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GALDONES:Okay, could we have the Applicant or the representative, please <br />step forward. Could you please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the <br />truth on this matter now before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? <br />MR. MORTARA:I do. <br />MRS. MORTARA:I do. <br />GALDONES:Could you please state your name and your residence address, <br />please? <br />MR. MORTARA:My name is Michael Mortara. I live in Volcano, Hawaii. <br />GALDONES:Ma€am? You may use the other mike. <br />MRS. MORTARA:My name is Misato Mortara. My residence is in Volcano, Hawaii. <br />GALDONES:Have you received a copy of the Hearings Officer€s Recommended <br />FindingsofFact,ConclusionsofLawandDecisionandOrder? <br />MR.MORTARA:Yes,wehave. <br />GALDONES:Do you have any comments on that? <br />MR. MORTARA:No, we don€t. <br />MRS. MORTARA:No, we don€t. <br />GALDONES:Thank you. Commissioners, any questions of the Applicants? <br />SIRACUSA:I do. <br />GALDONES:Commissioner Siracusa? <br />SIRACUSA:Thank you. I noticed that you€re going to have an ingress from the <br />Belt Highway; and, of course, this is not a developed highway. And I would not like to <br />see it start, you know, set the stage for the beginning of strip development. So I was <br />wondering, are you going to keep all the vegetation that fronts the highway? I noticed <br />that there€s some empty spaces there. And I was wondering if that€s going to be filled in, <br />or what you€re going to do about that to minimize the impact onto the highway? <br />MR. MORTARA:The existing vegetation in that particular area that our lot is, is it€s <br />barely low-line vegetation. So the trees are not well developed, maybe between 6 and 10 <br />feet tall. So there actually is quite a lot of voids in between the trees. But our plan was <br />only to open up the area necessary to bring in the road and site the building, and other <br />than that to leave the rest of the existing vegetation in place. <br />4 <br /> <br />