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located right in Waiohinu. And my opposition to this airfield is because his flight plan takes his plane directly over my house. And he has been saying that he comes in from the north, but I’ve never seen him come from the north. It’s always directly straight over the town of Waiohinu and straight over my house. I’ve spoken to Mr. Martin before this, trying to rectify, you know, him not flying over the neighborhood, and he said he had all the rights because he had ag zoning. And I informed him that I checked with the Planning Department and they said he needed the special use permit. But two other occasions after that through a mutual acquaintance I told the guy to talk to Mr. Martin to see if he would stop or change his flight plan, which he didn’t, and I filed a complaint. But my complaint was for the illegal airfield and he was cited and got fined $500 for illegal grubbing so -. OLIVER: Not grubbing. SHIRAKAWA: I thought it was on the -. Well, I know you were grubbing. I mean I think he should be honest about grubbing on his property because I know people who have bought dirt off of that property. So my question is why wasn’t he cited for an illegal airstrip? You know, the County took about two months to go up there; and at that time he had already erected a windsock for his airfield. So my complaint is that this is not the right place for an airfield. It’s on a bluff and it has updrafts and downdrafts. And he testified on having a safe place to land if he did get in trouble, and there is no place. I mean, there are all houses below him, there’s a County park. So I don’t know where he would land if he did get into trouble. He would, you know, crash into the mountain or into one of the residences. And I can’t see one individual putting the whole town at risk. The liability that he is putting on all of us is immeasurable. You know, I don’t have a problem with him risking his own life in his ultralight plane, but why put everyone else at risk. Another issue that I have is he is a realtor. And will this become a private airfield for clients to fly their planes in and out of their properties? If he’s granted the airfield, is it limited to propeller planes or can jets land there also? When you make your decision, please seriously consider the safety of the town and the immeasurable risk to its people. Thanks. WOODWARD: Okay, thank you, Mr. Shirakawa. P. HANOA: Can I just add one more? WOODWARD: Okay, very briefly. P. HANOA: Yes, because he said he didn’t grub, he did grub. Those are all sugar cane land. In order for him to have an airstrip he needs some grubbing to level the ground for his airstrip. Thank you. WOODWARD: Okay, thank you, Ma’am. Any further questions? Seeing none you all may be seated. Thank you very much for your testimony. And would anybody like to make a motion? 10 EXHIBIT C