2014-03-06HEARINGTRANSCRIPT-AT&T MOBILITY USE 13-044

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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT MARCH 6, 2014 AT&T MOBILITY (USE 13-044) A regularly advertised hearing on the application of was called to order at 9:33 a.m. in the Hilo State Office Building, Conference Rooms A, B, & C, 75 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i with Chairman Ronald Gonzales presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Ronald Gonzales, Charles Heaukulani, Gregory Henkel, Wallace A. Ishibashi, Jr., Stephen Ono, and Raylene Moses. ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Myles Miyasato. ALSO PRESENT: Duane Kanuha (Planning Director, from 9:32 a.m. to 10:27 a.m.), Margaret Masunaga (Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Windward Planning Commission), William Brilhante (Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner), and Sarah Hata-Finley (Secretary). And approximately 8 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: AT&T MOBILITY (USE-13-044) Application for a Use Permit to allow the construction of a new telecommunication facility, including a 185-foot tall steel monopole with 8-foot tall panel antennas and related facilities within a 10,000 square-foot portion of a 785-acre parcel situated in the State Land Use Agricultural district and the County’s Agricultural 3-acre (A-3a) zoned district. The property is located on the south side of the Old Volcano Highway in the proximity of the 25 mile marker on the Hawai‘i Belt Road (Highway 11), Puna, Hawai`i, TMK: 1-1-004:Por. of 010. GONZALES: Good morning. I guess we’d like to get right to applicant number one, AT&T Mobility. DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning members of the Planning Commission. We apologize for such tight quarters this morning. You get to know your neighbors pretty well. I’m going to try to do this from here, so if I’m in your way, I apologize. Our first applicant this morning is AT&T Mobility. They’re requesting a Use Permit for a telecommunication tower in, up in the Volcano area. This is our location map. Just for reference, coming through the middle of the map, we have Volcano Highway or Highway 11. Volcano Village is in this general location. You have the National Park on the lower left hand side of the map. Just for reference, the subdivisions we have in the area are Mauna Loa Estates on the, to the west of the subject property, and on the east side, we have Royal Hawaiian Estates as well as Hawaiian Orchid Isle Estates Subdivision. The subject property is outlined with a black outline, and it’s quite large. It’s approximately seven hundred and eighty five acres. 1 EXHIBIT A