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<br />From:Donald <br />To:LPCtestimony <br />Subject:Oppose Item #4 <br />Date:Sunday, September 15, 2024 1:22:16 PM <br />I oppose Item #4 because I support Council Member Cindy Evans' proposed <br />telecommunications ordinance, Bill 194, which had already been forwarded to you. <br />The new ordinance proposed by the Director is too sympathetic to the <br />telecommunications industry with not enough protections for our community. <br />It gives almost total power to Planning and Telecom with no other agencies or experts <br />involved! It rushes the approval process to only 30 days! It has no provisions to <br />protect us against 5G small cells! It freely allows towers at schools, playgrounds and <br />day care centers! <br />Please consider Council Member Evans proposed ordinance which has clear, <br />attainable requirements. It is the perfect balance between the health, safety and <br />welfare of the people and the needs of the tech industry. <br />The Backstory <br />We at Safe Tech Hawaii have been working with Hawaii County Council Member <br />Cindy Evans for over a year on a telecom ordinance that reins in the rampant <br />deployment of towers and antennas. CM Evans' ordinance was introduced on <br />August 20 and had been previously forwarded to the Planning Department. Yet over <br />Labor Day weekend the Planning Director submitted a new ordinance of his own <br />that is too sympathetic to the Telecom industry. We support Council Member <br />Cindy Evans ordinance (Bill 194) that was already introduced on August 20. <br /> <br />This was taken from Debra Green who has been on a mission to save the islands <br />from being fried by 5G! Mahalo Debra! <br /> <br />Special Request: <br />