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ALAMEDA: All right. My name is Kimo Alameda. I’ll be chairing this particular agenda item. And before we start I’d like to just make sure for the record that my Fellow Commissioners and the parties are okay with me chairing this particular agenda item. So if there’s no objections to that, or are there any objections? Okay, seeing none, we can move forward. You know, I was talking to Ivan here regarding the rule for public testimony and at what part does it come in since this is a contested kind of case. So let me just read to you, public testimony here, 4-21. It says here, “The Presiding Officer shall afford all interested persons an opportunity to present testimony on the matter prior to the commencement of the hearing and prior to proceedings on any subsequent day to which the proceeding is continued.” So this tells me that we should consider public testimony now. And that’s where I’m kind of leaning towards. So we have four testifiers. So if there’s no objection to that? And I’m making sure I’m on track with that, Mr. Torigoe? TORIGOE: Yes. ALAMEDA: Then I would like to just have the four testifiers come up and testify. Seeing no objection, could I please call on Lillian Fox, Michael Reimer, Tom Walton, this says “or”, or Brenda Walton. So I guess that meant “and.” Okay. B. WALTON: Thank you. ALAMEDA: Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: I do. ALAMEDA: Thank you very much. I’d like to also share with you that we have a lot of material on this particular agenda item, and this goes a while back. And so if you could please limit your testimony to the facts and not try to, you know, I’m going to call a timeout that’s why, if I see you go off on a tangent. So just be clear and concise. And if there’s any questions, we’ll ask you those questions. So I guess we can start off on my far left. Could you please state your name and address for the record. FOX: Good morning. My name is Lillian Fox. I live at 75-6081 Alii Drive. I am the president of the Board of Directors of the Alii Lani Homeowners Association. And this is a condominium development of approximately 346 units. That’s a 1,000 people that live in there. And we are directly impacted by the proposed development of Sunstone, LLC. In addition to my position on the Board of Directors, I’m also the disaster preparedness coordinator for this development; and, as such, we’ve had two indications since last we spoke, and that was the tsunami that could have been generated by the 6.8 earthquake and also a tsunami warning that occurred about two weeks ago on Sunday, and we were to stay tuned for further updates. The people who run the restaurants on Alii Drive did not wait for further updates. They evacuated their customers who were dining. And the overflow onto Alii Drive tied up traffic for at least 20 minutes all the way down to Magic Sands. So we’re talking about a three-mile backup, and there was no problem. EXHIBIT B 2