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WATANABE: Well, fellow Commissioners, any questions of Mr. Hoffmann? I guess <br />not. Thank you for your testimony. <br /> <br />BOWMAN: I have a question. <br /> <br />WATANABE: IÓm sorry. Yes, Ms. Bowman. <br /> <br />BOWMAN: I understand your desire for the community recreational facility and <br />services. IÓm, IÓm just wondering, if the park is built prior to residential building and maybe the <br />connector roads, who would be utilizing that park in your estimation. <br /> <br />HOFFMANN: First of Î thank you, Ms. Bowman Î first of all, park is not, as I see it, <br />dependent upon any of the individuals living in that particular area. <br />BOWMAN: Okay. <br />HOFFMANN: Kona is so underserved with park facilities particularly in the Kailua-Kona <br />area. Any park that would be constructed, particularly north of Kailua-Kona, would serve a huge <br />number of people in North Kona as well as in South Kohala. For instance, just to give you an <br />idea, I travel almost all the time into Kona to the Old Airport to try to do my recreation with a <br />softball team. We donÓt have to do that anymore, if we have that. We cut down on traffic <br />coming into the community, coming into Kona, and we have a facility that services the much <br />needed area of North Kona where no such park facility exists. <br /> <br />BOWMAN: Thank you. <br /> <br />WATANABE: Any other questions? It doesnÓt look like it. Thank you. <br />HOFFMANN: Thank you. <br />SACHER: Jeff Sacher. 59-209 Laninui Drive, Kamuela. Good morning, <br />Commissioners. <br /> <br />A West HawaiÒi Today article said that the Ðdeveloper wants changes that would put off building <br />a connector road between Mmalahoa Highway and its project just above Queen KaÒahumanu <br />Highway indefinitely.Ñ A spokesman for the developer said, ÐItÓs a deferral, not an elimination.Ñ <br />I ask you, how long is this deferral? What guarantees do we have this road will be built? This <br />road should have been the first thing to go in. <br /> <br />The developer also wants to change zoning of about 30 acres, reduce the setback from Queen <br />KaÒahumanu Highway by 700 feet and eliminate the requirement that one residential unit be built <br />for every 600 square feet of commercial building. <br /> <br />These are all major changes to what was otherwise agreed. <br /> <br />EXHIBIT B <br />18 <br /> <br />