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you know, how do you guys take care of the local community, you know? You know, your
<br />corporation is in Memphis. But, luckily, they've given us the power to take care of a lot of that
<br />in-house, you know. Take care of that, and take care of that here on the island, and that's kind of
<br />a great thing about, about the company. So, like I said, if any of you guys have a questions on
<br />operational -wise, I'd be more than happy to answer that. And, when it comes to streets and stuff
<br />like that, I'm way—that's way above me, you know. But, other than that, whatever you guys
<br />need, just let me know. Thank you. Thank you for your time.
<br />CLARKSON: Thank you, all. Commissioners, any questions for the Applicant?
<br />AU: Mr. Chair, I have a question. Mr. Lim, I have a question for you. This is regarding letters
<br />dated back in 2017. Can you just talk about that? That concrete wall that the Applicant is going
<br />to build, because that's out and beyond of what there, of what the Applicant's required to do, so
<br />can you just talk about that?
<br />LIM: That's correct. We worked with the Shiromas very carefully. They're—you know, they
<br />are good stewards of their property, good stewards of the neighborhood, and they live in the
<br />neighborhood. So, one of the things that came up was the impacts on the adjoining neighbors to
<br />the north, and so the letters that Commissioner Au is speaking about are the letters from the
<br />adjoining three northern property owners where AutoZone offered to build a 6 -foot high
<br />boundary CMU or rock wall along the entire boundary of the northern portion of the property to
<br />mitigate against damages and noise and things, and so, the homeowners on the north boundary
<br />were kind enough to sign letters that you've got in your file supporting the project. So, we do
<br />appreciate them. We do appreciate the Shiroma family's work. We did conduct a community
<br />meeting before we filed the actual request for extension, and we had a couple of people I think
<br />including Mr. Miyashiro, who is in the back here with us, who came out and were kind enough
<br />to give us their thoughts on the project. Thank you.
<br />CLARKSON: Any further questions?
<br />AGUINALDO: I have one, Mr. Chair. For the two AutoZone gentlemen, how big is the store
<br />going to be roughly?
<br />CHASTAIN: Roughly 9,000 square feet.
<br />AGUINALDO: Wow, and how many employees are you guys planning to employ?
<br />CHASTAIN: Typically at, at—will be around 20, with the expected volumes.
<br />AGUINALDO: You know, that is something, you know, as a Commissioner, I always
<br />emphasize is how you going stable your community, your state, is creating jobs. And, you
<br />know, and that's something that I personally would, was wanting to know, and, yeah, that is
<br />really good.
<br />QUINTERO: Yeah, so it'll be about 20 employees. Like I said, they'll all be from here from the
<br />local community, and when we had the community meeting, they even asked us about who is
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