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HOWARD:Yeah, I'd like to address some of the issues that were raised by the other testifiers. Again, I'd like to reiterate that there is one issue that is to be decided today, and that is whether or not to grant the extension. We have offered to work with the Orchidland Community Association. We have, we don't have plans drawn, as was suggested by one of the testifiers. In fact, you have a letter from our architect saying that the plans won't be ready until mid-2003. The traffic issue has been addressed. We've agreed to cooperate with Mr. Woods to split the cost with him as part of the condition of the extension. So I think that has been addressed. The water issue has been addressed, and that was another one of the issues that was raised by some of the submitted testimony. And it was suggested that we are not part of this community, and that upsets me a little bit. You know, we own on this Island the Waterfront Row in Kona, the Kona Trade Center, the Kona Marketplace, the Kea`au Shopping Center, the Mi down on Kilauea, the Pizza Hut building down on Kilauea, 20 Lanihuli Street and also this Orchidland development. So I think we are a part of this community. As far as commitments that were made prior to our purchasing this property, I have no control over whether those were kept or not. But, you know, we business is we keep our commitments; and if something was promised, we intend to do it. So if the paving issue is still outstanding, we'll address that. If that needs to be done, we'll do it. I think there is some acrimony between the Orchidland Community Association and us; and again, I apologize for that. I didn't want to put the cart before the horse. I wanted to be able to go to them with some plans, some firm plans and say this is what we're planning to do and get their input. And if that's alienated some people on the board, I apologize for that. As far as the Orchidland Center being a drug supermarket, I have never seen any illegal activity taking place there. I'm not there 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And I'm not sure that's not the only place in Orchidland where illegal activity takes place. To blame illegal activity on this development I think is really a grasp. And, again, as far as Mr. Wood's concerns about the traffic study, we never declined to cooperate. We did not give him an answer whether we were going to cooperate and that's, again, the landlord's decision. He hadn't decided what to do yet. But if itÓs part of the condition of the extension, we'll do it. And that's really all I have to say. GALDONES:Mr. McElvaney? 25