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SIRACUSA:Atsome point in all this voluminous reading I read that recently the applicant has decided to not put in the gas station. Is that correct? FUKE:Thats correct. SIRACUSA:Okay, because it hadnt been stated when Chairman Springer was reading the original thing. She mentioned gas station. And so I just wanted to make sure that that is going to be deleted. YAMADA:That is deleted. After working with the Association and reading their letters when we first came through, a lot of their concerns were traffic. And a lot of the homeowners, we also walked the area, talked to the surrounding property owners, and we found that a lot of them, you know, they really didnt care of a gas station. There was one on Wiki Wiki alreadyaboutacoupleofblocksdown.Andwhatthe,wewentthroughtheiroldsurveys;and then the old surveys showed a grocery store as their number one item. So we started thinking about it that, you know, how can we make this a win-win situation for the community and for us. I met with Myas Board quite a few times, whenever they met, to discuss it; and then we thought about it. The only way we could bring then a traffic light which is a really expensive item for just a 3-acre parcel to be developed, and also help them with a grocery store, was to bring in a bigger-sized grocery store. So what we did was we changed our whole plan to just include a larger-sized grocery store. You know, we brought it up to 30,000 square feet; and once we did that, you know, all they would allow us on site was another smaller building. The rest of the area, in order to make the parking requirements, we need the whole area for parking. So thats how we came about with this plan, was through working with Mya and his Board. And then, you know, we also talked to him about other aspects, you know, the traffic which we brought up about the traffic signal. We decided to widen the road fronting Aulii, and also somehow we could help them with their, they had some trash problems and insurance, paying for the insurance, which is how we came about adding in the 4 cents per square foot charge within the Association. We have talked to a major grocery store. They dont want to release their name and theyre verbally saying they want to come in at this time, but they dont want to come in unless the community really wants them to come in. SIRACUSA:I have another question. Everybody seems to be talking, well, a lot of the people seem to be talking about the need for a grocery store; and a market just opened up right outside Pahoa on the Keaau end, and theres a grocery store in Keaau. Could you tell us, does anybody here know what are the miles between your site and the Pahoa Market, and your site and the Keaau market? What kind of mileage are we looking at it saving potentially here? PAWU:I dont have the exact mileage, Ms. Siracusa. SIRACUSA:Eyeball, close enough. 5 EXHIBIT A