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So, I can't support the Councilman enough on this. And what's happening right now is embarrassing to all of us. [A timer bell rings.] We are losing our trails— VITOUSEK: That was three minutes; I'll ask you to summarize briefly for 30 seconds. BLANCETT-MADDOCK: Summarize briefly. The importance to this bill can't be underestimated, okay, the importance to the protection of the people of Hawaii. And I'm talking about the roaming rights. There is no, they say there's, let me put this in,they say there are no roaming rights in Hawaii. But there are. These trails are protected forever. That is the only remaining roaming right of the Hawaiian. So, when we look at these things, the zoning changes, in summary, the zoning changes, the conditions change, and what do they do over this period? They go through these processes, and each time they come in,they deteriorate what the original proposal even was. You'll see them changed into vacation rentals now. It wasn't even anticipated 40 years ago when they put this application in. So, in closing, I can't support this enough. And I have to disagree with the Councilman on the way he gave the—I'm a lawyer, I'm a lawyer, should I disclose that? Am I supposed to disclose it? I disagree with Councilman's assessment of what lapsing means, and we will talk about that, too, and you'll hear me at the next hearing. Thank you very much. VITOUSEK: Mahalo. Appreciate your time for coming out. Next is Colin Keola Childs. Mahalo. Please state your name and town you live in. CHILDS: I'm Colin Keola Childs. I live near Holualoa in the Pua`a Wai`aha Ahupua`a. VITOUSEK: Mahalo. Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on the matter before the Planning Commission? CHILDS: I do. VITOUSEK: Mahalo, please proceed. CHILDS: I would like to add a few cautionary perspectives in your treatment of and recommendations on this bill. I do agree that there should be some tightening-up of practices and some language. I would like to relay a concern that, for example, using a five-year basis, which has been the tradition of the period for performance, if that is five years or anything close to it becomes a Council-only decision, you are going to in many cases prevent many well-intentioned and able developers from executing their plans because of the exigencies that come up, whether it's a disease wave or a tsunami or other factors, natural disasters, the stake in historic preservation staffing problems that prevent applications for the dutiful proper complete work to be done, finding the archaeologist to even prepare that. It took me five years to go through it for a driveway, shared driveway with a residence,to go from hiring the archaeologist through SHPD reviews in the,just in the past five years. So, if Ifortunately, we and our neighbors didn't need to have a zoning approval to build a shared driveway, but that took five years. And even if SHPD beefs up their staff,then there's other environmental practical issues that come up. You can have responsible developers that cannot complete proper conditions above board, and if they, within 7 EXHIBIT G (DRAFT)