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You see, that affected a resident in our community, several residents in our community. But an
<br />office building, ah, it’s not a big deal.
<br />But I think the process that we need for clarification is we need a better understanding as to when
<br />something happens inside of these State lands operated by the DOT that you are made aware and
<br />then the community is made aware. So, yes, we have no particular argument about this office
<br />building being built, the relocation of its employees within the bounds of the space of the Kuhio
<br />Harbor. But I still think some serious concerns should be addressed as to how it affects, how it
<br />may affect the community; and it’s only the Keaukaha community that’s going to be affected on
<br />the egress and egress of those vehicles pulling the containers. It’s coming out of a container
<br />yard. The time that they start, Matson’s, when are they going to begin to work? If you know
<br />anything about a shipyard or a harbor it’s a lot of equipment. Whether it be an 18-wheeler,
<br />excuse me, one of those forklift or those kinds of things, when they back up they have a large
<br />loud beeper on them, safety reasons obviously. But depending on the time of day that it starts, it
<br />may impact some people in the community, because you can hear them moving around, you can
<br />hear trucks moving around, not necessarily engines but you hear that beeper. But the Harbor is
<br />not going to move, just like the airport is not going to move, realistically. But the community
<br />still needs to find out, and we’d like to find out, just basically how have they taken into account
<br />those kinds of impact into the community and how we mitigate them, you know, how we try to
<br />mitigate them, anyway.
<br />But if I was one of the four, and when I say I, I’m speaking out for the community, we were one
<br />of the four people that received the letter, yes, we did. This is the reason I’m here to respond;
<br />and that’s basically because the rules of this Commission makes it so. It tells me if I want to
<br />object to it, I’ve got to object to it with a $100 bill before.I’d like to hear everything else and
<br />then object; and then I’ll gladly pay my $100 through a check. So I’m not going to pay you $100
<br />to come and object before I hear what I need to object to. But that’s basically where I’m at in
<br />hearing that. So I think, however, whichever way this project goes, I think it’s something that,
<br />again, I take the word of the harbor master that within the realm of the, as we were told as a
<br />community, within the bounds and parameters of the Airport, within the bounds and the
<br />parameters of the Hilo Harbor, they do these certain things. I’m still a little bit confused as to
<br />why because it’s in an SMA, the Harbor is inside of the SMA, that this 1760-square foot building
<br />really needs approval by you. But if that’s what it is, then this Commission should look at some
<br />of the impacts that it may have, serious impacts that they may have within our community. So
<br />thank you.
<br />GRAHAM: Thank you, sir. Also, in case you didn’t see, we do, our basic document
<br />that we work with here is this white many page background report that we read over in detail. So
<br />if you don’t have that, this is a public document so you can also just get that for your review.
<br />Any questions from the other Commissioners?
<br />SIRACUSA: Yes.
<br />GRAHAM: Commissioner Siracusa.
<br />SIRACUSA: I hear your concerns and I can imagine what it must be like to have the
<br />Harbor on one side and the planes overhead constantly. That obviously can’t be changed. All
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