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know that addresses that specifically in this area is this 2006 document prepared by the Marine Science Department of UH Hilo, called the Review of Coastal Monitoring Data for Developments in West Hawaii. And it in fact specifically addresses monitoring data at Mauna Lani amongst others. So I would ask for the Planning Department to include this in their material for the Planning Commission, as we consider this application, and include any particular analysis they chose to make of what’s included here. Is that all right, Mr. Yuen? YUEN: That’s fine. GRAHAM: Thank you. That’s all I have for further request. Mr. Torigoe, are we okay to go forward with public testimony now? Is there anything else we should clear up? TORIGOE: No. I think that’s it, unless the parties have something else that they feel should be addressed. GRAHAM: All right, thank you. So I have four testifiers: Michael Klekner – I think you already spoke on behalf of the, your question for intervention, so I don’t think you need to speak any further at this point because you’ll have a plenty of opportunity in the contested case hearing. Is that all right? KLEKNER: Yes. GRAHAM: All right. So I have three others, and maybe all three of you could come forth: Mel Malinowski, George Robertson and Earl Fujikawa. Thank you all. Could I swear you in at this point? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter today before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: I do. GRAHAM: Thank you. I’ll start with Mr. Malinowski. If you would start with your name and address, and then go ahead and address the Commission with your testimony. But you do realize that we are not going to be carrying forward, making any decision today, but we would like to hear your testimony. MALINOWSKI: My name is Mel Malinowski. I live at 708 Kahili Place at the Villages at Mauna Lani at the Mauna Lani Resort. My concern about this project is that it is an urban density project that is trying to be injected into the Mauna Lani Resort on the last remaining parcel. It’s just not appropriate to the way the Mauna Lani Resort has been developed, and it’s quite a shock. I think the reason that you are seeing universal rejection of this and lack of support of this among the Mauna Lani community is because it is totally out of character for the Mauna -, the whole way that the Mauna Lani Resort was developed. From the start the Mauna Lani Resort was begun with the mission statement from the Brown family, who owned the property, and Tokyu Corporation; and in that mission statement they said that they were going to take care of this place and develop it in a low-impact appropriate manner. And that has been done so far for the past 20 years. They’ve done a really quite good job of taking a piece of important real estate in South Kohala and doing a good job developing it. Now Stanford Carr is proposing that you allow them to essentially double the density of the resort on a small chunk of land, only 150 acres, which is a small chunk of the whole resort.And this will have a EXHIBIT H 15