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DRAFT <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 46 of 156 <br /> <br />John Price: Ok. And so it was Verizon that selected the search ring? 1 <br /> 2 <br />David Haughney: Yes, we did design the search ring. 3 <br /> 4 <br />John Price: If you aren’t granted this application that’s pending before Orange County what will 5 <br />you do to address the needs along Mt. Carmel Road? 6 <br /> 7 <br />Laura Goode: I would object to that as argumentative, he is an RF manager and he has not been 8 <br />hired or at this time evaluated alternative solutions at this point in time. 9 <br /> 10 <br />John Price: And that’s …. That’s the whole point. The purpose for the question is to illicit what the 11 <br />options are for building this single cell tower, 199-foot cell tower, on this location. Is there an 12 <br />alternative that would solve and address the problem along Mt. Carmel Road? And they know 13 <br />there is and they know what that alternative is but they’re unwilling to testify. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Samantha Cabe: Mr. Price, this is not the time for an argument. I understand the point you’re 16 <br />making, I think we all understand your point. We have a set of questions to answer per our UDO. 17 <br />And we understand your questioning and you’ll be given a chance to argue at the end if you’re 18 <br />finished with your cross examination. I’m just trying to keep this on track because again we have 19 <br />an hour left and I think there’s still a lot of people here that want to be heard. 20 <br /> 21 <br />John Price: Yes. Maybe staff can assist on this. But it’s my understanding that the burden of proof 22 <br />is upon Towercom. We’ve established that it meets all the requirements, and it has met all the 23 <br />requirements of the ordinance, including consideration of alternatives. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Samantha Cabe: And we’re going to discuss all of that in our deliberation. But we’re ruling on 26 <br />summary judgement here, we have to collect all the information and make our decision at the end 27 <br />and we get your point. You’ve made it. 28 <br /> 29 <br />John Price: But I can’t illicit the information that would assist you in the deliberation because they 30 <br />won’t answer the question. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Michael Harvey: Madame Chair ……. can I ask for your indulgence and ask our 33 <br />telecommunications consultant to address the Board on this line of questioning? 34 <br /> 35 <br />Samantha Cabe: Absolutely. 36 <br /> 37 <br />Michael Harvey: Thank you. This is Mr. Rusty Monroe. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Rusty Monroe: Thank you Michael. 40 <br />48