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know, official recommendation, but -. One thing I’ve noticed that, and what I’ve heard a lot of people comment about is that, I mean, you could let your bread rise in your car when you’re parked in some of these stalls, because they’ve taken out all of the shade trees, you know, and the trees that are left aren’t really doing their job. And people come back to a really hot car, and it’s uncomfortable. And so it would be really, I would really like to see parking lots planned to maximize the amount of shade for the cars. And this is the point where it can be done very easily if you’ve laid out the parking lot in such a way with some of your plantings on the north/south access, then putting it in two more sets of trees on the north-south. Breaking up the longer parking areas would do a nice job of that. And I strongly urge you for the sake of the public. There are lots of places I won’t go and shop anymore because it too much stuck out like a concrete desert; and there are other people who feel that way, too. So I think you’d make it a lot more consumer friendly. GRAHAM: Thank you. We have two more testifiers that have signed up, Brian Shiroma and Thomas Shiroma. If you’d both come forward. Could you raise your right hand. Let me swear you in. Do you now swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: I do. GRAHAM: Thank you. Sir, you may begin, and if you would give your name and address at the start of your testimony. T. SHIROMA: Yes. My name is Tom Shiroma, my address is 99-2A Puainako. I want to thank the Chairman and Members of the Board that we are able to be here speaking on behalf of the development. Let me give you a little bit brief background on Mr. Jon Gomes. Maybe you folks are not aware but Mr. Jon Gomes spent $640,000 for the improvement of Puainako Street. It’s not for the grading of the land, nothing for the building, but he brought that improvement. And it might be through the Planning Department and Department of Transportation through their recommendation that things might change, which KTA did through the years to accommodate the community. Just one example is that if you look at the Tesoro and Firestone, I think Mr. Jon Gomes put a quality building. One is to serve the community, one is creating employment, third most highly is the property tax from agricultural to business have brought a lot of revenue and income to the County. And I’m pretty sure that Mr. Jon Gomes will also follow the recommendation as the changes come by, which we have seen through the Planning Department and Department of Transportation, to accommodate the community. So I want to thank that Mr. Jon Gomes who will also pursue a quality development on the upper area. Now if you look at Tesoro and Firestone, I think if you look at it environmentally, it’s beautiful. It’s not a cluster of buildings, but I think it’s a quality building. And, also, speaking to both of the occupants, they’re doing better than expected. So just to say that, I want to say thank you very much; and I’m pretty sure that Mr. Jon Gomes will put further improvement to accommodate the community and for this body to consider. Thank you very much. GRAHAM: Thank you, Mr. Shiroma. Do we have any questions from the Commissioners for you? EXHIBIT B 14