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Approved 3113117 <br />2 Laura Goode: Did you evaluate Mellot candidate for whether it would meet the network objective <br />3 for Verizon Wireless with this site? <br />4 <br />5 David Haughney: Yes, absolutely, I did. <br />6 <br />7 Laura Goode: And I'm showing you what was introduced as Exhibit 11 to the application. Did you <br />8 create Exhibit 11, the Mellot candidate analysis? <br />9 <br />10 David Haughney: Yes. <br />11 <br />12 Laura Goode: Ok. And is this a true and accurate copy of what you created? <br />13 <br />14 David Haughney: Yes it is. <br />15 <br />16 Laura Goode: Ok. Can you explain the analysis you did for the Mellot candidate? As to whether it <br />17 would meet the network objective for Verizon? <br />18 <br />19 David Haughney: Yes, absolutely. One of the primary objectives as stated is to improve that dead <br />20 zone on Mt. Carmel Church Road between about the Orange County line and North towards 15- <br />21 501 it goes into Chapel Hill. That whole road is a dead zone. You're either going to have no <br />22 service or very poor, and unreliable service. And that being the primary objective, filling in the <br />23 coverage hole, in my analysis of Mellot candidate I was not seeing any coverage get over there <br />24 when I ran it through my prediction inaudible and I had digged deeper into the reasons why; why <br />25 do we have a simulated a 200 -foot structure at this location and it's not reaching distance away to <br />26 the road that it should and identify the terrain of structure. There's basically a 200 -foot terrain <br />27 increase a short distance away from the proposed location and the location sits at the bottom of a <br />28 200 -foot hill and we're only proposed a 200 -foot tower. So these radio signals we're using do not <br />29 penetrate through earth. In addition to the 200 -foot terrain obstruction there's another 100 -foot of <br />30 dense foliage, average height. And the radio signals we're using don't penetrate through dense <br />31 foliage very well either. So an optimal location has to take in consideration of the terrain in the <br />32 area to meet the objective. And this did not. Because of that obstructure. It will not reach Mt. <br />33 Carmel Church Road. <br />34 <br />35 Laura Goode: Now turning to the proposed Clearwater Lake site; were there any alternatives <br />36 technologies available that would provide the needed increase coverage in capacity offload in the <br />37 Clearwater Lake area without the proposed 195 foot tower? <br />38 <br />39 David Haughney: No, this is a very optimal design for this area. <br />40 <br />OC Board of Adjustment — 12/12/16 Page 38 of 156 <br />