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HAYASHI:Commissioner Graham? GRAHAM:Aye. HAYASHI:Chair Fujikawa? FUJIKAWA:Aye. HAYASHI:Motion carries. FUJIKAWA:Thank you, Mr. Vitousek and the rest of you fellows. Youll be informed in writing. Thank you. Next on the agenda we have -. OTOOLE:Public testimony. FUJIKAWA:Oh, Im sorry, we do have a person who has signed up to testify. DavidBasque?Willyoustepforward?Isthereanyotherpersonwhocameuptotestify and havent signed in yet? Mr. Basque, you may go ahead and sit down; and let me first swear you in. Raise your right hand. BASQUE:Whats that? FUJIKAWA:Can you kindly raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawaii Planning Commission? BASQUE:Yes. FUJIKAWA:State your name and your address? BASQUE:David Basque, Kealakekua, Kona. FUJIKAWA:Okay. You may proceed with your testimony. Youll be on recording. Go ahead. BASQUE:Yeah, I would like to have the Commission know that I own a lot -. Could you point out my lot? That belongs to the Basque Trust which is for my family. And, also, adjacent to mine, the Applicants application for, I guess, have, to have a zoning changing from, same as mine, RS-10 to whatever they want up there. I would like to ask the, Im not in favor or against the development. However, since I am directly in front of that, I would like to ask consideration from the Commission that if they do pass the zoning for at least the last two sections of this project, to grant or have the privilege of all the landowners in front of us or my case, my lot, to have it zoned so that I can build a condo for my family and give it to my kids. Its a, my only objection is that it is direct, its right in the back of my backyard. And if they can be, have a different zone from RS-10, I feel that the Commission should put it in that they can grant -. Im not talking for the other guy next to me because I dont know if hes going to object or what; but in 20