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have the common sense to park the tractor-trailer under a tree or park it perpendicular to the breeze where the cattle can be accommodated. You know, you dont get this on the regular trucking company, but you get this from specialized trucking services. And we cannot afford to have, to operate truck-tractor rigs. We need guys like him. I mentioned about the drought. The drought doesnt make a difference, I mean, it doesnt differentiate between if youre a farmer, rancher or domestic user. Last night, 3 oclock, they were hauling water down to Waikoloa; and I think this is where the other 39 percent fall in where rural residents without the capacity of piped water depend on catchment. They have to depend on these trucking companies to come in. Three oclock this morning these guys are out there, bringing water to the Waikoloa rural residents. Now I think, I venture to gamble that a lot of the 39 percent is servicing rural communities. They are one of the few trucking companies that would go out in the wildfires to drive on the field roads. Theyre the ones that would go out and take chances. And theyre the onesthatarerequestingaspecialpermittooperateontheirland. IdonotdisagreewiththelandclassificationofthePlanningDepartment,classifyingD. But I just wanted to apprise the Commission on how the ratings are. Class A land is what we dont have, we dont have one acre of that on the Big Island. Class A land is really tillable nice land with water close by. Class B almost meets that with a little slope. Class C would be little rocky but still requiring some irrigation. D is where you cant operate machines. And I know that area where the trucking company is requesting a special permit. Its in Honokaia. I spent my summers there. Our camp site was right on the, not more than 500 meters away from where his coral is; and our guys used to go into the, take hiking trips. So I know that land parcel. That land parcel is also very slopey. And you have to understand that when they did the soil survey, our Department did the soil survey, they did it by reconnaissance, the best they could with documents. Not, sometimes they went on site, but sometimes more often than not they did not. In this case, they went by reconnaissance, and did not -. So little pieces of parcel, like 17-acre pieces of parcels, which couldnt be picked up by the aerial photos was that it were, was classified D. But I noticed also in looking at the Land Study Bureaus recommendation, I mean, classification they classified this land as with a Class, with 30 points out of a possible 100, I mean 31. One less point would bring it into E, in Class E, which means that any fool who wants to develop that for agriculture would be destined for failure. So its just, you know, its just a matter of one point. I just wanted to bring that point. So I guess the point is that this is a very specialized company thats asking to relocate where they live, very much needed in the community, they operate all hours at night, look at their equipment, theyre willing to go on unimproved roads. Id be happy to answer any questions. Thank you very much. IWASHITA:Mr. Chair? ALAMEDA:Thank you, Mr. Tulang. Mr. Iwashita. 16EXHIBIT B