AT&T presents plan for taller 'tree' tower; company to co-locate with Verizon

Keoni Fox, representing AT&T, described the company’s proposal to upgrade an existing antenna site on Kilauea Crater hill and to allow AT&T to co-locate on a replacement tower. Fox said the plan calls for a taller tower disguised to look like a tree; AT&T would occupy a position just below Verizon and ultimately turn possession of the completed tower over to Verizon.

The proposal was presented as a compromise to find a less intrusive location for additional cellular capacity in the Kilauea area; the minutes note the location involves the Japanese Cemetery site. The board thanked Keoni Fox for working with the community on siting. No formal county approvals or permit details were recorded in the minutes at this meeting.