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residents there who have been on the waterline, basically sitting on top of it for years, have not had water for years? S. MEEK: That is correct. In fact the waterline that will service these 30 goes directly in front of our house but we’ve been repeatedly denied. There is a variance with that but, however, the reason the variance was given to us was there’s not enough water. L. MEEK: Can I? One real quick one. GRAHAM: All right, go ahead. L. MEEK: Okay. In the Planning Commission letter Mr. Yuen states that there is no sewage nearby. The sewage plant is right there, right down a little ways. S. MEEK: It’s on this map. L. MEEK: Yeah, you can see it on the map. So I just want to mention that. GRAHAM: Thank you, Ms. Meek. Sir, would you give your name and address and go ahead. MILLER: My name is David Rush Miller. I live at 28-1223 Mamalahoa Highway. I believe and support the development of low income homes to meet the County’s housing crisis. Please do not dismiss what I am about to say because the proposed housing development is directly across my home of 29 years. I believe that there are good reasons, having nothing to do with me or the location of my home, that this development should not be located on this piece of property. The land which is, I’m going to abbreviate some of this because it has perhaps been presented better than I could. But I’ll just mention briefly, the land which is proposed for the 30 homes is on a flood plain. You’ve seen the picture of it. A picture is worth a thousand words. Every afternoon I walk my dog on that area and when it rains as it frequently does in Pepeekeo as you probably know, my dog loves to swim in the 2 ½ to 3 foot river that flows down that, through that area. So it isn’t just that it’s within 1,000 feet. Let me use another analogy. If my grandson’s little sailboat were put on that river and allowed to continue down it would land right smack in the well that we’re talking about. This development could be placed elsewhere in the County. The County owns land in Paauilo that it is contemplating selling. This development could easily be located on the developer’s land outside the flood plain. If it were placed about 1,000 Puna of the proposed location, it could be connected to a sewage treatment plant, avoiding the use of 30 septic tanks which would drain into the well which supplies the water to the Pepeekeo community. I have other comments in my written testimony but I’ll skip them over because I think they’ve been better presented by others. And I want to go on to one simple statement and question. This developer has asserted to the Pepeekeo Community Association, and to you on the Planning Commission, that it is donating EXHIBIT D 19