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planting, fertilizing, herbicide spraying, and ultimately harvesting and transportation. Much of <br />this work involves large agricultural machines all of which are normal operations on <br />agriculturally zoned land. Typically, our day starts at sunrise and ends by 6 p.m. <br />‚We would like any potential new neighbors to be fully aware of our type of agriculture <br />operations, and that these operations are likely to continue for the long run. <br />‚Thank you for your consideration.ƒ <br />ALAMEDA:Thank you. Any questions. Okay. <br />YUEN:Yeah, I have a couple of questions. How soon do you think youre going <br />to start harvesting in the Ka€u area? <br />RICE:Thetreesare,theoldesttreesaresixyearsrightnow,sevenoreightyears <br />with infrastructure improvements, you know. In between seven or ten years, I would say. <br />YUEN:In this area you would then, you would be taking the trees out over the <br />Moaula and the Hionamoa Bridge. <br />RICE:Those have not been decided yet. The harvesting operations have not <br />been decided. <br />YUEN:Is there any other way to get them out? <br />RICE:No. I hear you. <br />YUEN:How heavy are the logging trucks? If you took them out as logs, do you <br />know how much the weight is on the logging truck? <br />RICE:No, I dont. I cant answer that question. <br />YUEN:Has the company checked the adequacy of the bridges to sustain the <br />weights? <br />RICE:Not at this time €cause we have not undergone any investigations on the <br />operations of harvesting it. <br />YUEN:Okay, thank you. <br />ALAMEDA:Any questions? Before we take a break, Id just like to make a comment. <br />Please note that during the break, as Commissioners, if you have questions for with, you know, <br />for us, that the best time to bring it up is to basically testify and not to catch us inthe corner <br />outside or something. So we would really appreciate that. Other than that, well take a ten- <br />minute, hold on. <br />SWEENEY:Can I ask aquestion, one, since Im still here testifying? <br />29 <br /> <br />