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GALDONES:Do you folks, either one of you, have any comments to those <br />documents? <br />HOWARD:No. <br />GALDONES:Okay. Commissioners, any questions of Mr. Howard or <br />Mr. McElvaney? Hearing none, could you two gentlemen step back while we give <br />room to the testifiers? <br />HOWARD:I would like to read my testimony, if that's -. <br />GALDONES:You may do so. <br />HOWARD:Okay. <br />GALDONES:Sure. Proceed. <br />HOWARD:I'd just like to start by giving some background information on <br />Orchidland Gulsons' involvement with this project. <br />Orchidland Gulsons, LLC purchased the property from Sure Save Supermarkets <br />through the Bankruptcy Court in August of 2001. <br />Orchidland Gulsons immediately began work to correct the deferred maintenance to the <br />existing convenience store building and build gasoline pumps. <br />The gas station was opened for business on January 2002. <br />Orchidland Gulsons has agreed to extend the water line 500 feet running, that runs <br />` <br />along the Keaau-Phoa Road to the property. <br />Orchidland Gulsons originally retained the services of Eugene Leucht, Sure Save's <br />original architect for the project, to complete the development. Unfortunately, after <br />working with Mr. Leucht for several months, he informed us that he could no longer <br />continue with the project due to personal reasons. This forced us to hire a new <br />architect, and we hired Oda/McCarty to work on the project. Although Oda/McCarty <br />has changed the layout that originally was drawn by Mr. White, the square footage has <br />not increased on the project. The layout was also, what also forced the change of the <br />layout was the orientation of the gas pumps that we put in. Originally, they were <br />drawn at a different orientation. But the way they were installed required that we <br />change the layout of the buildings. <br />5 <br /> <br />