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ItÓs equally unfortunate that Hawaiian Acres only became aware of the proposed Planning Commission hearing during the first week of Jan. 2004. Had Hawaiian Acres been given adequate and proper notice, Hawaiian Acres Board members could have taken up the business of discussing the possibility of contesting the pending application to extend and modify in a timely manner. However, such was not the that the Hawaiian Acres Board meeting of January 11, 2004 took p before the hearing, thus rendering us incapable of meeting the one week requirements for a Petition for Standing in Contested Case Hearings. ÐIt is therefore our position that any hearing on this issue without our inclusion be determined invalid and improper. ÐFurther, we respectfully request the Planning Commission either defer this matter until Hawaiian Acres has been included in the discussions, as has Ainaloa, or vote no on the Ainaloa Development CorporationÓs request for time extension and modification of their proposed project.Ñ So thatÓs the gist of this and we had a discussion. And I just want to kind of put it in this frame work. Though there are different opinions about the, having the PEAR open as a public road, this is not controversial in our community. There was a coming around to a complete understanding of the people present at that meeting about this. And some may vary about even the ultimate disposition of the project, but everyone agreed that it seemed like we shouldnÓt make this extension and we shouldnÓt le for these kinds of improvements, and the idea that we are as much affected by this as the surrounding areas. And IÓm going to take off my community association hat and say that I feel this way, and this was also brought up by several people at the meeting, that the whole idea should be reconsidered whether a golf course is, if it does harm communiti tremendous problems with water runoff, with destroying a forested area, continual clearing, and affect some people on water catchment. And then, you know, a lot of us question whether the practicality of it is being something that the residents in our area, even if it were open to public golfing, given the really dire poverty and increasing poverty of the Puna area, that it wouldnÓt probably be something that the majority of the community could afford even at what would be the most practical, affordable rates that they could offer. So thatÓs my sense of it as an individual. And thank you so much; and IÓve provided the one letter with the original signature from Jack Russell Brauher. Thank you. FUJIKAWA:Okay, thanks, Julie. Commissioners, any question to the testifier? Go ahead, Director Yuen? YUEN:I would like to make a comment because IÓm quoted in this l and not accurately quoted; and I need to explain what I did and didnÓt say to Mr. Brauher. In response to a question from Mr. Brauher about whether, because of the fact that the 12