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Approved 8/11/2014 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 4/22/2014 Page 8 of 69 <br />phone tower but that is at the expanse of the bandwidth from my internet connection so it would be a big benefit for 1 <br />me to have better cell phone coverage and I know my neighbors would benefit too because a lot of them have land 2 <br />lines and they would not have that monthly expense if they had sufficient cell phone coverage. With more data being 3 <br />consumed, the data is a big concern also. I have low bandwidth coverage because we are on DSL because there is 4 <br />no coverage out there because of the population density to provide the data service provided through the cell 5 <br />communication network gives me access to internet that I would not have. I am in favor for myself and the 6 <br />community. 7 <br /> 8 <br />Karen Kemerait: In response to his question, American Tower will be the owner of the tower and is required to 9 <br />provide room for other carriers to co-locate on the tower. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Larry Wright: Is there room for the county to co-locate on that for emergency services? 12 <br /> 13 <br />Karen Kemerait: This is one of the ordinance requirements. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Michael Harvey: It is also an ordinance requirement that co-location opportunities be made available to other 16 <br />carriers. We don’t get into the position of dictating to anyone what the rent should be but one of the reasons we 17 <br />encourage and promote tower development is because of co-location opportunities. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Michael Harvey: We have two other individuals who have signed up to speak. Mr. Kirby has signed up to speak and 20 <br />David Smith who is the expert who has provided the property value assessment contained in your packet; if you 21 <br />have any questions. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Larry Wright: Do we have any other individuals that would like to speak? 24 <br /> 25 <br />Larry Gunn: I have been sworn. My name is Larry Gunn; I am Mr. Kirby’s next door neighbor. I think by the tower 26 <br />coming it will be a plus because I am on Verizon and I have a line phone but I can’t get service on the cell phone. By 27 <br />having a cell phone it will be a plus because by the post office, it starts losing signal so by getting a tower that will be 28 <br />a plus for everybody. 29 <br /> 30 <br /> 31 <br />32