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one owner that is actually living in the house that they said that they were intending to build. So, <br /> just hold that as, as <br /> UNGER: Excuse me, can you please summarize? <br /> WITHINGTON: Yes. I think that the North Kohala community has shown itself to be interested <br /> in creating a resource for the entire island of an open community, I mean an open coastline, and I <br /> think that that idea of that aspect was not addressed properly in either the EA or in the SMA. So, <br /> I would like to say that our group, we support the no-brainer rezoning to 5a, we also support the <br /> revocation of the SMA, but we ask that you hold off on theI mean the old SMA we ask that <br /> you hold off on the current SMA until the owner can, number one, address the cultural things; <br /> number two, address the archaeological things; and, number three, address whether preservation <br /> could be an alternative that the owner would be able to address. <br /> UNGER: Thank you. Are there any other members of the public here that would like to testify? <br /> Seeing none, I need a motion <br /> KEALOHA: Can I ask one question? <br /> UNGER: Oh, sure. <br /> KEALOHA: I mean, in your written testimony, you talk about the 20.9 million dollars that were <br /> raised to purchase land. Did you guys every offer to buy it? <br /> WITHINGTON: Yes, we had conversation with the representatives here about that. We never <br /> made a formal offer to it, because there's four, five groups that are in Kohala that nominate to <br /> PONC. There's five groups that have over the years purchased seven different projects using <br /> various funds of sourcing, and we have two or three or four that are going on. We currently have <br /> eight projects on the PONC list of 13 projects. So,there is, there is a problem with this parcel in <br /> that this crazy RS-15 zoning makes it almost impossible for anyone with the right mind to think <br /> that the government or the funders would come in and purchase it for open space. It just, with <br /> that designation on it, the entire [inaudible] are such, so great that it really is out of the thing. <br /> The other thing is that the owner has consistently said that they, he is single-mindedly wanting to <br /> build rich homes on it. Did that answer your question? <br /> KEALOHA: Yes. <br /> UNGER: Great,thank you. <br /> WITHINGTON: I have one other thing. Jeff? Is it possible to speak to the other testifier? <br /> UNGER: Is this in regard to another item on the agenda? <br /> WITHINGTON: Yes, you have written testimony from Karen Martinez. <br /> UNGER: Yeah, please, read it. <br /> 15 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br />