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what can manage that process rather than just a number that may not have a lot of basis other than just picking a number. Ms. Leslie stated that staff did a very comprehensive job at describing the way people need the technology and why, and she indicated that she just wants to sort of add a little statistic to that so the Commission will understand what AT &T is up against. She indicated that right now, 30 percent of all Americans are wireless only, and with about 700,000 landlines being given up monthly and people transitioning to wireless, that number is only going to get greater. She noted that this is a number AT &T is addressing as an industry and as a company. She further noted that FCC reported that relative to 911, 50 percent all 911 calls are made from wireless phones, and 90 percent of wireless phone carriers feel safer in an emergency because they have a wireless phone. Ms. Leslie stated that AT &T had a business representative talk a little bit about the business community and that AT &T gets constant feedback from small businesses that wireless technology is absolutely the way that they do business. She noted that 65 percent to 70 percent say they wireless technology is integral to their business and that they cannot run their business without it. She indicated that AT &T is very eager to address those issues and talk about tele- medicine, tele- health, tele- commuting, and all those things that people are using this technology for. Finally, Ms. Leslie stated that AT &T has a store in Stoneridge Mall and have done a lot of outreach with customers who come in. She indicated that AT &T thinks it is really important to try and tell their story to the Commission. She noted that she has 200 signature cards right here of people who have come into the store to talk about having better wireless in their communities, and the lion's shares of those people are Pleasanton residents. She then thanked the Commission for the opportunity to be here tonight, and staff for these proposed changes, which AT &T obviously support. Scott Raty, on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce and actually on his role as a member of the Economic Vitality Committee (EVC), stated that for the past couple of years, he was very involved with the work that the EVC was doing in terms of business survey and outreach. He indicated that a big part of that was taking stock, both in focus groups and through a telephone survey and a follow -up online survey, and one of the consistent threads that ran through all of those was a desire and a need for a better broadband and cellular service throughout the community. He thanked Mr. Dolan, Ms. Stern, and Ms. Harryman for their work on this; for the leadership of the City Council for setting this as a priority and recognizing the priority in moving on it; and to the Commissioners for their time, especially here in these late hours. He urged the Commission for unanimous support because this is one of the things that was identified as an area in which the City can improve as a community in terms of business services, and the City has responded in a very big and very comprehensive way. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, November 13, 2013 Page 46 of 50