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GALDONES:Okay, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mooers. There are two individuals from the public who have signed up to testify, George Dupont and Ellen Kjos. Could you please come forward. Are there any other individuals from the public wishing to testify on this matter now before us? Could you please come forward. Could Mr. Dupont, Ms. Kjos and Ms. Cook Walls, could you please raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawai`i County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS:I do. GALDONES:Thank you. We’ll start with Ms. Kjos. Could you please speak into the mike so that we can have you recorded. State your name and your address, and then you may begin your testimony. KJOS:My name is Ellen Kjos, spelled K J O S. I reside at 78-6701. I own 78- 6703B, which is adjacent to Mr. Holmes. Contrary to what Mr. Mooers said we don’t have a feud going on in our neighborhood. My only concern is the added use of the driveway will further deteriorate the driveway and continue to pollute Kahaluu Beach. You were there, you saw. Yes, I put the rock there. Yes, the rock is what’s washing down but it is the water from all of the grounds, all of the area that comes down there. And, I have used this period to bring attention to that so that it can get fixed. That’s my only- I told him last time, I don’t care if he turns that into a- I would rather see a vacation rental then if you get undesirables they’re gone in a week. Where if he rents it by month, he doesn’t know what kind of people rent in this area, it’s not good. So, you know, I just want some cooperation. Till this point we have not had any cooperation from anybody in that neighborhood. Nobody has done anything to improve the driveway since I moved here in 1999. I just would like somebody to say this needs to be done; and it needs to be done sooner than later. And that’s my only concern. GALDONES:Thank you. Commissioners any questions of Ms. Kjos? Seeing none, Mr. Dupont. Could you please state your name and your address, and you may begin your testimony. DUPONT:George Dupont, 78-6701 #A Alii Drive. I’ve lived in that area since 1993 and prior to the blocking down, you had the normal runoff of the water, but we didn’t have a problem that’s being pushed down. It’s a combination of all the different areas, like Mrs. Kjos says, that the water does have intensity to come down. But it’s not necessarily Steve’s water runoff that’s really causing the problems down there. A lot of it is the top of that driveway. The renters that have come in here for the vacation from places and stuff, they come in about 90 miles an hour; and they’re the ones that are tearing up the prop- the pea gravel and throwing it down on top of the concrete. And that goes down into the street, which could cause a potential problem down there. Something does need to be addressed where we have all the neighbors get together to do it, or is that considered a County highway or something a part of the County that should be dealt with? GALDONES:Any questions of Mr. Dupont? Commissioner Graham. 4