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Again, I think it would be a great idea for the County to just institute a buffer overlay zone in that area to further protect the Park. ThatÓs pretty much it. So I hope the County -. I mean I do applaud Bobby Jean taking the step to downzone the area, and I h take one step further and put a buffer overlay zone around that area to protect the Park further. Thank you. WATANABE: Any questions, fellow Commissioners? Seeing none, thank you. You may be seated. LetÓs move on to the next four testifiers: Shannon Rudolph, Charles Flaherty, Janice Palma-Glennie, Kaliko Chun. Do we have a Kaliko Chun? CHUN: Yes, I -. WATANABE: Yes. Okay, may I swear the four of you in? Mr. Flaherty, again, just like with Debbie Hecht, you donÓt need to do it, yeah? Okay. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: Yes. WATANABE: Thank you. And shall we begin with you, maÓam? RUDOLPH: Okay. Aloha -. WATANABE: Name and address, and then -. RUDOLPH: My name is Shannon Rudolph, and I live in Hlualoa at Post Office Box 243, 96725. And for the sake of brevity, I just want to say I support this zoning change (sic). And I want to reiterate what Debbie said about the surrounding area, keeping it pristine, because I think as more people move in to the area, weÓre going to need more places like this for people to come and get away from concrete. Thank you. WATANABE: Any questions for Shannon? None? Mr. Flaherty, no need for address, just -. FLAHERTY: Aloha. And IÓm so sorry I didnÓt say aloha to Members of the Leeward Planning Commission and Bobby Jean. I want to also say I really appreciate Bobby Jean supporting and proposing this amendment and also the efforts of the individuals who have been working to have this area declared as Open. As it had been mentioned earlier, this was in the 1989 General Plan. There were certain rezone ordinances that had been proposed for this area. And then in 2006 this area was, a General Plan amendment was proposed as part of a number of General Plan amendments, and that have made this Urban Expansion. That proposal had actually been made by Virginia Isbell and it was to help facilitate the development of the Kona Kai Ola development, which as Dickie Nelson has previously said, was a joint-venture of the State of HawaiÒi, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and a private developer. That fell apart when Menehune Development, which had signed the lease with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and Jacoby, went bankrupt. EXHIBIT E 8