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

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CLARKSON: Go ahead. Please speak into the microphone. MARTIN: Pardon? CLARKSON: Please speak into the microphone. MARTIN: Oh, okay. CLARKSON: If you have nothing to MARTIN: No, I was just giving them an opportunity to read that. Let me, at the last hearing Councilman O'Hara testified, and I also spoke with her after the meeting and she had asked that I look into the possibility of relocating the tower to an area the County was in the process of acquiring as a park. And, I did run that by the radio frequency engineer, and unfortunately, it will not work so it would leave some people without coverage in Hawaiian Paradise Park. She also had a concern and wanted maybe a third party cell tower company to build the tower. While Verizon could do that, I didn't see the need for it. As far as I know, Verizon has always accommodated any carrier that wanted to come on their towers. So, we have no problem with that condition. I wanted to let you know you'll hear from the Young's here today. I did meet with them after the last hearing, and I provided some safety facts to them from the FCC and the American Cancer Society, and also a study that Harvard did explaining why, why they shouldn't be afraid of electromagnetic emissions on the tower. You received a petition that was gathered through the neighborhood and at the top it says, "Stop dangerous cell tower," and a lot of facts that they submitted to their neighbors were incorrect. And, I think that when you go to your neighbors and you tell them it's unsafe and I want you to sign this petition, if it was me and it was my neighbor, I probably would have signed it. Verizon would also like the opportunity, and they're asking that we continue this hearing again after, after testimony is received because they are doing their own petition where they're reaching out to their subscribers and asking them if they would like to have cell coverage and if they agree that this location is appropriate. I'd also like to bring the radio frequency engineer and explain to you folks why it's safe. I have the study here, and I would be happy to provide you with copies that Harvard did and it kind of explainsI like it because it's simple, the FCC information, and I'll give that to you as well, and then we also have the American Cancer Society has also explained that there's no credible evidence that cellphone towers cause cancer. So, I hope that this helps ease their mind about it, and I guess that's all I have to say for now. CLARKSON: Okay, Commissioners, any questions for the Applicant, Applicant's representative? EXHIBIT B 3