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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br />JULY 6, 2017 <br />A regularly advertised hearing on the application of VERIZON WIRELESS (USE 17-067) was <br />called to order at 9:03 a.m. in the County of Hawaii Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 <br />Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii with Chairman Gregory Henkel presiding. <br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Gregory Henkel, Donald Ikeda, Myles Miyasato, and Thomas <br />Raffipiy. <br />ABSENT & EXCUSED: Joe Clarkson, Donn Dela Cruz. <br />ALSO PRESENT: Michael Yee (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Deputy Planning Director), <br />Amy Self (Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Planning Director), Malia Ho Hall (Deputy <br />Corporation Counsel for the Windward Planning Commission), Jeff Darrow (Planning Program <br />Manager), Maija Jackson (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner), Shancy Watanabe (Planner), and <br />Sarah Hata-Finley (Commission Secretary). <br />And 25 members from the public in attendance. <br />APPLICANT: VERIZON WIRELESS (USE 17-000067) <br />Application for a Use Permit to allow the construction of a new, non -manned telecommunication <br />facility, consisting of a 167 -foot tall steel monopole tower and related facilities within a 900 - <br />square foot portion of a 1 -acre parcel of land situated in the County's Agricultural 1 -acre (A -la) <br />zoning district. The property is located northeast of the `Ohi`a Avenue - Alapua Street <br />intersection, in the Eden Roc Estates Subdivision, Kea`au, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: 1-1-082:031. <br />HENKEL: And with that, we'll go to today's first agenda item which is the USE 17-67, Verizon <br />Wireless, and Maija will be making the presentation. <br />JACKSON: Good morning, Commissioners. <br />MIYASATO: Good morning. <br />JACKSON: I think my mic is off <br />KAY: You have to turn it on, Maija. I did that yesterday. <br />JACKSON: Thank you. Good morning, Commissioners. Your first agenda item is a request for <br />a Use Permit, and the Applicant is Verizon Wireless. <br />The subject property is in the Puna District in the Eden Roc Subdivision. It's shown on the slide <br />with a red dot. And, just to orient the Commission, you have Volcano Highway running in a <br />EXHIBIT A <br />