing support
<br />for the tower?
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<br />MARTIN: Yes, I did, actually. Toni just called me just a few days ago, and I thank her for
<br />showing up. She’s a, sounds like a pretty smart lady, and commend her for making the effort to
<br />come out today. But not just that, I also was in the area posting my sign as required by the
<br />County on the property, and as I was leaving, there was a lady that was hitchhiking to go to the
<br />bank in Pāhoa, so I picked her up and she, I told her what I was doing there, and she said she was
<br />so happy. She said I don’t have the ability to have a LAN Internet service, and I work from my
<br />home. And, I’m a graphic designer, and this will mean everything to me. And, I’m so happy.
<br />So, I have spoken to other people to. I have not, I haven’t had one person that lives there object
<br />to this tower.
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<br />NISHIMOTO: And of those, you sent the required notice under the Zoning Code to all the
<br />property owners.
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<br />MARTIN: Yes, there was quite a lot because there are such small lots in this area, so I sent out
<br />78 which is 500 feet from the property line as required.
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<br />NISHIMOTO: And did you receive any letters or phone calls from any of these residences or
<br />residents in the area objecting to the construction of the—
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<br />MARTIN: I did not.
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<br />NISHIMOTO: Okay, can you describe for us the benefits that will result from the monopine?
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<br />MARTIN: Well, the obvious one is that people will have service and the, our State has
<br />identified the availability to redundant communications is important for safety, but also, they’ve
<br />also in the process of establishing a task force to see how we could actually have, get faster, you
<br />know, get the wireless broadband, because they understand how important it is for our economy.
<br />It really is an, a—will bring a better economy to this community.
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<br />NISHIMOTO: How about emergency services? Will that improved with—
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