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APPLICANTS:Yes. GRAHAM:Thank you. So, Mr. Kato, if you want to begin, or whoever, take turns as you wish, and just start with your name and address, and then go right ahead with your testimony. KATO:My name is Keith Kato. Im the Executive Director of Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation. My address is P. O. Box 303, Papaikou, Hawaii 96781. Well, I think maybe just to start with the most recent questions that have come up, which is separating the zonings, we went into this agreement with Hawaiian Rainbows with the understanding that the application would be considered as one. I think they have, you know, business reasons for wanting it that way. From our standpoint, if thats the way they want it, then thats the way it has to be from our side. We cannot compel them to give us property. They areofferingittous,andtheyareofferingittousonterms,whichincludesthisgoingforwardas one application. If you want to do -. Do you want to discuss all of the physical issues at this point, or would you rather we wait -? GRAHAM:I dont think we want to discuss all the issues at this point. I think what we would like at this point is again for you all to just present as you wish to present; and then if the Commissioners still have any questions about what you are presenting, well take that. Then after that well take public testimony. Then youll come back up sort of for a final time, and then all these hard-nosed questions that we have we can bring them right to you at that point. KATO:All right. Fine. Could I do it from the maps? GRAHAM:Certainly. KATO:Thank you. GRAHAM:We would like you to use the mike. KATO:Good Morning. What Ive given to Jeff is actually a petition that we, we went out into the Kulaimano community and solicited signatures of people who live there and who are in support of the project. We havent really covered the entire subdivision yet. But the reason we did that was theres a representation been made that people at Kulaimano are opposed to the project. I think youll see when you look at it, everybody on there is a resident of Kulaimano. And were about two-thirds of the way through; we intend to continue this until weve basically covered the entire subdivision. But the response that weve gotten is very favorable in terms of people understanding the need for affordable housing and supporting this particular project. What we have -. I think it was great that we had the field trip this morning because I think it gave everybody a sense of what things are happening. The property again was just to the right of that culvert, and went down -. There was a corner here. It went across the drainage area, and then back along -. You notice that this was a berm here. It basically runs inside -. I guess it 6EXHIBIT A