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DICKLER:My name is Alan Dickler. My business address is 75-143 Hualalai Road. FUJIKAWA:And your name? BROOKS:Im Bill Brooks. I have the same business address, as well as P.O. Box 308 in Holualoa. FUJIKAWA:And you are the owners? DICKLER:I represent, Im the president of Westpro Development. FUJIKAWA:Okay. Do you have the Background Report and also the Directors recommendationwiththeconditions? DICKLER:Yes,wedo. BROOKS:Thatiscorrect,sir. FUJIKAWA:Okay.Yeah,whydontyougoaheadandproceed? DICKLER:Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the Council. As I stated, my name is Alan Dickler, Im the president of Westpro Development. Were a local developer, been on the island for close to ten years. All the principals are local residents. And the main purpose of this development was -. After numerous meetings with the administration of the County, we recognized the need for affordable housing. And we wanted to, as the Mayor said to us just two weeks ago, that the affordable housing has become a crisis in the County, and we thought that this project would help resolve some of those issues. We submitted the project as a 75 percent affordable housing project; and with communication with the Planning Department have tentatively settled on a 40 percent to be affordable housing at this point. We have with us today Bill Brooks whos our entitlement processor; and also Bruce Witcher who did the traffic analysis is here with us if there are any questions. For clarification purposes only, theres a mis-statement in the report that came out. We are not the same legal owner of the Lokahi Makai property. That is owned by a company known as Sunny Ventures LLC. We are a managing member of that company, but it is a different group of investors. So I want to make sure thats clear, just to everyone. FUJIKAWA:Commissioners, any questions with this testifier, Applicant, correction, applicant? SPRINGER:Mr. Chair? FUJIKAWA:Springer? 5