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

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couldn’t take care of. I’ve been in many times to talk to the Planning Department. I’ve spoken with Bruce McClure. He advised me, yes, it is a County road, and they didn’t have the funds, and whatever we could do to maintain it would be nice. That’s also in the letter that I have. Have lived there since 2005. Besides my equipment, I have not seen one. I do not gain anything by that cell phone tower being put up. What I do know is that, that subdivision does not have very good cell phone service, and there is many times that I’ve had to come down through the front gate and people are standing there trying to get service. Every one I’ve talken \[sic\] to in that community is very happy that this cell phone tower is gonna go up. I heard about the application, the, putting up the notification. That was up a while. I do work with the USDA and NRCS. For the record, there is no endangered species up there. I have records for that, and I can submit that, too. What I would like to get clear about this, this—this project is that, that road means a lot to me. I—I really wouldn’t want this to get out of hand where that front gate was taken down seeing as how the crime rate inside that subdivision is. That’s the main reason why I’m here. When I look at the project, I just think it benefits everyone in the subdivision, you know. I have no special interest in it. I have my own satellite for my own cell phone, ‘cause I had the same problem. And, I just want to go on record saying that I think this is good. And, with that, I’ll close. MIYASATO: Commissioners, any questions for any of the testifiers. I have one question— BRANCO: --Sure— MIYASATO: --Mr. Branco. What—what are you speaking of when you say the gate. BRANCO: Can we put the thing back up? MCGUIRE: \[inaudible\] BRANCO: Listen, I said this wasn’t about this. MCGUIRE: You thought it was \[inaudible\]. BRANCO: Okay, you see the road in question? I have, now, Cellco--right beyond that, there’s a drainage problem. In fact, at one point, the water was coming down to the left of the house and going down the driveway. So, I made it so it goes back where the water used to drain. So, the cell phone company has offered to put in a culvert and maintain that section of road. That’s about the only thing I benefit from this whole thing. But, it’s not why I came here. You know, so I would like that front gate to remain because should the County decide that they want to take out that front gate, then I’m going to have issues with, with them not maintaining 12 EXHIBIT E