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

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were given, as well as the AT&T mappage show that we were going to have very strong signals all the way down to the shoreline. I live on the shoreline. We didn't get any signal. The last ten blocks of both Hawaiian Beaches and Shores do not receive signal from that new tower because of the topography. So, you have to be a bit careful with the engineering design as to what actually occurs on ground. Another thing that's to be noted, I heard the representative from Verizon Wireless referred to being able to reduce the height of the tower. By reducing the height of the tower, you've also reduced the ability to add extra carriers, because they have to have at least a ten -foot vertical separation in order to operate on the same tower. So, if you reduce from 155 to 125, you've reduced the potential to have other carriers that'll want to site on that tower because they won't get the gain in coverage that they're looking for. I also understand that she tried to address the Homeowners Association in HPP, but when I investigated, it seemed more that she had gone to the office and talked to staff The way to address the HPP membership is to go to a membership meeting and request to be agendized on that membership meeting, and you will be addressing a hundred, a hundred and fifty residents of Hawaiian Paradise Park in that manner. As for other locations, where they're located, yes, we just acquired property, the County of Hawaii just acquired property to do a new County park and its 20 acres, but that's now in the County's hands. Right across the street from there is land held by Watumull Development Corporation. They were the original developers of HPP, and they have several 20 -acre sites that are there for commercial development. That might be a really good site. It's within three and a half blocks of where the current location is. Go close to a half mile to a mile down that roadway and you run into Shipman's land. Large 2,000 plus acre parcel that could also support. I've looked at the topography maps. There's some high points right there at the end of 22nd that might be adequate for the coverage that they're looking for in HPP. We need the coverage. I just wish they would do a more exhaustive search because these types of uses within small -lot subdivisions cause land use conflicts. HPP is 8,800 lots. We already have a lot of land use conflicts occurring in the park just under its current zoning. So, I don't think it's wise to exasperate that. That's just my feeling, and you've heard from the residents as to the need and as to their concerns. So, thank you very much. Appreciate. ROHR: That was very good. I'm Claudia Rohr. I don't live in HPP, but I was a realtor for several years and one of my pet peeves is that the Planning Department doesn't always enforce the law. When I was doing real estate, I investigated cell phone towers, and I sold a property that had a cell phone tower lease, and I believe the law says you have to own enough land that when it falls down you're leasing enough land that it won't fall on someone else's property. In other words, it doesn't seem like this portion is big enough. It would have to be 310 feet and circular so that it could fall down and not hit someone else's property. I don't know the law off -hand. I'd have to research it, but that was what my research was back in 2002 or one. Thank you. CLARKSON: Thank you. Are there any questions for either of the previous testifiers? If not, I have a request. IsShancy, are you able to put the map up? I'd just like to get a, kind of a EXHIBIT B 13