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ALAMEDA:Thank you. BERGIN:Thank you for theopportunity. ALAMEDA:Very well. Any other questions for this particular item, South Kohala, to our two testifiers? All right, you may be seated. Mr. Hunter, it sounds like you also have a powerpoint? No? HUNTER:Yes. Just a real quick one. ALAMEDA:Okay. HUNTER:Im Bob Hunter. Im from Waimea, 65-1116 Hokuula Road in Waimea. Im the Chair of the Waimea Community Development Plan Committee of the Waimea CommunityAssociation.SoI,whenIcamethelasttimeandtalkedformyselfIexpressedI thought it was wise to wait until after Parsons Brinckerhoff had done some of their work. And our committee is working really hard to make sure that everyones voices are heard and that everyone understands when all these meetings are so that they can participate. So that was what we were doing. When I made my presentation last time Chris Yuen indicated that he was open to the idea that I also presented to the members about if youre going to make an interim change to the General Plan one of the long-term goals of the Waimea community is to change the zoning of the Puu behind Waimea. And so I gave each one of you a copy now of the official letter of the Community Association asking that you help by paving the way with the General Plan change, then we could work on a zoning change for the puu that would preserve its existing uses but prevent building. And we have a quick powerpoint. ALAMEDA:You can sit by it. That will help. Is this a slide-by-slide powerpoint or is it just a presentation, I mean -? HUNTER:Its a slide-by-slide really quick, about five minutes ALAMEDA:Okay, sounds good. HUNTER:The parcel that were talking about here is shown on the tax map key above Waimea. You can see Kawaihae Road running through the area; and then the Waimea neighborhood is there underneath the green line. Above it is a paper nonsubdivision that the community hopes some day is taken of the TMK maps because it doesnt actually exist. But it has been scaring everyone for 30 years now. When I moved into town I was sure there was going to be a subdivision and I thought, well, Im a townee, Ill live in the middle of town instead of on the edge. This is what the parcel looks like from about half way up Hokuula, the Puu there, looking across the area that you see is zoned Ag-1a. Its a very tempting area to develop possibly and its one that is within the communitys viewshed. And as our Hawaiian community explained to the community association last night, its vitally important to their cultural practices, and access, and gathering rights. So I got interested in coming today. Its a leased parcel to Parker Ranch. You can see that the zoning for that southern portion of it is Ag- 1a. The lease will run out in 2011; and we know things take a little time around here so were planning ahead to be ready for when that happens. And you can see the pink area there is the State land parcel. On the right-hand side to the east of Puukee is the water treatment plant, so 15EXHIBIT C