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CAMERON: I will be happy to provide you with color copies. WATANABE: Okay. So again, last time, any questions? Anyone have any questions for Patricia Cameron? Okay, you may be seated then. CAMERON: Thank you, sir. WATANABE: Okay. Mr. Sullivan, would you state your name and address for the record prior to providing your testimony. SULLIVAN: Yes, I would. I’m Bernard Sullivan. My address is P. O. Box 1203, Kapaau 96755. I’m here today for myself and also for my son who has a property in between myself and the Watkins property. And the first thing I’ll deal with is the building that was talked about, the illegal dwelling. And I would like, in addition to what the Planning Director has recommended, that a survey also be conducted, a boundary survey, because it is our belief that this building is built within the setback of the property. That’s a request of Jesse Acosta who is the property owner next to them, and happen to be my stepson. The other reason I’m here is to say that Jean Sunderland and Robert Watkins have been a thorn in the side of the Honopueo Community Association, which we are both members of; there are twelve members in that. We actually had to put a cease and desist order on the road that Andy was just talking about because they were -, the easement belongs to the Honopueo Community Association and they are moving ahead without our approvals. And so it has been an ongoing trial with these guys. They have special needs that are addressed by their Special Use Permit (sic). The rest of us are just homesteaders. I’ve also got a Special Use Permit (sic) now, too; and so I’m responsible for things, if we move ahead. But I just want to say that in the five years that I’ve known these guys – it’s almost six years now – I’ve come not to trust anything they say. And that is a really sad thing to say about your neighbor. And I’m frustrated. And I want to get along with my neighbor, but it’s just -, it’s been impossible. And I’m sure that, you know, you’ve read the testimonies of other neighbors and people in the Honopueo Community Association. And they are very difficult to get along. I don’t think they are necessarily bad people; however, they have their agenda and they will do whatever it takes to accomplish their agenda. And if that means lying to me or to you, they are going to do that. And you have written testimony from Jean Sunderland, saying that they never use Union Mill Road – this was 2 years ago – and they have continued to use Union Mill Road; they’ve built the whole wellness center using Union Mill Road. They only used School Road a couple of times. It has a gate on it; it is locked most of the time. They only came through King Kamehameha Park one or two times that I know of. Union Mill Road was their primary access. And you know, to say that, the way they read it was that was when the wellness center was open that they couldn’t use Union Mill Road anymore; the way I read that sentence is, it says, “The applicant shall improve those portions of Pratt Road and the former cane haul road that provide access to the project site from the Akoni Pule Highway with a minimum 20-foot wide compacted gravel surface, prior to the establishment of the proposed retreat.” It’s pretty clear. It’s sort of like easier forgiveness than permission. That’s sort of their modus operandi. And I know you guys aren’t voting on EXHIBIT B 14