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mind that efforts should benefit the community as a whole, we encourage your support of SMA 03-009 approval request. And today, I just wanted to add that: It has been 1 year and 1 day since I presented testimony to you in support of the approval for Continental Pacific, LLCs SMA application. Requests for continuances have been granted and agreed to for the sake of allowing community discussions to occur among ourselves as well as with the landowner. For that courtesy and consideration, we thank you for your support and your foresight of allowing the healthy growth of our community. We have since been involved in many meetings and discussions that have permitted the exchange of information, concerns, visions, values and respect for all parties involved. The knowledge, education and presentations of opportunities for individuals as well as community growthhasbeenbeneficialinidentifyingthestrengthandexpertiseofmanyvaluableindividuals in our community. We have successfully made known the communitys desire for fishing access in perpetuity along the Pepeekeo Coast, the completion of Phase II of the Kulaimano Recreation Complex and the need for affordable housing. The willingness by Continental Pacific LLC to actively participate in many discussions and their financial contribution to assist in realizing the communitys priorities provides a credible basis that these priorities will be partially met. It is the expectation that continued discussions, concessions and compromises will take place to bring about the results that will satisfy the community. We applaud the past, on-going and future efforts of our community to realize that change is inevitable. It is how we embrace or resist it that makes a difference. We have realized that by collaboratively working together for the benefit of the whole community is the way to efficiently effect change. This we are learning and implementing. We commend the efforts of Continental Pacific, LLC, the Planning Commission, the Planning Department, our legal counsel and the COMMUNITY in these efforts. To that end, the Pepeekeo Community Association supports, requests and encourages your approval of SMA 03-009 and SMA 03-016. Respectfully submitted, Lorraine Mendoza. GALDONES:Commissioners? Ms. Mendoza, you had mentioned that they were having discussions between the community association and Continental Pacific. And in those discussions have the parties reached some understanding, Im not sure if its verbal or written, that have met the, or satisfactorily met the concerns of the community? MENDOZA:We have an agreement that was presented and its in like Draft 2. So those concerns weve referred to legal counsel, and shes Sandra Song; and she has like enlightened us on what the processes and what the implications are. So weve had community 12