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

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AGUINALDO: I do. Yes, I do have a question as far as—there was a recommendation from Mrs. O'Hara as far as elevation from what the proposed down Kaloli on the right, there is a designated location for a park. MARTIN: Yes. AGUINALDO: Okay. A park. MARTIN: Right. AGUINALDO: Now, why was, why, you mentioned about frequency. MARTIN: Placement AGUINALDO: Do you have, wait, do you have an elevation difference between 21st and that street? Shouldn't it be a higher elevation would be better frequency or not necessarily? MARTIN: No. AGUINALDO: Okay. MARTIN: It doesn't work that way and I can, if you grant this continuance, I'll have the radio frequency person explain it. But, it's actually the placement—the tower height, you know, elevation can be adjusted with the tower height and that's another thing I wanted to offer up if it helps. Verizon Wireless would be willing to reduce the tower height to 125, or maybe more if that helps. So, it's really the placement. So, you know, you moved it from, if we moved it from 21st Street and then moved it down to 25th Street, so on the other side that's how many blocks would be missing coverage. And, you know, it's such a small area that they would probably be missing coverage forever because it costs about a million dollars for the carrier to build and develop these cell sites, and it's just cost prohibitive to do something to cover those that would be left out. AGUINALDO: The reason why I ask that question is that like Leilani, Nanawale, they have `em in their park. MARTIN: Yes. AGUINALDO: You know, so basically it boils down to if you're a next door neighbor MARTIN: Yes AGUINALDO: having a satellite, you know, or cell tower next to you, how would you feel, yeah? So, kind of like the appropriated location of these cell towers to me, it's like if you go many different places, like again, I live in Puna, you see `em in Leilani at their park. You go to Nanawale, it's at their park. EXHIBIT B 4