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aerial photos do show a road type thing. So I guess I’m expressing concern. And, additionally, there’s just a heck of a lot of difference between the initial 20 duplexes, which would be 40 units, and 289 units and the kinds of impacts it would have. ALAMEDA: All right, let me just check again. I thought you were going to kind of withhold your testimony; but apparently you just gave a testimony. B. WALTON: I did. ALAMEDA: So, I guess, Commissioners, you have any questions? You have anything else to add? B. WALTON: No. I mean, again, we have not received any notifications. We were called on behalf of our president of the board and the treasurer who were both very concerned. They followed this development and DeWeese’s projects; and, again, the expression was, no, they had not received any kinds of notifications in the past of request for change in this development. ALAMEDA: Okay. Ms. Walton, for the record, could you please state your name and address. We forgot to ask you that. B. WALTON: Yes. It’s Brenda Walton, 75-6060 Kuakini Highway, Kailua-Kona. ALAMEDA: Thank you, Ms. Walton. B. WALTON: Thank you. ALAMEDA: Seeing no further questions, you may be seated. Please state your name and address for the record, and you may proceed. REIMER: My name is Michael Reimer. I live at 75-6081 Alii Drive. I am here today I suppose to frame my testimony more in a generic mode rather than anything specific. Certainly the counsel is well aware of all the issues that have been presented here; and they’re certainly well aware of the sense of the previous County Council, the current County Council and the people in their desire for if it’s going to be built, build it right. And concurrency is a major issue. We know that the concerns here are to adjacent properties, an issue of potential flooding; and certainly traffic is a main concern. This property being built is not contiguous with Alii Drive. Instead it needs 1,000 feet or so of road built to get into Alii Drive. I find it somewhat amazing that a proposal includes building part of the Alii Highway or Alii Parkway, because as far as I know the standards for that could change when the entire thing is built. And who knows if what is built today is any more than just a driveway to get from Alii Drive into the property. So I want to encourage all of you to consider all the issues that are being brought forth. I think it is well past the time for looking at a single project. In other words, don’t look just inside the box but rather look at the organism now as a whole and what the needs are for the rest of the surrounding community. And I thank you for your time and appreciate being able to testify here today. Thank you. ALAMEDA: Thank you, Mr. Reimer. Any questions? Commissioner Rho? EXHIBIT B 6