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

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into Komo Street right there. And this is the intersection there with Komo Street and Kaʽawale Boulevard. This is the subject property right here in blue. The County zoning for the parcel is Agricultural minimum five acres, and essentially, the surrounding properties have the same zoning. There is a subdivision to the east zoned Agricultural – 1 acre. The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map identifies the property as Important Agricultural Lands. There’s a little bit of extensive agriculture up to the north, and Low Density Urban in the Olaʽa Reservation Lots Subdivision to the north. The State Land Use Designation for the property and all the surrounding properties is Agricultural. And, this is an aerial photo of the property. There is a dwelling located on the property right here, and a shed located right there. Again, this, to orient you, is Komo Street right here. This is Kaʽawale Street right here. At their intersection, there is a gate right here going onto the more unimproved portion of Komo Street. It’s worth noting that this portion of Komo Street here is a road-in-limbo. The applicant is requesting a Use Permit to construct at 185-foot tall steel telecommunications monopole with an 8-foot tall, twelve 8-foot tall antennas and related facilities on a 1,600-square foot portion of the 17.88-acre parcel. It’s situated in the State Land Use Agricultural District, and the County’s Agricultural – 5 acre zoned district. The reason for the request, the objective of the project is to improve coverage in the neighborhoods between the existing Mountain View and Glenwood Estates Verizon Wireless sites. Coverage will be improved to provide better call quality within homes as customers depend more and more on cellular service over land line telephone services here in Hawaiʽi. The proposed project will also increase the data speeds for Internet connections, video services, and phone applications in the area. The site plan for the 1,600-square foot lease shows the location here of the fenced off portion of the communications facility. The tower is located right here with the cabinets a little bit to the east. And, this right here is the back-up generator. There is also a proposed gravel driveway going from the Komo Street here to the north to access the facility. The elevations from the east and the north show the tower here with the twelve 8-foot tall antennas. Again, this is a 185-foot steel tower, and here is the enclosure of the facility. It’s enclosed—proposed to being enclosed by a 7-foot tall chain link fence. This is a view looking mauka. This, coming down here, is Komo Street. This is the Kaʽawale Street going this direction. This is the intersection. This is the single-family dwelling that’s currently on the property with the—it’s access to the dwelling. And, this is the gate going to the road-in-limbo portion of Komo Street. 2 EXHIBIT E