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meetings; and these explanations and reporting back to the community has occurred. So we are <br />still in the process but it is not final yet. <br />GALDONES:Representing the community association, do you feel comfortable that you <br />folks will be able to reach an amicable solution or an agreement between the parties? <br />MENDOZA:Yes. <br />GALDONES:Okay. I commend the participation of the community, as <br />Ms. ONeill had mentioned, through this whole process. <br />MENDOZA:We thank the patience of everybody. <br />GALDONES:Ms. Okano, please state your name, residence address and you may begin <br />yourtestimony. <br />OKANO:MynameisLennieOkano,IliveonKulai€manoRoad,andImherealso <br />representing the community association. I guess, my big part in these negotiations were to come <br />up with some kind of estimate or price on finishing the recreational complex thats half done in <br />Pepeekeo right now. <br />Basically, given the financial gift that Continental Pacific was offering, I kind of wanted to see <br />what we could actually do with it, if we could finish the master plan that the Parks and <br />Recreation has for the area, that kind of stuff. Im a civil engineer so I kind of had that expertise <br />to offer the community. <br />Basically, when I did an estimate on the master plan the Parks and Recreation had, I came up <br />with an estimate close to $800,000 to finish everything. If you calculate what Continental <br />Pacific is offering us for the sale of 11, 22 possible lots at the most, that would give us close to <br />$300,000, which is not really half of what we need to do the complex. To help alleviate that <br />problem what they have offered us is their services as far as clearing and grubbing the area, and <br />doing the grading for the rest of the Phase II, or Phase II of the complex. This cuts the price tag <br />in about half. The site is kind of like on the hillside, and thats a major part of what the work <br />would be to finish this whole thing. The rest of the work involves paving, additional parking <br />spaces, basketball court, tennis court and tot lot for the younger kids to play in. <br />So, basically, given that service to us, which I think is going to be written into their agreement <br />with the community, and the financial backing, itll give us a really good head start on finishing <br />up this complex that the community really needs, being that we have one park on the makai side <br />of the community thats in limbo because the County doesnt want to take responsibility for it. <br />And its the community thats maintaining that park right now. Given that, that may be taken <br />away from us in 2008, leaving us with a rec center and ballpark, we felt that it would be really <br />important to have the basketball courts and tennis courts for the kids to play in, not just in the <br />existing community now. But if more families will be moving into the area, Im sure more <br />people will be taking advantage of that, so -. <br />13 <br /> <br />