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But even more important, even more important to me than that is the heart of the campus, and part of the fundraising that we are doing right now is to raise sure there wonÓt be a single student or a single person in West HawaiÒi that doesnÓt go to the community college because of a financial problem. And so by that what I mean is t tuition for anybody that canÓt afford it, and that applies to every single person in West HawaiÒi that wants to go to the HawaiÒi Community College at Palamanui. So I think that the, that the campus, the college, the whole concept is, is so important for u As I said, weÓve made great strides over the last 18 months in terms of getting the campus plans and programs together. WeÓve raised over $12,000,000, and we need roughly $14,500,000 to complete the first building. So we only need $2,500,000 to complete the construction of the first building. And in terms of the fund raising that IÓm working on with the business community, the permanent residents and the part-time residents here, itÓs really a slam dunk in my opinion for that to raise that amount of money to complete construction of the first building. But all of that is contingent upon the infrastructure being put into the campus by Palamanui. So we are wholly dependent upon that infrastructure in terms of what has to happen for power, sewage, water and so on, as well as the roads. So if Palamanui doesnÓt move ahead with the infrastructure development, we wonÓt have our community college in the time frame that we are looking for, and thatÓs 2010. We are planning to start construction in the first quarter of 2010, hopefully even sooner, and have occupancy in 2011. So the time frame is very i on the requested amendments will allow Palamanui to move ahead a probably two to two and a half years before they are able to do any commercial development, any commercial sales of residential or commercial properties. So I apologize for taking so long. ItÓs really, really important. Thank you. WATANABE: Thank you. Fellow Commissioners, do we have any quest Lally? Thank you, sir. Mr. Hoffmann. HOFFMANN: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. IÓm also nervous speaking, s sorry. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak today. My name is Pete Hoffmann. I live at 68-1783 Lua Kula Place in Waikoloa. IÓd like to address just a few things, and probably preface any comments that I make with the idea of please remember you may be actually getting something you may not really wish to see happen. You may regret what you are wishing for. Here we are again. This is not the first time that weÓve been treated to the specter of a very good plan that suddenly becomes perhaps a little bit infeasible because of the economy. There is a problem with funding. WeÓve heard that from the developers. And I agree. There should be some changes to this particular effort; we should move forward. But under no circumstances should we decide to do the extensive changes I think that are indicated in this amendment. Here is what we have before us. We have a request for a zoning change. The economy is bad but we want to go ahead anyway, we were told. We donÓt wish to get out of anything, but we wish to defer action on more significant items of our plan that deal directly with the community. Now, we want to defer action on the much needed connector road Î obviously Road 4 here. And weÓre going to key that in some way shape a form to the idea of the number of residential or EXHIBIT B 16