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what I felt was good for the community and everybody else. But in return, you know, it just puts me behind the eight ball, you know. Then at the end of the year that bridge was completed and I started working on my place. And then I don’t know if you Dan De Luz, Dave De Luz from Hilo Toyota, he owns Kukaiau Ranch. Well, they got like 17 families up there; and their main water system is all on pumps. And their pump broke down, two of them. They had no water for their cattle or for their people. I was hauling water up there from New Year’s eve, the whole month of January from 6 o’clock in the morning till 10 o’clock at night just to keep them supplied. You know, and if I didn’t care about the people or the cattle, I’d say, you know what, forget it, you know, I’ve got to do my stuff. But, again -. You know, I’m not giving you no line of bull. It’s the truth, you know. So this is what is taking a lot of my time. GRAHAM: Any other questions from Commissioners? Commissioner Domingo? DOMINGO: Thank you. I sympathize with your situation that you’re in. I would like to have some clarification from staff as to the submittal of, for instance, the condition to final plan approval that would involve the plans for the, the General Plan for this particular area. Has that been submitted? GRAHAM: Jeff, go ahead. DARROW: As of this date, Commissioner Domingo, we have not received the submittal for the plan approval. That’s something that needs to be done at this time. DOMINGO: Mr. Miranda, those are the primary requirements, the initial requirements that that is requested of anyone receiving permits so that the County would know what your anticipated plans may be; and it’s very important. Now was anyone on top of this knowing that you needed to submit these plans within a timely fashion? Who’s your attorney? GRAHAM: Mr. Miranda. MIRANDA: My attorney is here, Robert Rodrigues here. DOMINGO: Apparently he wasn’t on top of it. Because you were so busy taking care of the kind of issues you mentioned, like for the bridge and the hauling of water. You know, your time was taken up completely by those projects, so he should have been on top of it and just reminded you of it, and probably even help hire or contract the necessary parties to go ahead and draft those plan approvals so that the County can be on top of it. And as suggested earlier, you know, if you were in this situation without being able to comply with the requirements some sort of notification should have been given to the Planning Department as to not being able to meet those times established by the Commission. And it seems like, you know, although you were busy and your time was taken, granted I can accept that, but the fact is, you know, that part was being done and addressing the requirements of the permit has been put aside. So, that’s all, Mr. Chairman. GRAHAM: Thank you. Commissioner Siracusa? EXHIBIT A 6