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RECESSEDThe Chair recessed the meeting at 1:12 p.m. RECONVENED:The meeting reconvened at 2:27 p.m. SPRINGER:Id like to call this meeting of the Hawai¡i County Planning Commission back to order. Were on agenda itemnumber 2. The applicant is Dale Laurance (SSV 04-001). Thank you, Mr. Vitousek and Mr. Laurance. VITOUSEK;At this time, Madam Chair, Id like to offer the exhibits and the written testimony into the record. SPRINGER:Thank you. Mr. Director, do you have any objections to the entering of the exhibits by the applicant? TAKEMOTO:No objections. SPRINGER:Thank you, Mr. Vitousek. Is that the binder that you distributed to us? VITOUSEK:I think that the written testimony was distributed earlier and then the binder are the exhibits. Okay. And so- am I up then? SPRINGER:Proceed. Youre up! VITOUSEK:Thank you. Id like to ask Mr. Laurance to testify briefly. SPRINGER:Thank you, Mr. Laurance. May we have your name and address for the record,please? LAURANCE:Yes.ImDaleLaurance.ImtheownerofLot37inKonaBayEstates and my address is 13731 Romany Drive in Pacific Palisades, California. Thank you letting me be here today. VITOUSEK:Mr. Laurance, can you just give a very brief introduction to yourself and your background. LAURANCE:Well, Im retired, and I just retired in December, but I had been planning to do so for some time. And, I currently live in a suburb of Los Angeles and Ive been bringing my family to Hawai¡i for many years and to Kona all the time, as much as I can for the last few years because I found I really love this place. I love the town, the climate, the people, everything. Its just when I like, when I get off the plane I feel like Ive come home. And so now Im retiring and Ive been planning on building a home here for quite some time. I bought this lot 3 or 4 years ago, and hired local architects and local builders to start building this home a little over a year ago. VITOUSEK:Okay. And, Mr. Laurance, what- do you have a family? 20