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PAISHON-DUARTE: Thank you. Thank you for the presentation. My, I have a couple
<br /> questions, so I'll just ask one for now. The first question is, why do you think there were no oral
<br /> testimonies or written testimonies that I saw in support or in favor of your application?
<br /> ARAI: I don't know if I can speak directly to that; typically, when people are concerned, they
<br /> tend to express it more willingly. I wish it was the other, I wish it was a more balanced thing,
<br /> but I suspect that's the primary reason.
<br /> PAISHON-DUARTE: Is there anyone else from those that are on your team that would like to
<br /> answer? You know, we had an applicant with another, another applicant that had, Waikoloa
<br /> Land Company, and they had a whole bunch of folks that were speaking in favor and also folks
<br /> that were speaking in opposition, so there have been cases where folks have shared testimony
<br /> either way. Anyone else want to respond to that question?
<br /> VAN BERGEN: Yeah, I would just say in these cases—and I'm not sure what the Waikoloa
<br /> development was you are referring to—if it doesn't affect somebody, they are not going to go
<br /> out of their way to testify, and there is no, there is not a huge benefit to people in the area to this
<br /> development, because they already have their residence or their dwelling place and, you know,
<br /> everyone is busy with their lives. But I would think that that in no way says that this isn't a solid
<br /> project as shown by the presentation. But I know for myself, I've got several public notices
<br /> recently and, you know, I didn't go testify because, you know, it wasn't that I was against it, I
<br /> just, I'm busy, and I thought, you know, my testimony would, you know, wouldn't be that
<br /> relative because I'm just living my life and living in my, in my residence—excuse me, I've got
<br /> to, I've got to cough, so I'm a little, a little caught up, but, yeah.
<br /> ARAI: Maybe I could add something to it is that as part of the public notification process, the
<br /> applicant did serve notices; I think it was about 81 or 82 property owners within 300 feet of the
<br /> subject property. So I think maybe you should keep that in context when looking at the number
<br /> of people who spoke in opposition versus the people that were notified during this process.
<br /> VIOTUSEK: Any follow-up questions, Commissioner Paishon-Duarte?
<br /> PAISHON-DUARTE: Commissioner Kanuha, you go first.
<br /> KANUHA: Yeah, I've got, actually, I have a few questions.
<br /> VITOUSEK: Go ahead.
<br /> KANUHA: So, with the archaeological survey, SHPD, obviously, and the historical, it was
<br /> brought up, you know, the Wall of Kuakini, but also to the burial treatment program being
<br /> moved through our Burial Council. Have you guys been in touch with any of the cultural
<br /> descendants or lineal descendants of that area and that property?
<br /> ARAI: Not as part of this particular amendment request.
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