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And I think that the County and the Department has heard the comments about, you know, the inundation and those kinds of issues. And in actually making the improvements I think it should -. If there’s going to be any error, err on the side of keeping the improvements away from the water so, you know, they won’t be inundated as -. You know, it’s not Honolii but, you know, it’s the same kind of thing, you don’t want to build it in a way where you’re going to have to go back and fix it the next year. So those are my concerns, and I think they’ve addressed them. That’s why I made the motion. WOODWARD: Okay. Well, we do have, since we now have opened this for discussion, if there are questions for the public testifiers that would be, this would be an opportunity to ask them questions if you have any. Commissioner Domingo. DOMINGO: You know, as stated by Mr. Iwashita, there are other options that could be considered. And I don’t know if we’ve addressed all of those options with regards to, you know, having you put your boat on a dolly and just try to maneuver all around the place. And, you know, I don’t think any provisions for that have been made for existing uses of the, of Reed’s Bay. And I think there’s some adamant resentment about some of those statements made which I think some of the testifiers are trying to refute, but they’ve been, they’ve been denied that opportunity due to the rules of the Commission. So, you know, that’s why I say I speak with some reservations with regards to this application. I’m not satisfied that everything has been addressed and all options have been considered. . WOODWARD: Mr. Gonzalez, you had questions or comment? GONZALEZ: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Commissioner Domingo, I believe with the Chair’s statement he has opened it up for the Commissioners to call up previous public testifiers, if they wish, to give clarifying answers to questions from the Commissioners, because there’s a motion on the floor and it’s a discussion. But I think , I mean I think the Chair just gave you guys that option, but I think he’s limiting it to clarifying. Cause like we don’t want this to be a running debate forever. So -. DOMINGO: Yes, after one of the representatives from the Parks and Recreation made a statement and that individual in there I think had some disagreements and were not satisfied that those statements were accurate or true in fact, then probably I’d like to ask him to come up and see what that really meant. WOODWARD: Okay. You’ve been sworn in already so if you’ll just give us your name again, we’ve got everything else. REES: Tim Rees. Thank you very much, Commissioner Domingo and Mr. Chairman. You did give me latitude earlier on and I very much appreciate that. This, specifically to the law that Mr. Komata was referring to, I don’t think he’s as familiar with that law as he believes he is. What you have is the State has a very strong exceptional tree statute in the HRS. I’m sorry I don’t know the number of it. County law mirrors it exactly. And if you think about this it’s a well-written law. It says there are two ways by which trees will get exceptional status. The first one is by their inherent nature, inherent historical and cultural nature or, and they use the word 30 EXHIBIT C