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because there was no time limits. At Ko Olina west beaches when those lagoons were built, the developer excluded the public from lateral access for about 9, 10 years because there was no date put in the condition. Hale O Lono Harbor on Molokai, when access provisions were required, it was decades until the access was provided. And I believe Chris was on the Board of Land and Natural Resources when that issue raised its head once again. So this condition needs to have a timeframe. Finally, the final condition is we would like specific language as we’ve put it at the very end of our testimony, “The applicant shall not use a beach pass system at the security gate near the highway to restrict public access to the beach.” It can or it should, it shall implement a system that assures the resort guests don’t use that parking and that the beach parking is available to native Hawaiians exercising traditional customary rights as well as other members of the public. Thank you. WATANABE: Do we have any questions for Mr. Frankel? Seeing none, thank you. FRANKEL: Thank you. GAUTHIER: Gregory Gauthier. They are silent like Perrier. It’s fate that brought me here because I had no idea what the young men -. WATANABE: Address. GAUTHIER: Oh, Gregory Gauthier, 64-5303B, as in boy, Puanuanu Place, Kamuela, Hawaii 96743. It’s fate that brought me here because I had no idea it was going to talk about the shark and the beached whale because I’m a bartender for Mauna Kea and I’m currently elected to be their union rep. But if I ever not get elected, I’ve got to go back, bar tend on the beach at Mauna Kea. I mean it’s terrible, I know, it’s hard being me. It’s a beautiful resort. But I was bartending the day the sharks attacked the beached whale, and that made the newspaper; and there were so many people buying frozen drinks, it was beautiful. No one was in the water, it was a sea of orange towels and not one person in the water. And so I can attest that it was a liability concern and we would have loved to have people in the water too. Secondly, as a bartender down there, I’m very, I know about the parking situation because it’s no secret, I’m going to let you in on it, locals tip better. They do, so the more parking spaces for locals the more money I make as a bartender. So we’re very open to have that many people and we hear the complaints. So the parking in any good negotiation you have 30 parking spaces now. This young man was asking for 50. The hotel is willing to do 40. To me that’s a win-win, you’re already there. Secondly, I’ve got to take offense, small kind, to the competency of the security at the top. A lot of them are good friends of mine. They’re not even union members and a lot of them are native Hawaiians. And I take offense to them not being competent because it takes up a lot of aloha to monitor that parking situation.So I think that takes a little bit away from Ms. Blakemore’s credibility on that issue. So I take offense to that. And lastly, a lot of what she had said was hearsay. And Mr. Graham did supplement with a first- hand story, which certainly gives a lot of credibility. But that’s how I know Mauna Kea Beach EXHIBIT B 9