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KAHAWAIOLA‘A: Yes, I do. GRAHAM: Thank you. You can just give your name and your current address, and then go right ahead with the testimony you’d like to give to the Commission. KAHAWAIOLA‘A: Yes. My name is Patrick Kahawaiola‘a. I live in Panaewa now and my affiliation as mentioned on the thing is with the Keaukaha Community Association. I’m just a little perplexed with the process that’s being used here, but, you know, it’s nothing new that this is how it has to be done. With the exception of my reason for the testimony that I would like to give it’s that if you look on my request to address the Commission, it says here for information and clarification purposes. We did receive, when I said we did, as president of the Keaukaha Community Association, we did receive a letter from SSFM in regards to the fact that Matson had requested a variance through the SMA based on this building they were going to build. Today we find out that it wasn’t explained. You know, when you see a modular building I assume it is something like on a trailer you’re going to bring in. But obviously it’s not. It’s something modular built to be you bring in all the walls made already in 40-foot sections. I don’t know. So I don’t know how they’re going to do it. But it’s inside the pier. So as far as us in the community, it’s inside the pier, it’s a State pier runned by the Department of Transportation. So our concern in the community would be the traffic. As Mr. Birnie mentioned they’re just rerouting traffic. You know, it’s like the airport, you know, they’re just rerouting planes. However, the impact to the community has not been addressed. And that access road that they have there for their master plan was built years ago. It’s several years it has has been in, as far as I can think, maybe at least five years. It was always blocked by cars being parked there. You could never get in or out. Now it’s obviously going to be used. The proximity to our community is now going to be fairly close. Obviously that side, speaking to Mr. Birnie prior, was just that now we’ll have, it will be because the Matson container yard sits there. So where we can expect from the community to have trucks now come in and out of that side, I’m talking about diesel trucks pulling containers in and out and maybe the mules taking containers around there, how that will affect our community, right now I can only tell you it’s going to be noisy, obviously. But that doesn’t mean this building shouldn’t be built to house the employees that are working there now, those that work in Matson. I would also, but I would like to have some consideration as to maybe the consultants and maybe Matson can figure out, you know, how we may be able to, -. If you know Keaukaha the proximity that we as a community are there, noise is to some may or not be an issue but the airport sits behind us. Matson, the Harbor sits in front of us. Gas Company sits along the drive directly across from our community. So we do have and we are impacted. No one has taken anything seriously yet, but it does happen.We’re already having an impact from all of the gas, Aloha Petroleum, those things happen. And we did have, one individual had to move from the first house when he moved in and had litigation because, of course, was right next to him. The Department of Land and Natural Resources allowed an unpermitted fuel depot to be built; and it’s there. So you have to understand my confusion, how did that fuel depot get built? And then this Commission now going just come in here? I mean they’re asking you now to approve a modular building, you know. I wished that you were there to make sure that that fuel depot wasn’t going to be built. EXHIBIT B 6