2018-01-11 Letter to Mary Alice Evans re Feedback on "small cell" application process bill"

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Mary Alice Evans January 10, 2018 Page 3 3. The Bill's broad language allowing collocation on not just poles, but also any public buildings or structures is also troubling because this encompasses an incredibly wide range of public property. As previously stated, sites used for public safety and/or emergency communications must be excluded from any version of this Bill. Departments also have expressed security and maintenance concerns about private companies accessing their premises, buildings, and/or structures. 4. Some of the sites that the County uses for its microwave network have restrictions on co -locators and the County is presently negotiating a license in which the landowner is proposing similar restrictions. If this Bill passes, it is foreseeable a company may argue those restrictions on co -locators are not a valid basis to deny an application to co -locate. This compelled co -location may cause the County to be in violation of its agreements with landowners, which could ultimately lead to the landowners terminating their agreements with the County. 5. Finally, the County also has concerns about the size of the equipment that the draft Bill proposes to allow telecommunications companies to install on public property. The County's present radio system uses 20 foot long transmit and receive antennae that only amount to 07 cubic feet, so the 6 cubic feet presently allowed in the draft Bill will allow companies to install significantly large equipment (contradicting the title of a "small cell" network). The Bill also allows equipment on pole structures to be up to twenty-one cubic feet, which further raises safety concerns. Given the reasons stated here, the County cannot support the draft version of the Bill. cerely, HARRY IM Mayor County of Rawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.