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have a witness who took the photographs. Exhibit 10 shows pretty much the before and after the warning was letter was sent and the notice of violation and order. In other words, there have some mitigation out there and some good faiths efforts to correct the situation as was seen from the highway. Thats Exhibit 10. Exhibit 11 I believe is a pie chart. We have a witness that prepared that pie chart and brought all of the supporting documents from the office in a brief case. There are about 1000 pages. And the point of that pie chart is to show you what a business which can be considered as an accessory to agricultural activity really looks like according to Act 205, the so-called land use law. And that pie chart will show you that, as near as we can tell, over a 18-month period Miranda Trucking does 61 percent hauling in Ag. And that was computed using trip tickets from the drivers because it shows the mileage, it shows the time it took to haul it, and the cargo and the type of vehicle, 61 percent. Thirty-nine percent is what Miranda Trucking calls non-ag; but there even within that number we couldntunscrambleittothepointwherewhathappensifyoutakeasplitloadtoaranch and you bring in concrete for fence posts but youre also hauling out backhaul trash. So marginally we put that in the 39 percent non-ag. So thats one. And then the other one is the big issue of fairness. And the Commission members hit it right on the head already, and Im really pleased to hear the questions about availability of industrial areas in Waimea, particularly dealing with Parker Ranch. Everybody knows Parker Ranch, everybody loves Parker Ranch. If you get a chance, and Ill summarize my brief history of Miranda Trucking. Its a 20-year old company, 22 years old. For years it was leasing from Parker Ranch at Pukulani Stables; then came Holoholoku; and all of a sudden they didnt want an agricultural hauling company there. That hurt. What didnt hurt so bad was they also had their eye on that land as part of their Trust to expand North Hawaii Community Hospital. Who ate it? Miranda Trucking ate it. But what did Parker Ranch do? Sweat deal, go out to West Hawaii Concrete, thats where you can stay for a grand total of less than four months, two weeks notice youre out of there. Why was the given answer? I dont know. It has nothing to do with zoning or anything like that. The given answer was were going to further develop this property, out Miranda Trucking. Who did Miranda Trucking or Melvin Miranda buy this 17 acres from? Parker Ranch wanted to dump it. He bought it. Where is he to go? Commissioners, I heard you say Kawaihae unavailable, Garys Automotive in Lalamilo undeveloped, Parker Ranch closing everything down. Ranchers are here today, other agricultural dealers like RR Olson are here today. The fire that we have at Lapakahi State Park and Waikoloa, the trucks are not here today because theyre out there fighting it. But thats where Miranda Trucking was for the past week, hauling water so that the homeowners could shoot from their own private water resources. See? So thats the issue. I summarized it. You can read it all if you want to, but youre already there, I can tell. Thanks. ALAMEDA:Thank you. Mr. Rodrigues, could we then submit this for the record, those exhibits? 7EXHIBIT B