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BUNTEN:I donÓt have a, no, an address number. I got my tax map number. Would that suffice? IÓve got my letter that you sent me in the mail. FUJIKAWA:You may proceed. BUNTEN:Okay. IÓll point out my two lots. If this is Alii Street here, which I assume it is, and this is the new proposed golf course, I have two lots approximately in the middle of this Par 5 third hole that runs along the back there. One of my lots, the lot I live on, itÓs the southern-most lot there. ItÓs approximately in the middle of that Par 5 third hole on this proposed golf course. And I have two acres bulldozed behind my house that has, is a small farm growing on it. And I have over 100 fruit trees, and IÓve got probably maybe an acre of organically-grown pineapple there. And I have, my other lot is for future farming. ItÓs raw land at the moment. But my con worried about chemical runoff from the golf course onto my farm, FUJIKAWA:Any questions, Commissioners, to the testifier? Thank you. Next, we have Gary Safarik. State your name and address, please. SAFARIK:My name is Gary Safarik, and I reside at, in the Ainaloa Subdivision. My mailing address is 25 Aupuni, Hilo, Hawaii 96720. I represent District 5, Puna Makai, on the Hawaii County Council. Mr. Chairman, may I also make a correction, if I could, for the record on your map? FUJIKAWA:Go ahead. SAFARIK:With all due respect to you, Norman, the map appears to incorrect insomuch as that it does not identify the Tiki Gardens Subdivision that also abuts in this area here with the Ainaloa Boulevard. So that they are also a community that we need to identify that has a vested interest in this issue. First, IÓd like to start off with my mentioned support that I do have a communication that I have submitted to this body, but I think that I wonÓt read that. IÓll let you folks look at that and identify it for yourself. But what IÓm here to do today, basically, is to lend my support, based on some historical data that IÓm going to provide for you. But before I begin, I would like to say that, from time-to-time, the Ainaloa Association and myself have come down on opposite sides of the fence for one reason or another. Today, I think weÓre coming down on the same side of the fence i like to see a deferral so that we can allow the community to speak to this issue with a mailing, or whatever mechanism that would be appropriate that we may look at as a voice of that community. So from that perspective, Mr. Chairman, IÓd like to make that public statement. 8