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Mauna Lani Resort; I can see it in a distance. And I’ve been on the Puako Community Association Board for probably 20 years or more. And I’d like to read the testimony that Rob Shallenberger dropped off this morning from the Association. Another thing, just on a personal basis, I’m a native Hawaiian; my ancestor, I descend from the Davis family that owned Waikoloa, George Hueu Davis being the grantee I believe of Waikoloa. So I have a personal family connection to the land where this project is being developed. Let me review the testimony of the Puako Association, and I won’t read it all. We see possible negative impacts upon our communities and shoreline. First, the proposed development is huge for this small area. It’s five times the size of Puako in terms of units. The density is out of line with the existing resort, not to mention our quiet seaside communities at Puako and Waialea Bay. Right now our limited beach space is overcrowded at Hapuna, Puako, and Waialea Bay. The parking lots are full and our beach accesses can’t support present use.The developer should be required to improve beach facilities and access south of Paniau and Holoholokai Beach Park – that’s property on the resort, that’s south of Puako. We fear overuse of the Ala Kahakai trail and damage to our petroglyph field. Second, the infrastructure can’t support this development. We’d like to know what happened to concurrency that’s been talked about. Where is the infrastructure that’s going to support this in terms of roads and accesses? We feel that an additional road must be constructed to allow exiting this site, and we’d like to be able to connect to that exit as another escape route for Puako. Right now we are stuck with one way out. Essentially we do have an escape route that goes behind the Catholic Church, but it’s not really adequate; people to the south of the Catholic Church, if they are cut off, they can’t get out of the community. So we need help in that area, and possibly with the additional access road to Queen K., that would help us. Our big concern is what the effect of this development might have on the reef and near-shore waters. We are worried about wastewater getting into the groundwater. My understanding is that the Mauna Lani Services Company is going to start injecting wastewater into an injection well, rather than, what they’ve been doing in the past is spreading the effluent out on the flats behind Puako, watering a plantation back there. And with the injection well we’re very concerned that the water is going to get to the shoreline. And I was recently given an article that was in the Maui Times, I think, about algae blooms being associated with injection wells. So apparently there’re studies being done, this is occurring on Maui; so there is a connection between injection wells and algae blooms in off-shore waters adjacent to these wells. That’s a big concern for us, and should be a big concern for the Mauna Lani as well. Our last concern is housing. Where is the affordable housing going to be for workers, if any? Will it be built in a reasonable driving distance from the resort for the people that are going to work here? So those are questions we’d like some answers for. Thank you very much. GRAHAM: Thank you, Mr. Robertson. Any questions from the Commissioners? All right. Mr. Fujikawa, would you start with your name and address, please? FUJIKAWA: My name is Earl Fujikawa. I live at 75-422 Hoene Street in Kailua-Kona. The reason why I’m here for, I’m not geared up for any long talk. I do represent Stanford Carr Development. I am his employee. My position there with the company is Senior Construction Manager. For the past three years I’ve been assigned to the Mauna Lani projects that include the Fairways, the Kulalani, Nohona Kai and the M Site. I am there acting as almost like a resident; I know the general condition of the living standards there. I do work six days a week, 11 to 12 hours a day. So I do know the every condition you can think of. So I’m here on hand as a witness to any of your question. Thank you. EXHIBIT H 17