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r<v ...... <br /> ryf?t ^ Wil Okabe <br /> Managing Director <br /> Harry Kim t. <br /> Mayor ---�` Barbara J.Kossow <br /> • ? i°10 .' Deputy Managing Director <br /> h <br /> County of C Wai T <br /> Tarr of flit 4%Iauor <br /> 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 <br /> KONA. 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy,Bldg C • Kailua-Kona,Hawaii 96740 <br /> (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 <br /> March 28, 2017 <br /> Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair <br /> Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, <br /> and Health <br /> Hawai'i State Capitol <br /> Honolulu, HI 96813 <br /> Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair <br /> Committee on Ways and Means <br /> Hawai'i State Capitol <br /> Honolulu, HI 96813 <br /> Dear Chair Baker, Chair Tokuda, and Committee members: <br /> RE: HB 625, HD 3, SD 1 <br /> Relating to Infrastructure (broadband; small wireless <br /> facilities; siting process; State- and County-owned structures; <br /> permits) <br /> Thank you for this opportunity to testify against HB 625, HD 3, SD 1. <br /> Over the past weeks, we have raised objections to various aspects of numerous <br /> telecommunication bills. Early on, we suggested that the bills be kept alive for further <br /> discussion, but we now believe that the issues are simply too complex to expect them to <br /> be resolved this session. At this point, we would urge that no bill pass this session, and <br /> that the Legislature set up a mechanism (by Joint Resolution, study by the Auditor, or <br /> some other approach) for further discussion in the interim, with a consensus bill to be <br /> presented to next year's Legislature. The installation of telecommunication facilities on <br /> county-owned or State-owned property is complicated, far reaching in scope, and raises <br /> substantial questions related to fairness, public safety and costs. Our concerns are <br /> mirrored by the State and the other counties, and with numerous private sector voices <br /> compounding the number of perspectives that must be accommodated, we trust that the <br /> legislative process will yield a satisfactory result, but only if given substantially more <br /> time. <br /> County of Hawa,1 is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />