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MCELVANEY:I would like to comment on the fact that this has been extended many times since 1984, and each time construction could not be completed. When Gulsons Orchidland bought the property, they immediately fixed the building. I don't know if you were familiar with the Wiki Wiki, but one whole side had serious wood rot, the awning was just about to fall off the building. They came in, and they fixed that. They applied for their permits. They put the gas station in, with full expectation that they would complete the project as originally designed. The fact that they put the service station in slightly awkward to the original plan caused them to change some building layouts; but the square footage is still the same, the usage is still the same. So I think they've really acted quicker, faster, and in good faith. For the future, they have agreed also to put the water line in. They have also agreed and have no objection to Planning Director Mr. Yuen's suggestion that they work with the Vern Wood project and make sure that traffic studies or whatever else is necessary -, and that's an exclamation point, will be done. So we have interest in the project. We've got about close to 8,000 square feet spoken for, some serious interest, and therefore would like to go forward. But we don't want to go forward, really, if the Orchidland community is not involved, because this is their community. I went to a meeting the night before last, was called kind of urgently to go talk with the Board, and had no idea of some of the problems that they perceive or, you know, that we didn't know ab apologize that we didn't know. But I tried to explain at the meeting that we would address the issues with them, we'd be happy to share the plans and discuss the problems and help mitigate whatever is necessary to help them and help th you very much. GALDONES:Thank you. Mr. Howard or Mr. McElvaney, you heard Esther mention the new Condition No. 6. MCELVANEY:Yes. GALDONES:Do you wish to comment on that? MCELVANEY:If that's what is required to extend the permit, we don't have a problem with that. HOWARD:That's fine. GALDONES:Do you have anything further to say before I call on the other testifiers? MCELVANEY:Just that I've read some of the other letters that wer I think each one of the complaints that were raised I think are being addressed. The waterline from the Kea`au-Phoa Road seems to come up, seems to be recurring, a recurring theme in the letters, and that's going to be addressed. The uses are not changed, the square footage is not changed. So you know, we are sensitive to the issues of the 7