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And I would strongly ask the Commission to consider if they approve for residential rezoning that they do not approve any more 7.5 zoning, the 7,500 square foot zoning. There are a few on there, let them be there, but if they're going to change it, change it to at least a minimum of 10,000 square feet so the development doesn't end up looking like when you ride out towards `` the Ewa plains on Oahu and everything is just high, tight, and boxed in. And that's all I've got to say. FUJIKAWA:Thank you. Commissioners, any questions to the testifier? If not -. YUEN:Just I -, I want to make -. Just for the audience, as a point of clarification. The final decision on this is made by the County Council. The body before you, the Planning Commission, makes a recommendation to the Council, and the conditions that are recommended by the Director are just recommendations to the Council. SUPP:Can I ask another or make another statement, continuation statement? I would then ask to have the Commission today think then of postponing approval. The majority of the Hilo community only found out about this project from the article that was written in the Hawaii Tribune-Herald this week, and previously we had asked the developers to please contact the newspaper so that the general community -. By law, they only have to inform the people in a certain area, and they did that and they did -, they went beyond that by informing other people, but this project will affect the entire, the entire community, and not just the Hilo ` community, it will affect entire Hawaii County. FUJIKAWA:The Commissioners can make a decision on that. SUPP:Okay. FUJIKAWA:Thank you very much. SUPP:Thank you. FUJIKAWA:Okay, I'm going to call three -. You may sit, go back to your seat, and call three of you. Al Beeman, Wally Palmer, and Gail Shiraoka, Shioshita. PUBLIC:Say those names again, please? Can you repeat the names, please? FUJIKAWA:Okay. The names are Al Beeman, William Palmer, and Gail Shioshita. Just two of you. What I'm going to do is take your testimony right now and then call for a lunch recess, okay. Let's start off with -. Raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to ` tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawaii Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS:Yes. I do. 19