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SEP- 04-2002 02 :16PM FROM- PENNINGTOM AND LOTT +18030291075 T -379 P.004/008 F -403 <br />r <br />76 <br />The following points are made In support of these statements. <br />a. The Speed of Light. Wireless communications operates <br />at the speed of light literally. Wireless deployments take <br />pace at break neck speeds. This is a fast paced industry. <br />The quick pace is driven by many factors, including, but <br />not limited to, the demands of existing customers for <br />better coverage, the demands of existing customers for <br />new and additional services, the need to meet the <br />growing capacity demands of the wireless network, the <br />obligation to most the expectations of capital markets in <br />the deployment of services for return on investment, and <br />the obligation to provide wireless service In a given area <br />in a given time frame by the Federal Communications <br />Commission. This is just a small part of the picture. <br />b. Limitation. of New Technologies. Limiting hearings to <br />twice per year would unnecessarily handicap the wireless <br />industN in its deployment of new and additional coverage <br />and technologies. Wireless companies need flexibility to <br />on a moments notice deploy new technology. The <br />Ordinance as written would prevent such rapid <br />deployment. <br />C. Unforeseen Events. Sometimes it becomes necessary to <br />construct a new communications tower because of <br />unforeseen events. Examples include condemnations of <br />existing communications towers for road projects, <br />casualty of existing communications towers, blocking of <br />signals from new construction necessitating a relocation <br />of the communications tower, or the need to replace an <br />existing communications tower for capacity issues. <br />These are not issues that can be foreseen far enough in <br />advance so that proper application can be made. <br />d. Hearing Overload. If all applications are bundled together <br />for two (2) hearings, it will be an all day or all night <br />hearing. This is unfair to the citizens of Orange County <br />and unfair to the wireless industry. These will be very <br />technical applications with expert testimony which will <br />take some time to present. The applicable board will <br />want sufficient time to ask questions, to hear evidence, <br />and to contemplate the matter. This cannot happen If <br />there are six (6) applications to be heard which may take <br />