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CARLILE: I would like to say that I appreciate the opportunity to be here today. It’s nice to see all of you and put this Committee in -. I didn’t know how you operated or anything about your process. So I’ve enjoyed sitting through the first part. Sounds like you’re reasonable and that’s wonderful. I used to serve in your position, almost like that, in my community for ten years as a planning and zoning council, so I know a lot about that from those experiences. And I guess that’s it. I’ll turn it over to Lori here. WOODWARD: All right, very good. Do we have any questions for Mr. Carlile? No? Okay. Lori, if you’ll give us your name and address again and then –. MIKKELSON: My name is Lori Mikkelson. I live in Laupahoehoe, Post Office Box 291. I met Mr. Carlson, sorry, Carlile about three or four months ago. And initially by my son-in-law and some other people, I ended up meeting with him. And I went to the site and I thought to myself at first I’m not sure about this. But after talking to him and seeing it and taking it, you know, a tour of the experience, I can see the potential for the local community to have an opportunity for employment, I can see an opportunity there for the local community to have a place to go and have recreation, which on the Hamakua Coast we don’t have much unless it’s, you know, backyard. And so that kind of adds to it, as well as Mr. Carlile spoke from his heart on how he feels about this property and how he wants to keep it undeveloped and keep the Ag going. And he has, there’s a lot of cattle grazing going on there, and also some gardening and some organic stuff growing on there, and the landscaping is beautiful. So I got involved that way. He did have, the construction of the building was on-going at that time. And, you know, he told me what he thought he should have and how it should be; and we discussed the rules and what he would have to be required to do. And he decided to go forward. And so that’s the gist of it. WOODWARD: All right, thank you. Any questions from Commissioners? Commissioner Domingo. DOMINGO: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, just to expand on the question that I originally asked -. From the mauka Mamalahoa Highway boundary end of the property, how far does this extend towards the ocean? MIKKELSON: It does not. It’s from the Mamalahoa Highway up mauka. DOMINGO: Above the Old Mamalahoa Highway? MIKKELSON: Yes, only. DOMINGO: I see. So what I was referring to was another entity? MIKKELSON: It’s another endeavor. DOMINGO: Okay, okay. Thank you. WOODWARD: All right, any -? Commissioner Iwashita. 4 EXHIBIT B