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NEKOBA:I dont have any written testimony. Im from Pepeekeo and theyre from Hilo, Waiakea. I grew up in Pepeekeo. ALAMEDA:Okay. NEKOBA:Anyway, I have this handout. I didnt have enough, so hopefully you guys can share it. If you go to, Im going to the petitions. We have petitions here; and I had it divided up by people who live in the area. And if you go down you can see where it Hinano Street and Laukapu Street is. So thats why theres a lot of space. If you look at it, there are people who, we left the space because these are only people living in the area. And there are other people on the list that are just Hilo residents that we had sign. But at this point it was no need in trying to get, you know, as many signatures. We just wanted to concentrate on the area where the project is coming. ALAMEDA:Okay. All right NEKOBA:Okay, and if you turn -. I have a friend of mine Earl Anzai whos, we foreseeifwehavetofightthisthing,hellgetprobonoattorneyforus.Thenifwegoto1-A,I have an index, 1-A, you folks have the 1-A? Okay, the house on the right is, states its Janis Higa. The next house over is Esther Kunia; and also John Kahiapo; and they were here. I dont know if you folks saw them, but they had to leave. She has something else so she was going to testify. So for the record, Id like, because this is like we were supposed to be at 10, yeah? Its what, 2:30, so -. Okay? ALAMEDA:Yeah. All right. NEKOBA:And the idea behind these pictures is to show you what the neighborhood looks like. Okay? Im sorry I dont have for the audience, but -. ALAMEDA:No problem. Where are we at now? What picture are we on now? NEKOBA:A-2. Okay, thats, again, the Kekunas residence. Then A-3 if youre looking down from Leilani Street, if you look down Laukapu Street you can see how narrow that street is. Its not a wide street at all, with telephone poles right on the edge. The next picture A-4 is the project site. That warehouse has been taken down. And the next picture A-5 is the empty lot right next to the Kekunas. And the next one again is a picture of the lot. The next one again is too; and then you can see a house on the left side. Thats Mrs. Yabes house; and she has been there for, oh, I dont know how many years, but she has been there for a long time. And she signed the petition. The next picture is just to show you again how narrow Laukapu Street is. I mean its just a narrow street. 14EXHIBIT C