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LIM: No. No further questions. <br /> ALAPAL All right. <br /> UNGER: Thank you. Mr. Yee, do you have any objections to the petition? <br /> YEE: No, I do not. <br /> UNGER: Thank you. Thank you all. You may be seated. At this time, I'd like to open up the <br /> hearing to public testimony. For all those who have signed up or would like to testify, would <br /> you please raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth before the Planning <br /> Commission? <br /> TESTIFIERS: Yes. I do. <br /> UNGER: Thank you. If Bob Hoxsie would come up? Sharon Willeford, Tiare Makaio Houser, <br /> and Celeste Gaspan? Aloha. Why don't we start here? Please state your name and area of <br /> residence. <br /> HOXSIE: Okay, my name is Bob Hoxsie. I live in Ahupua`a of Holualoa 1 and 2. I live mauka. <br /> I'm also an owner at the Banyan Tree Condos. So, there's not enough time here today to address <br /> all the issues with the specific proposal, so I'm not going to go into that. But, after the previous <br /> meeting discussion on time extensions for permits and everything, it's, it really kind of surprises <br /> me, I'm not sure why we are here, because it appears to me from those discussions that apply to <br /> all permits, not specifically this one, that the applicant has no legal right to even request an <br /> extension. So, I just want to make that point. I do hope that the Commissioners' public <br /> statements that were made at that meeting will be followed by consistent action today, and we <br /> can finally close the chapter on this application. <br /> But, so on another subject, I mean related to this one, you know, the last meeting, some people <br /> suggested using land funds to acquire this land, and I guess I have a bolder proposal than that. <br /> I've spoken to owners, you know, while none of the owners at Banyan Tree right now were there <br /> in 1976 when Banyan Tree was built, Banyan Tree owners do respect the `aina and recognize <br /> that the Banyan Tree complex has negatively impacted the area. While I don't speak for all the <br /> owners, I have spoken to some of the owners, and there is support for the owners and the <br /> association offering the property for sale to the County or some other entity to purchase, <br /> demolish, and restore the land, and provide the opportunity for Banyans to be a wonderful <br /> community area. It's time to be thinking about how to restore the land, not destroy the land. <br /> Thank you. <br /> UNGER: Aloha, please <br /> MAKAIO HOUSER: Hi. <br /> UNGER: please state your name and area of residence. <br /> 14 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br />