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the same time, we don't want to have something on the books that doesn't get started and has, was presented at an earlier time and never gets built and then is just sitting there with live zoning while conditions may change all the way around it. So that's why the time frame that's proposed only involves beginning the project, finishing the major infrastructure, and doesn't have an ultimate deadline for constructing homes or commercial buildings within the project. FUJIKAWA:Any other questions, Commissioners? YAMASHIRO:Would you give the Director a copy. FUJIKAWA:You can hand it over to Staff. No other questions? We do have 10 people signed up to testify on this application. Virginia, you may sit in the back there; no problem. Thank you. Yeah, just to remind you all that we're going to be breaking for lunch at 1:00 p.m., so we're going to take say about 10 minutes to one, I'll make an announcement on that then go to lunch. Okay, we have one, two, three, three chairs. Norm, is that all we got, three seats? Being that we got three seats, will Cheryl Reis, Francis Woo, and Wally Wilson please step forward. We got four seats now, Paul Supp. Okay. Would the four of you please raise your right hand. ` Do you swear to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawaii Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS:I do. FUJIKAWA:Thank you. And as I call your name, please state your name and your address. We'll start with Cheryl. REIS:Cheryl Reis, address 65 Punahele Street in Hilo. FUJIKAWA:You may proceed with your statement. REIS:Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Planning Commission. I'd like to thank you first of all for the opportunity to comment on this project. I, along with 50 or more neighbors from Lower Kamana and Punahele-Komohana areas attended two informational meetings, one in October and the other in December of 2003. Both meetings were conducted by Ms. Virginia Goldstein and developer representative Mr. Mike Teramoto. In the first meeting, we were told that a maximum of 300 single family homes and 150 transient units, green space, and 350,000 square feet of commercial space were planned for the subject area. Mr. Teramoto elaborated on how Western had developed several projects on `` Kauai and Oahu, all of them upscale. Someone alluded to Steve Yamashiro's comment of a minimum of 300 family units in the Sunrise Ridge and Estates meetings that had preceded our meeting. 10