2018-06-07 Hearing Transcript - Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless USE 17-074

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MARTIN: My name is Danette Martin. DE LA GARZA: I am Adrian de la Garza. I'm a System Performance Engineer with Verizon Wireless. CLARKSON: Mr. de la Garza— DE LA GARZA: And thank you for hearing us this morning CLARKSON: You're very welcome. DE LA GARZA: Appreciate your time. CLARKSON: So, there was some discussion in the last meeting and some testimony regarding the availability of alternative sites that were not in a heavily residential area, some park areas, some vacant land, but it was asserted that those sites would not be acceptable because the coverage would be inadequate from any location other than the proposed location. But, my question is, isn't coverage somewhat, not totally, but somewhat affected by the height of the antenna? DE LA GARZA: Yes. CLARKSON: Okay, and so wouldn't it be possible to go away from this location and get adequate coverage with a higher antenna height? DE LA GARZA: Possibly, but I would have to look at the modeling, but I don't really think so. I can say with certainty that this location is ideal for us because of the footprint that that site provides, fills in our coverage gaps, and it also kind of blends nicely with what sites we have and in our future planned sites. As far as moving to another location, just raising the height, with consideration of the height of the trees, I don't think it's going to be a viable option, and I think the location that we picked is from a coverage perspective is ideal for us and how we plan to cover that neighborhood. CLARKSON: Okay, are there—thank you. Are there any other questions at this time from the Commissioners, other Commissioners? AGUINALDO: I do. HATA-FINLEY: It's on. HALL: It's on. AGUINALDO: As far as that other site you said is not viable, any other location from what you guys are proposing on that lot versus say the park because the park was kind of presented. Can EXHIBIT A 3