2018-05-03 Hearing Transcript - Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless USE 17-074

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Finally, it makes more sense to find more open and least populated area to build this huge tower. But again, first, Cellco must make sure from very beginning your proposal is clear and specify size of tower, the final size of tower, for everyone to see and fully understand by inhabitants. Holding neighborhood meeting will be very appropriate so they have a chance to decide for themselves. Please remind ourselves goodwill happens from bottom up, not top down. And, one thing I want, I'd like to make sure that the picture of a planned park, I think it's already starting this year. They are back-to-back one -acre lot, back-to-back twenty acres, I believe. So, it's pretty big. And, then across the street from 25 to 24 is Shipman is there proposal for, I believe it's a shopping center. So, that's big area. Okay, thank you. CLARKSON: Thank you. Any questions for these testifiers from the rest SUZUKI: Oh, and I gathered 47 signature just around the HALL: Please speak into the microphone. SUZUKI: just around the neighborhood. That's 47 signature. These are just along Railroad and the 21 sf and the Melia, which is 20th. CLARKSON: Thank you, we've all got a copy of your petition. Thank you. Any questions? I—you may be seated, please. We have two more people who have signed up to testify. Eileen O'Hara and Claudia Rohr. Would you please come forward? Please raise your right hands. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter before the Commission today? O'HARA: I do. ROHR: I do. CLARKSON: Thank you. Ms. O'Hara please proceed. Introduce yourself, and proceed with your testimony. O'HARA: Thank you, Chairman. I am Eileen O'Hara. I represent District 4 on the Hawaii County Council. I am not a resident of HPP, but I am a resident of another rather large subdivision in Puna, Hawaiian Shores, Hawaiian Beaches, and I'm well aware how the larger subdivisions have worked through their homeowner associations to provide collectively held lands to place cell towers. This has been a very effective approach. We did it in Hawaiian Shores, we did it—they did it in Nanawale, and they did it in Leilani. And, that alleviates some of the land use conflicts that get started when you have small -lot subdivisions and a single lot attempts to move forward to place a large 155 -foot cell tower. I appreciate that Verizon Wireless is, has made some effort here to find alternative locations, but I don't think their search has been exhaustive enough. I also am well aware that people in the lower part of HPP need better coverage, which is one of the reasons that I pursued it when I was president of our homeowners association, and we placed a new cell tower about two-thirds of the way down our six -mile long subdivision. Unfortunately, the Verizon Wireless mappage that we EXHIBIT B 12