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I looked through the announcement that we have. I haven't seen these maps until today. It was such a generalized report to the land. By the way, I'm a landowner right next to the Alenaio Stream. And we couldn't get enough information, I couldn't get enough information to make a really honest decision. You have such a big -, they have such big development there with housing. What are they doing? What are they proposing to take care of the human waste? Are they going to build a treatment plant or hook up to the County sewer system? Now they say they will tie up to the County sewer system. Did they really have a written statement from the County sewer system that they will take, pick up all the sewage? It's a great volume of sewage. Or they will change and let -, try to get the public and the County to build that? I don't think so, because in my experience in Honolulu, the developer put in all the infrastructure, including water and sewage. And that question is a little moot when I read it because I don't think the County presently set up can handle all the sewage that's coming out from the development, far from it. ` When I -, when Henry Kaiser developed Hawaii Kai, and it's a much big development, it's a city by itself, some of the people want to use the cesspool and I said no way, so I had many meetings with Mr. Kaiser himself to build a treatment plant. And Mr. Kaiser were very fair minded, and he did build a treatment plant, a private treatment plant, not donated to the County, and it still exists today. Well, cesspool is out of the way. There's a law on the books that prevent cesspool because it's just a hole in the ground and the sewage just seeps down into the water table and contaminates the drinking water for the people. So I can't endorse, can't recommend that they do that. And the second thing is where are they getting their potable water? They also state they will hook up with the County. I think we should have a written statement from the County to the developer saying that they will do that. I haven't seen anything to that effect. And this is why I'm against this development. My home is right next to the Alenaio Stream that two years ago flooded our neighborhood, and thanks for the County Fire Department, they pulled my wife and I out with ropes because my house was ready to go. And are they draining all the drainage down into that same stream, even though they built a new bridge? They took 5,555 square feet out of my lot. I don't think they can bear another 100-year flood. They must divert it somewhere else. And that problem has not arisen in the proposal. So people think because of my age I kind of lose my mind, but no, I don't have Alzheimer's disease, and the doctor says I can probably live up to 100, and I'm waiting for the period to see if they will finish the development in that period. Thank you very much. FUJIKAWA:Thank you, Mr. Woo. Commissioners, any questions of the testifier, Mr. Woo? Okay, none. Wally Wilson, please state your name and your address, please. 14