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DRAFT OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 44 of 156 1 John Price: And you came to the conclusion I assume, am I correct, that the only way to address 2 the issue of coverage along Mt. Carmel Road and the offload capacity at UNC Campus was to 3 build a single tower …… a199-foot tower in this particular location? Is that right? 4 5 David Haughney: You’re reading a little bit into the statements. The UNC Campus site is not even 6 in the jurisdiction you’re speaking of and there are other capacity improvements that we have 7 designed for that site. You’re interpreting it as if that’s the only capacity improvement in that area 8 or for that site and Ive already stated that we use small cell and DAS appropriately in that campus 9 environment to help. But this is an additional effort to improve our coverage and capacity in this 10 area. 11 12 John Price: Well I guess the reason that I came to that conclusion or opinion was because in your 13 application you specifically state that one of the purposes of this cell tower was for capacity 14 offload on the UNC Campus. 15 16 David Haughney: It is. It is not the only one. 17 18 John Price: I didn’t say it was the only one. 19 20 David Haughney: I thought you did. I thought you were implying that. 21 22 John Price: No. I am implying, asking …… There were two primary reasons that you say you need 23 this cell tower. One in because of the coverage gap along Mt. Carmel Road. Correct? 24 25 David Haughney: Yes sir. 26 27 John Price: The other one was for capacity offload in UNC Campus. 28 29 David Haughney: Absolutely. 30 31 John Price: And the Verizon tower that we’re talking about is on the UNC Campus, is it not? 32 33 David Haughney: It’s a water tank, owned by OWASA, on the Campus. Yes. 34 35 John Price: And is it a Verizon facility? 36 37 David Haughney: It is a water tower with antennas on it, yes. 38 46