2015-11-05 Hearing Transcript - Cellco Partnership dba Verizon USE 15-055

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I originally thought my only concern was going to be that the tower should be set back so that it’s far enough away from the highway and far enough hidden from the rest of the community that it wouldn’t be an eye sore, and would not cause people stress, worrying about the effects of cell phone towers. After having looked into the research for the past week, I have to tell you, the World Health Organization has taken the position that there seems to be a documented minimal health risk as far as cancer goes with cell phone transmissions. The US standards are based on data taken from over 20 years ago. If this council is going to take the position that everything they’re told by the applicant is true, and limit input from other people in the community, or limit their awareness of other data, that is an extremely biased position. It’s morally offensive and it’s probably imprudent. As you know, granting permits to things like telescopes and inter-island ferries is not the end of the story here in Hawaiʽi. If people feel that they have been in some way violated or harms can be done, they will object. They will stop the process. They will frustrate our efforts. The way to avoid that is you have meetings from Verizon in the communities, preferably several meetings in each affected community. Allow for maximum input and educational opportunity, and I think that that would help the process along. If you folks on the board are not aware of the health risks that the rest of the EEU and most of the developing world sees from evidence, from actual harm done to \[sic\] cell phone transmission towers, I suggest you do a little bit of a Google search and check it out. We can’t assume that just because something seems safe that it is safe. Lead in gasoline was determined a 100 percent safe at one point in time by the best scientific knowledge. The government thought it was great. Well, we know what the consequence of that was. Same thing with corn syrup as a sweetener. That was proven safe. I’m a social scientist. I know what proof means. It’s an on-going process. You gotta look at the data. So, thank you very much. MIYASATO: Thank you. Commissioners, any questions? Oh, excuse me, after you. BRANCO: Hi. My name is Stephen Branco. I reside at 18-4361 Komo Street. May I go up and point where I live? MIYASATO: Can we have that slide back up? BRANCO: Please. This is, this is where I reside. I use Komo Street. I’m one of the, only one of two residents that use that. I, I own this. I own the— MIYASATO: Excuse me, sir. We’re going need the microphone, yeah? Yeah, we need to record for the minutes. BRANCO: Sorry. So, I own right there. I use this road, Komo Street. I’m in the process of buying this lot, right here, which is 49.38 which is directly our neighbor to that. I also have the lease for this property that borders them from the east and the south. Komo Street, Komo Street which has been, has been verified by legal counsel, 1997, I have the records. I will leave copies. I didn’t realize we had to do that before. Was, was a road, a County road that the County 11 EXHIBIT E