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WATANABE: I would, if you would entertain a motion I would move to deny the continuance for the very facts that she stated; and, in fact, her letter is attached in our materials so I’m not overly concerned about, you know, what she could present. GRAHAM: All right. I don’t even know we need a motion. It’s just if there’s interest in the Commission on doing a continuance then we could take a motion on that or take discussion on whether there is any interest. IWASHITA: Mr. Chair? GRAHAM: Commissioner Iwashita. IWASHITA: My sense and my feeling right now is that we should consider the request by way of a motion. I would support such a motion. Ms. Reis is a neighbor, she has the personal experience, whatever, you know. We have her written correspondence. She also represents that there are things that she wants to present that are not set forth in her letter. And she also can present, you know, whatever. She doesn’t live 10 miles away. She lives right next door so she can talk about those direct kind of matters that I believe she has a right to do so. My inclination is to provide her the opportunity to do that. GRAHAM: Mr. Torigoe, would it be appropriate that we take a motion to that effect right now and vote on it and get the sense of the Commission? TORIGOE: That would be within your discretion to do one way or the other. CABRAL: Could I speak on that? GRAHAM: Yes, you may. Go ahead; and give your name and address, first, please. CABRAL: Hello. My name is Nancy Cabral and I’m the property manager and the applicant in this matter. And my address is 2 Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo, Hawaii. And I am the property manager for the Association of Owners of Punahele Professional Building, and I’d like to speak against that. I can appreciate that this is the time when the public all have their right to have their say and present their case. Of course, we all know that this will come up again with the full Council and there will be that opportunity. The Association of Owners while they may be doctors, they are under a lot of stress in the timeframe to try and resolve what the parking situation is going to be; and this came to a head when Radiology moved into the building last year. So then time is of the essence and there’s also the expense. You know, it’s horrible that Ms. Song is ill and it’s going to be quite a time before she might be able to make a presentation to this group again. And we would hate to spend the money to have Ms. Van De Car come up to snuff on all of this. I had to say it in that, but, you know, the Association has done everything, including asking to have a meeting with all of the neighbors. We sent a letter to them to meet with us so that we could discuss it, and discuss the plantings, discuss the request for zoning. No one showed up. Ms. Reis is very articulate.She has put out many, many letters prior to even this meeting about it. It’s very clearly stated, along with her photos. She goes back to historical data before it was even a medical building when the County used the land and how she was unhappy with its use by a contractor putting in the sewer lines 20 years ago. So all of that is in EXHIBIT C 4