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purposes of follow-up on the public testimony that was given just prior to the lunch break, I would like to have Mr. DeWeese make a presentation. ALAMEDA:Sure. Before that, there is amazing glare right behind you, Mr. Lim. I was wondering if we could close the door slightly or -. Its making me see cross- eyed. Sorry about that. Okay, there you go. All right. Go ahead. DEWEESE:Thank you, Mr. Chair, Planning Commissioners. Good afternoon. I want to take a brief moment to clarify something that was stated by one of the testifiers just before our lunch break, and that was Ms. Golden. I just want to clarify for the Commission and the public that SunStone has an agreement with the Kona Pacific Homeowners Association. Unfortunately, Ms. Golden is not in the loop of what the agreement is. Marshall Blann who is a representative of the Homeowners Association has finalized that agreement with us. And after working with the County for approximately 12 to 14 months, weve been able to modify the planssothattheshoulderimprovementadjacenttotheirprojectcanbeapprovedbytheCounty and, more importantly, can pass through the rigorous requirements that the State Disability and Communications Board has. That is under way that is agreed to by all the parties, and we are doing what we said we were going to do. One other quick point that I thought was important to note, several of the I shouldnt say several one of the testifiers indicated perhaps gave the impression that SunStone doesnt do what they commit to do in front of these types of bodies. I think that one merely needs to drive down Walua Road and Alii Drive. And if they see Honls Beach Park, they see the comfort station, they see the showers, and they see the 20-stall parking lots that we built for the County. They see the multi-million dollar improvements on Walua Road among other improvements. One can see that we do what we say we are going to do, and we are committed to do that here in front of this body and all State and County bodies. Thank you. ALAMEDA:Thank you, sir. I know Mr. Lim introduced you, but just for the record, could you please state your name and address? DEWEESE:My name is Curtis DeWeese. I live here a half of the time and I live on Oahu and on airplane the other half of the time, if that adds up. But my Oahu address is 1001 Bishop Street, Suite 1240. ALAMEDA:Thank you, sir. Mr. Mooers, name and address again for the record. MOOERS:My name is Greg Mooers. My address is P. O. Box 1101, Kamuela, Hawaii. Im the planning consultant for the project. Mr. Lim has asked that I review a few items and try to address some of the issues. I do appreciate the opportunity to finally get to speak to you about the SMA issues. It has been 18 months since we started the process, and this is actually the first opportunity weve had to actually discuss the project. Weve had a contested case, weve got a stipulated agreement, weve reached resolutions on a number of issues, but weve never had an opportunity to present a case to you and explain what the project is about. So we are pleased with that opportunity. 16EXHIBIT C