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here is that people understand what theyre buying, theyre presently farming or residents of the
<br />area, they are getting substandard, they realize theyre getting substandard. Were setting up a
<br />condominium association on top of that because that gives them the unified voice, gives them the
<br />ability to write and ask and, hopefully, receive government grants that will allow them, using
<br />Federal funds, to later bring in water, or bring in electricity, those types of things.
<br />The whole concept here is getting affordable land into the hands of the people. I dont think 175
<br />people are going to build homes right away. I think this is a case of where as they farm the land,
<br />most of these people have homes some-, and theyre all residents of Pahala, right now, or Kau.
<br />Theyre not living on the mainland or some place else. I mean, theyre here now, so most of
<br />them happen to have homes. I dont think theyre going to build homes right away. But if
<br />theyre required to put in water, huge, huge expense, it will become unaffordable. You require
<br />electricity, it becomes unaffordable. You know, if you require, again, it doesnt seem like a
<br />lot of money, but, you know, you require certain repairs or paving certain roads, and these types
<br />ofthings,italladdstothecost.TherequestthattheCountyhasmadealreadywillprobablyadd
<br />up to about $1,000,000 to our cost; and thats just for paved roads, and bridge repairs, and things
<br />like that. Okay, and like I say our mandate from the community was keep the price down.
<br />PUBLIC:Right.
<br />SAVIO:Thats what they want.
<br />MCCALL:I understand what youre saying. But, again, its one matter when we
<br />have, and we have farmers are out there in Moaula, theyre doing a good job, but theyre not
<br />living on the property. Its a whole another matter when theyre living on the property. If 10
<br />percent of them are living on the property, it, you know, I mean, weve got that concern.
<br />SAVIO:Just, just so you also understand, we also bought the mill site. The mill
<br />site does have also a well. So we have a 10,000,000 gallon well site. We have a huge water
<br />source there thats presently owned by myself.
<br />Also, we are talking to the government about trying to get some of the water from the existing
<br />system that is there. The existing system that was put in years ago to help the farmers was
<br />supposed to go to the Catholic Church property; and Im not sure where it stopped or how far it
<br />had gotten. But there is some water to the top of our property cause the rancher up there has a
<br />pipe and hes getting water from some place Im not sure where. But were hoping eventually -.
<br />I think his, excuse me, if I got the name wrong, I think its Alili Spring or -.
<br />MCCALL:Alili, yeah.
<br />SAVIO:Tunnels.
<br />MCCALL:Yeah.
<br />SAVIO: The County is going to abandon that source.
<br />MCCALL:Alili Tunnel, yeah.
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