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LOPEZ: All right. First I want to thank you for the consideration of the stated agenda items, Items 3 and 4. I thank you very much for the earlier vote to postpone until more information may be gathered. As you know, itÓs a lot of detail and the devil really is in the detail. And when I first was presented this in the presentation by Palamanui to few members of the Makalei Estate, it seemed pretty benign. But as you start to dig in, some things came to light. I request your vote to deny this change of zone request and require that Palamanui demonstrate reasonable efforts that they will complete Road 4, now Road 1, prior to hearing any request for changes to Ordinance 06-105 or zoning changes. It doesnÓt appear that there have been due diligence applied in three years for that collector road to be, to grant the, excuse me, to seek right-of-way or any progress made at all on that behalf. ItÓs been three years since the law was passed. It would appear that history may be repeating itself. And I cite the 2006, I believe itÓs the 6, it might have been 5, CliftoÓs request for rezoning of OÒoma project. In that rezoning request, Clifto advertised their property for sale, contrary to their outward message to provide affordable housing, with conditions that required zoning changes. And this was before any approval for their zoning request was approved by County Council. Fortunately then Mayor Harry Kim vetoed the approval after much public outcry. His rationale wasat we cannot put more traffic burden on our roadways before improvements were complete, specifically the widening of the Queen KaÒahumanu Highway. As a side bar I just learned this morning that additionally in 1992 there was a, Parker Ranch connector road was required to go before any commercial or residential occupancy. In 1996 the developer asked for a change. And it wasnÓt until legal proceedings in 2006 that that roadway is under construction now and due to be done next May. So it took legal action to bring that to case, after the developer said they would do it and then postpone for a change. So weÓre really in history potentially here. Today, Palamanui is seeking a change in zoning to improve their profit position, not in itself a derogatory remark, but, and to delay the commitment to the peopl th sorely needed mauka-makai connector. As recently as Monday, Jul, which incidentally is no longer on line, in loopnet.com there was an offering to lease these 70 acres at Palamanui called the Trade Center. And the complete text of that ad, which you cannot find online any longer, is cut and pasted into this document that I presented you. What really struck out to me was that in this offering theyÓre saying that thereÓs an access, future access granted, access to Mmalahoa Highway and Makalei Drive. ThereÓs never any reference to a collector road, Road 1, Road 4 or anything else. The Palamanui petition being heard has yet to even have a preliminary decision but yet they are advertising the Trade Center for access to Makalei Drive. What about Road 4 and what about Makalei Drive being designated a minor road? We can only project that our history indicates they have no intention of building Road 4 and will later seek to overturn all critical aspect of Ordinance 06-105. This advertisement further explains their desire to change commercial zoning to allow warehouse and distributor buildings, commercial building closer to the highway, and delete the requirement of more than one home for every 600 square feet of building space constructed. The proximity to the airport and this zoning change for multi-use will result in another industrial park within short miles of others Î Kohanaiki, NELHA, and Costco. Th contrary to the Ðretail centerÑ that was sold to us all. All this serves to exacerbate existing traffic EXHIBIT B 9