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<br /> <br />WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I <br /> <br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br /> NOVEMBER 5, 2015 <br /> <br />CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA <br />A regularly advertised hearing on the application of <br />VERIZON WIRELESS (USE 15-055) <br />was called to order at 9:51 a.m. in the County of <br />Hawai‘i Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i with Chairman <br /> <br />Myles Miyasato presiding. <br /> <br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Myles Miyasato, Donn Dela Cruz, Gregory Henkel, Donald <br />Ikeda, and Raylene Moses. <br /> <br />ABSENT & EXCUSED: Charles Heaukulani. <br /> <br />ALSO PRESENT: Duane Kanuha (Planning Director), Danny Patel (Deputy Corporation <br />Counsel for the Windward Planning Commission), Amy Self (Deputy Corporation Counsel for <br />the Planning Director), Kelly Gomes (representing the Department of Public Works), Daryn Arai <br />(Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), Lucas Mead (Staff Planner), Christian <br />Kay (Staff Planner), and Sarah Hata-Finley (Commission Secretary). <br /> <br />And approximately 19 people from the public in attendance. <br /> <br />APPLICANT: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS (USE 15-055) <br /> <br />Application for a Use Permit to allow the construction of a new telecommunication facility, <br />including a 185-foot tall steel monopole with 8-foot tall panel antennas and related facilities <br />within a 1,600 square-foot portion of a 17.824-acre parcel situated in the County’s Agricultural <br />5-acre (A-5a) zoning district. The property is located on the south side of Komo Street, across <br />from the Ka‘awale Boulevard–Komo Street junction, ʻŌlaʻa Reservation Lots, Puna, Hawai‘i, <br />TMK: 1-8-007:Por. of 045. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Item No. 5 on the agenda, Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless. <br /> <br />MEAD: Good morning, Commissioners. <br /> <br />MIYASATO/MOSES: Good morning. <br /> <br />MEAD: This is Agenda Item No. 5, Cellco Partnership doing business as Verizon Wireless. <br />This is for a Use Permit Application, 15-55. <br /> <br />The subject property is located at 18-4253 Komo Street, and to orient the Commission, this is-- <br />my shaky hand here is showing Volcano Highway, Highway 11, going from Keaʽau Town. <br />More to the north, this is the Mountain View area. This right here is Oshiro Road which turns <br /> <br />1 <br />EXHIBIT E <br /> <br /> <br />