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tothisapplication was probably more extensive than any other notice Ive seen. The Kona Billfisher Condominium is not next door but its about 144 feet away from the closest boundary. And shortly before the last scheduled hearing last month we received a list of 780 property owners, timeshare owners and we proceeded to send notice to each of those owners. And I can tell you almost less than a dozen out of 780 lived in the State of Hawai i. They were all over the United States, Canada and Internationally. And because it was so close to the last Commission meeting we requested a time extension to allow any further comments to be fair to everybody. And so we did get, the Commission did approve the continuance and we sent out yet another notice about the continued hearing. And we also send out another map because as soon as people received notices they started calling me, they started calling the Planning Department and everybody thought this building was right next door. Most people that called, once they found out it was not next door and that were not going to have a cabaret thats open till 2 in the morning with wild loud music, were not opposed. I know you did received some letters of opposition. But, if you note about some of the letters its because theyre still concerned about loudnoise,theyrestillconcernedabouttheirviewsandIbelieveMr.Getmancanhelpexplain so that the view should not adversely affect the Kona Billfisher. Kona Billfisher is almost the same height as this building proposed its 43 feet high. So its about the same height but it is not next door. In addition there were some Billfisher owners that came here today and saw the renderings for the project and Mr. Nee talked to them and they were pleased and they left. So weve tried the best we can to communicate with people about this project. Theyre trying to design a project that would fit in to the Alii Drive, the Kailua Village area. And Mr. Getman will also explain some more changes hes doing in design to accommodate some of the suggestions the Kailua Village Design Commission also made. GALDONES:Mr. Getman would you like to add to her statement? GETMAN:Sure. Can you hear me okay? GALDONES:We need to have you recorded. GETMAN:Okay. If you note the designs, the exterior of the building. HAYASHI:Would you like to come up here? GETMAN:Yeah. When we met with the Village Commission in March they had a lot of comments and concerns about the exterior materials and the architecture of the building. And weve redesigned the entire exterior of the project in keeping more with the specific plan that is in place in the Village. And weve changed the, weve made it more in keeping with the Village theme. Weve broken up the roofs; originally it was a continuous line. Weve added gables and more detail and changed the roof heights and varied the heights so there was concern about looking too horizontal. We changed the balcony railing system to something more in keeping with the residential project direct before it was just glass system. Weve added stone along the retail fronts in here. And weve also broken up the roofs of the retail area down in this area. So what weve done is trying to keep the project more in keeping with the concerns that we had, we heard at the last meeting. Also the access to the project was changed significantly to a single point at the other end, at this end which was previously explained. So and were continuing to EXHIBIT E 13