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DARROW:Commissioner Thibadeau? <br />THIBADEAU:Aye. <br />DARROW:And Mr. Chairman? <br />GALDONES:Aye. <br />DARROW:The motion passes to allow standing for a contested case. <br />GALDONES:Thank you, Jeff. Ms. Labisores, you will be informed in writing of <br />today’s action and the further actions that’s to be taken in the contested case hearing. <br />LABISORES:Thank you, Mr. Chairman. <br />GALDONES:Thank you. Is, Ms. Cazimero? <br />CAZIMERO:Yes. <br />GALDONES:Ms. Cazimero, we have received your petition for standing in a <br />contested case hearing. And in the question raised, “Is your interest in this matter clearly <br />distinguishable from that of the general public?” you had mentioned “Yes.” Do you wish <br />to expand further on your response? <br />CAZIMERO:Is this on? <br />GALDONES:Yes, it’s on. <br />CAZIMERO:Well, the new thing that just came up today is pretty new. We’re, <br />our concern was three buildings. I border her in two areas there. And pictures like this, <br />black and white drawings, does not in any way show the community, the ambiance, the <br />serenity. In just looking at how the lots are done, it, like it just overlaps each other. It’s <br />not even square lots. It’s rounded, angled, triangle. This is the kind of community this is. <br />It just overlaps each other. And you lawnmower your yard, you go into your neighbor’s. <br />You know, nobody even has fences, or hedges, or anything to divide, to divide us. And <br />just having three buildings set right smack in the middle of our little village is not, not <br />pono. <br />Prior, the first building that was there that allowed the commercial zoning, I, I’ve lived <br />there for 30 years, was there when I moved there. And it was a home, and it was two <br />stories, and it had a big basement. And this basement was converted to half of a grocery <br />store, and the other half a pool room and a gas pump. It was an asset to the community. <br />It never took away, and it just fit in. You wouldn’t know until you pulled in front of it <br />that it was a store, or it was a pool hall, or if they, they give you gas. And then after <br />plantation days, of course, they moved away and it had to be broken down. I think the <br />11 <br /> <br />