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FUJIKAWA:Thank you. Commissioners, any questions of Mr. Palmer? If not, thank you very much. And I'm going to call for a recess for lunch, returning back at 2:30, right here in the same location. And a reminder to Commissioners not to discuss this among each other. Thank you. Dismissed. RECESSEDThe Chairman called a lunch recess at 12:45 p.m. RECONVENEDThe meeting reconvened at 2:03 p.m. FUJIKAWA:Before we left for lunch, we were listening to testimonies, so we are going to continue on. Could the persons come up forward, Al Beeman, Henry Horton, John Ross, Neil O'Brien. You may sit up front. That's it? Okay. Gentlemen, kindly raise your right hand, please. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawai`i County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS:I do. FUJIKAWA:Thank you. Please -, state with your name and address, you may -, on the right. ROSS:Yes, my name is John Ross, address is P.O. Box 5045, Hilo, Hawai`i 96720. I'm a resident in Orchidland. I've been on this Island since 1996. I've been doing environmental work since 1988. FUJIKAWA:Go ahead. ROSS:Principally, what I have are some questions of concern for the committee that may or may not have already been addressed before you today, but it appears that they are still valid based on some concerns that were raised earlier this morning. Mr. Woo pointed out that the sewer line is going to connect to existing sewer system in Hilo, and he brought out a very valid point. Is the sewer system in Hilo, is the new wastewater treatment plant large enough to accept the additional load that this new community area is going to establish and place on it? Will the current water source support this new load for this new community? If these sources will not support the load off of this community, who is going to be forced with paying for supplying the new source and improving your wastewater treatment plant? Is it going to come off of something supplied by your contractor or is the City of Hilo going to have to foot the bill? If rezoned to a project district, once we do, once you complete the zoning to a project district, what control do you have over the ownership's use of that district? Okay. Do you, does the community have any input? In other words, once you approve the zoning, can he now say well, instead of putting, setting aside this area here for these items, I want to move them over 21