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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT JANUARY 6, 2011 CORAL WIRELESS, LLC dba MOBI A regularly advertised hearing on the application of PCS (USE 10-024) was called to order at 10:00 a.m. in the County of Hawai‘i, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Zendo Kern presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Zendo Kern, Dean Au, Takashi Domingo, Wallace Ishibashi, Stephen Ono, and Rell Woodward STAFF PRESENT: Julie Mecklenburg (Deputy Corporation Counsel), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Phyllis Fujimoto (Staff Planner), Maija CottleJeff Darrow (Staff Planner). And 7 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: CORAL WIRELESS, LLC dba MOBI PCS (USE 10-024) Application for a Use Permit to allow the construction of an 80-foot tall telecommunication monopole with 6-foot tall panel antennas and related facilities on an approximate 200-square foot portion of a 21.03-acre parcel situated in the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located in Waipunalei, approximately one mile north of the town of North Hilo, Hawai‘i, TMK: 3-6-004: Portion of 7. KERN: The next item on the agenda is applicant CORAL WIRELESS, LLC dba MOBI PCS (USE 10-024). All yours, Jeff. DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This application is similar to our last application. Our applicant is Coral Wireless, LLC doing business as Mobi PCS; and, again, they’re requesting a Use Permit to allow for a monopole tower. The area of this application is within the district; more specifically we’re looking at the area identified with your yellow and pink zoning, representing residential and commercial. You might be familiar with the store in which is located just in this particular area here. The area of the subject application is identified with a black outline just above Park; and this is your first gulch as you’re going towards, oh, I’m sorry, second gulch as you’re going towards Waimea. This is a little closer view. Again, we have the black outline. This is Hawai‘i Belt Road running in a, I would say, north-south direction. Again, we have the Park identified with the light green, which represents Agricultural 1-acre zoning. The darker green represents Agricultural 20 acres. Just for some background, this particular property has an existing tower, an 80-foot monopole that was approved in 2003. During that time they went through a special permit and a special management area use permit process, which was approved, SMA 434 and Special Permit 1214. The actual tower site is located just about in this particular area. And this particular tower will be located just next to it. This is an aerial photo. This is Hawai‘i Belt Road. Again, you have the Park located in this general area. On the property you have an existing warehouse, as well as the existing dwelling, and this is the existing tower site. The applicant is requesting a Use Permit to allow the construction of an 80-foot tall monopole with nine 6-foot antennas mounted on the top of the monopole on an approximate 200-square 1 EXHIBIT C