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WOODWARD: Okay. Well, it sounds like you’ve got a pretty good idea to me. Okay, do we have any other questions? Commissioner Au. AU: I want to ask you a question on the signage you have here. We have this email about a sign on the last page of that, the handouts we just got a little while ago, or this morning. It shows, this thing was dated March 30, 2010 which was yesterday. And it says you have this sign, and I’ve seen that sign. So maybe if you could just talk about it. Is that sign still up? I’m assuming it still is. This was yesterday, the day before yesterday, Kamuela Country Market. It looks like it’s on a trailer. Could you just comment on that? B. ANDERSON: Yeah. I parked the trailer on Mr. Botelho’s property Monday afternoon and we removed it Sunday afternoon. That was removed Sunday at 4 o’clock. As soon as the market is over on Sunday, we remove the trailer. Mr. Botelho is the landowner there. I mean, we just park it there a couple days before the event and take it down when the event is over on Sunday afternoon. AU: It seems to me that the community, some of the community, is against this in different ways. I would like to hear Mr. Higgins next and, you know, kind of hear his concerns. But this does concern me. WOODWARD: All right. Yeah, we do have two people signed up from the public to testify. Are there any more questions for the applicant? Okay, thank you very much. You folks may be seated. And then we have David Higgins and Joanne Frederick signed up to testify. All right, if I could swear you in. If you’ll raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth today before the Windward Planning Commission? HIGGINS: I do. FREDERICK: I do. WOODWARD: Very good. Okay, and whoever would like to start, if you’ll give us your name and address, and then you may begin. HIGGINS: My name is David Higgins. I’m Box 6805. Kamuela is my personal address. I’m with Alston, Hunt, Floyd & Ing in Waimea, and I’m representing Joanne Frederick. WOODWARD: Okay. Would you like to begin your testimony? HIGGINS: Yes, thank you. I want to start by saying that Ms. Frederick is not opposed to a great deal of what has been suggested as the purpose of this. She’s sympathetic to the farmers market concept. She’s sympathetic to fundraising special events. And I think the noise issues have been addressed. We’ve had some good meetings with Mr. Mooers and his clients and we made progress. But there’s still some fundamental issues here that I think are extremely important, not just with respect to the impact on Ms. Frederick and her immediate neighbors, but also the potential that this sets a rather troubling precedent. The application itself is extremely well drafted. But with respect to Mr. Mooers who did a great job, I think it’s fundamentally misleading. There’s an emphasis on, let’s start with the farmers market proposal. There’s an emphasis on doing something for local farmers or ranchers to sell their produce or sell their livestock. We do not have a problem with that. We applaud that. That’s consistent with agricultural zoning. The problem comes in expanding it so that local residents can sell their products. If you look at the track record for what has happened at these country markets, I would respectfully suggest 7 EXHIBIT D