Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
DRAFT <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 123 of 156 <br /> <br />John Price: Well I think what the County does require is that the tower that’s built will satisfy the 1 <br />needs identified. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Rusty Monroe: That it satisfy the needs of… 4 <br /> 5 <br />Barry Katz: Identified. 6 <br /> 7 <br />John Price: Identified. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Rusty Monroe: That’s true. 10 <br /> 11 <br />John Price: And my client has just told me, Mr. Harvey, I don’t know, that there’s a water tower in 12 <br />Governors Club. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Michael Harvey: That’s in Chatham County sir, that’s not in Orange County’s planning jurisdiction. 15 <br /> 16 <br />John Price: I didn’t know that. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Rusty Monroe: And I know in talking with the company’s attorney, processing this application, I 19 <br />specifically asked the question, “What is the greatest priority for this site, is it a need?” and he said 20 <br />capacity is number one, coverage is, I believe the word he used is, “incidental”. I believe that’s the 21 <br />word. It’s not this gentleman, it’s his partner. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Barry Katz: And this capacity, this is primarily for offloading from UNC? 24 <br /> 25 <br />Rusty Monroe: I do not recall the specifics of that. I believe… I don’t recall the specifics so I’d 26 <br />rather not answer incorrectly. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Laura Goode: If I could just remind the Board, there is a network objective statement that is in tab 29 <br />4 of the application that states the network objective. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Rusty Monroe: Please understand I’m not speaking for or against this, I just want you making an 32 <br />informed decision. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Laura Goode: And then the first paragraph of Exhibit or tab 4, it talks about the network objective 35 <br />and starting on the second sentence it says, Verizon’s wireless objecting in connection with the 36 <br />proposed site is to improve coverage along Mount Carmel Church Road between the Governors 37 <br />Club area and Chapel Hill, we call it the Clearwater Lake area, as well as to provide capacity for 38 <br />the existing UNC Campus Verizon Wireless site. 39 <br /> 40 <br />John Price: It’s my understanding, correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s my understanding that the 41 <br />expert for TowerCom with respect to co-location was referring to there were no other structures on 42 <br />which they could co-locate the antenna equipment that would be on this tower. It was not talking 43 <br />about DAS or small cells, or micro cells, or any technological alternative. 44 <br /> 45 <br />Laura Goode: So we had two experts. We had one expert that talked about inability to co-locate 46 <br />on existing structures, and we had another expert that testified and drafted a statement that’s 47 <br />contained in this notebook testifying and stating that other technologies, such as DAS and other 48 <br />facilities will not meet the network objectives of this site and he testified at the hearing last time 49 <br />125