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This is an aerial photo of the area. It’s a little bit dark; but, again, you can see the subject property outlined in red; and I’ll also show you the general location of their baseyard. It’s right about here. So the quarried materials would be hauled from this location, along Rubbish Dump Road, and then into their baseyard area here. And this is a photo of the site. And the Department is recommending that the Planning Commission approve this permit request. I also th want to bring your attention to three correspondences that we’ve received. On December 28 in rd your folders you should have a letter from Council Member Yagong. Then on January 3you th should have a memo from the Planning Director. And January 5, a follow-up letter from Council Member Yagong. Are there any questions? KERN: Any questions for staff? Seeing none -. DOMINGO: Yes. KERN: Oh, Commissioner Domingo. DOMINGO: Maija, could you explain that letter from the Planning Director. COTTLE: From the Planning Director? DOMINGO: Yes. COTTLE: Sure. The letter is responding to a newspaper article that ran about the quarry; and there were some misleading information in the article. The impression was that the County had some control over the subject property and it’s also partly in response to Council Member th Yagong’s letter dated December 28. His concern was that the, if the Commission were to approve this permit, we would, the County would be giving up some control over the property so we wouldn’t be able to use it for cover fill for the quarry, I’m sorry, for the landfill expansion if the County were to expand the land further south. And since the County as no control over the property, the State owns the property and Yamada and Sons has a land license from DLNR to quarry the property, we, the Director was clarifying that since we have no control over the property this wouldn’t affect, the approval of the permit would not affect cover fill for a future quarry. And, in fact, if the County wanted o get cover fill from another area, the State has said that we would just need to go through the same process that Yamada and Sons went through and do an environmental study and get a land license to quarry another area of that large 2,000-acre property. DOMINGO: Thank you. COTTLE: Okay, you’re welcome. KERN: Okay, any other questions? Seeing none, thank you, Maija. COTTLE: You’re welcome. KERN: Can I please have the applicants or their representative come forward. And I’ll swear you in at this time. Would you please raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth today before the Windward Planning Commission? OKAMOTO: I do. PEDERSEN: I do. 2 EXHIBIT A