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Kealakekua in an old, in a shopping center. And, so, you know, if you, if you are looking, Chair, if you are looking, Commissioner Van Pernis, for somebody to give you some input on whether this was a good thing for the community, on whether this was a good thing for the students, on whether this was a good thing for the university, then you can, you can hear it from me, but I would suggest that maybe you might want to ask somebody from university system that question. Thank you. VAN PERNIS: That begs a question; that does not answer the question. The question is not whether they spent all of this money on the college, which I understand; the question is when the original ordinance was passed, did you have the money to build the community that you are seeking permission for now, or did you have to go find an investor? CARR SMITH: Mr. Van Pernis, I find that somewhat irrelevant. That's not what's on the table in front of us at this moment, so I'd like to move on— VAN PERNIS: Well, let me explain the relevance— CARR SMITH: Mr. Van Pernis, Mr. Van Perris— VAN PERNIS: They are speculating- - - CARR SMITH: Noriko, will you please mute his microphone? VAN PERNIS: - - - the future. CARR SMITH: Noriko, will you please—thank you. I want other commissioners' input, please. Anyone else have some questions? Mike, go ahead. VITOUSEK: I was just wondering if you could tell us a little bit about Hunt Companies—where their background is, where the money comes from, all of that. COLON: Yes— CARR SMITH: Who can - - -? Steve, go ahead. COLON: I'll take on that, Commissioner Vitousek. Thank you for the question. Hunt Companies is a family-owned company, headquartered in El Paso, Texas. We've been active in Hawaii since the early 90's. We came to Hawaii as a military housing contractor, and we built about 5,500 homes for all branches of military on Oahu. We now own and operate 7,000 homes for the Navy and the Marine Corps in Honolulu and on Kaua'i. We also have some other divisions. The division I run, the development group, is very active with projects on every island. We are redeveloping the former Barbers Point Naval Air Station, which is a large master plan community, 550 acres, on the west side of Oahu, and like Pdlamanui it has a whole range, whole range of uses. We have an affordable housing affiliate that provides financing for affordable housing projects all over the state. They are very, they are most active syndicator in Hawaii. We've done multiple projects on the Big Island, in Hilo, and I'm not sure about Kona, 25 DRAFT