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KUBOTA:And like Commissioner Graham says, you know, we have a <br />Planning Director who was in on the agreement and he has assured the public that these <br />th <br />accesses, the public accesses as required or agreed upon on Apri of 2002, will be put <br />in place. So, you know, at this point, I just want to know that what the Applicant has <br />done in agreement with private, private agreement with various community organizations <br />is perfectly legal and they can go ahead with it, theyÓre not doing anything illegal <br />OÓTOOLE:No. <br />KUBOTA:Thank you. <br />GALDONES:Mr. Yuen? <br />YUEN:Yeah, I just wanted to say that we will have signs up for these <br />public accesses but they are, as I mentioned earlier, there are a few issues that still need <br />to be worked out. <br />KUBOTA:Thank you. <br />GALDONES:Any further questions of Ms. Rohr? If not, thereÓs another person <br />who has signed up to testify. Ms. Mendoza, I need to have you sworn in, please? <br />Can you raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter <br />now before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? <br />MENDOZA:I do. <br />GALDONES:Please state your name and your resident address, and you may <br />begin your testimony. <br />MENDOZA:Okay. My name is Lorraine Mendoza and I live in Pepeekeo, <br />28-533 Kaakepa St. Okay. We submitted, IÓm speaking on behalf <br />Fishing Access Committee, which is a committee under the Pepeeke <br />Association. We have submitted a letter supporting the SMA 03-009 with the Applicant <br />being the Continental Pacific, LLC. I have also submitted a let <br />Pepeekeo Community Association, in my capacity as president. <br />This negotiation that weÓre talking about, this agreement, discussion began with this on <br />thth <br />October 4, actually at a September 27 meeting in 2001. As a result of that meeting, <br />Peter Kubota, a representative of the company, came and gave his presentation about <br />what the development was, what the development plans were for the area. Of special <br />interest to those in attendance was the fishing accesses that would be granted or not <br />granted to the fishermen that have perused the areas for years. <br />So as a result of two years of negotiations going back and forth, we finally came to an <br />agreement. There were about seven different accesses that were identified by the <br />15 <br /> <br />