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is isolated, finances are challenged, as P51amanui currently is, and must rely more on community
<br /> partnerships and businesses where that kind of hands-on learning can take place. And you notice
<br /> that when we did our outreach five years ago, there was actually interest on the part of some of
<br /> the community organizations in using P51amanui as a case study to look at how the mutual
<br /> benefits develop over time, given the fact we have a unique situation here. It's this - - -
<br /> development of the university and community intent that's not common elsewhere. For most
<br /> mixed-use developments occurring near or around university campuses involve revitalizing
<br /> already developed space. So, and he has further comments, but I think we'll just (inaudible–
<br /> poor internet connection)
<br /> CARR SMITH: Thank you. Anything else, John?
<br /> KNOX: - - - thank you.
<br /> CARR SMITH: Okay, Roger, what's next?
<br /> HARRIS: - - -
<br /> CARR SMITH: Oh, there you go. Roger, I didn't hear you. Can you unmute, please?
<br /> COLON: Hang on, hang on. Hi, this is Steve. I'm going to go next. And I know you can hear
<br /> me because I'm doing this on an iPad—
<br /> CARR SMITH: Hi Steve.
<br /> COLON: —laptop these guys are using in the room six feet away from me, or more. Hi
<br /> everybody. My name is Steve Col6n. I lived in Kailua, and whenever I would participate in
<br /> races here, they would say, "And from Kailua-Kona, Steve Col6n"; actually, it's Kailua, Oahu.
<br /> So, anyway, I know you've been here for a while, and I just wanted to make a brief statement. I
<br /> am the Hawaii division president for Hunt Companies that is the managing member of the
<br /> P51amanui Global Holdings partnership, and we have been involved in this project since about
<br /> 2006, 1 believe. Our vision has always been to build a community around the Hawaii
<br /> Community College Palamanui. As you know from both testimony and the report, that we
<br /> worked on with the Planning Department, we've invested about 22 million dollars to get this
<br /> Pdlamanui campus built. And today the fruits of that are evident; they are there, the kids are
<br /> there, they are going to the college, it's been a great, wonderful educational benefit for the
<br /> community, the kids can get associate degree now close to home, and they can then, you know,
<br /> segue into a four-year degree either on the island or elsewhere in the state.
<br /> Well, what you have before you is a plan that we've been working on with the county, with the
<br /> Planning Department, actually for about, it feels like longer than this, but I believe it's going to
<br /> be about three years now. And that plan is to create a dynamic community around the college, a
<br /> plan for four phases over a 25 to 30-year time frame. But in order for that to happen, we do need
<br /> relief, and that relief is requested through this amend- conditions of zoning amendment request.
<br /> The reality is that the great recession, as well as a mandate to build this off-site connector road to
<br /> M5malahoa Highway on property that we don't own or control, or some other reasons, that the
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