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improvements. They are dead set against having this development come through their property, dead set, and we are, too. Department of Public Works wanted them to channelize Huallai Road and use that as an access. My understanding is that – I don’t know about today, I mean I haven’t gone through the paper today – but previously my understanding was that that wasn’t part of their game plan. I’m going to try to keep this as short as possible. My understanding also was that they were going to be creating somewhere in the neighborhood of about 145 lots, which translates out to be about 300 cars. And as residents of Kona, I think you can understand. You can check this out: If you were to drive in bumper-to-bumper traffic 5:00 from, say, Palani Road and Queen K out to Costco, it’s bumper-to-bumper coming in, you would be hard pressed to see about 300 cars. That’s a lot of cars that are going to be funneling out of that area. Our contention is for them to do the right thing. I taught seventh graders for 31 years, and I’ve got a well defined concept of what’s fair. This isn’t fair. I believe that they need to, No. 1, downscale it to meet with the community’s needs. I don’t think 10,000 or smaller lots, 10,000-square foot, meets the community’s needs; I think it meets, and not paying for infrastructure pays, I think it meets kind of a maybe a greed level but nothing that really adds to the community. My feeling is that if they want to be good neighbors, they should spend the money to do the necessary infrastructure, they should hire locally, improving the roads. And then I think we could treat them on an equal level. Mahalo. HOUSEL: Thank you, sir. You can take your seats in the audience, if they are still there. I want to remind everybody: If there is anyone who would like to testify, please sign up at the staff table here. I’d like to call the next people to come forward and testify: Virginia Tormey, Barbara -. Is that Mussey? Hussey? HUSSEY: Hussey. HOUSEL: Hussey, okay, please come forward. And Mike Matsukawa. Could you please raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Planning Commission today on this matter? TESTIFIERS: I do. HOUSEL: Thank you. If you could please use the microphone. And we’ll start with you. State your name and address, please. TORMEY: Aloha. My name is Virginia Tormey and I live at 75-683 Hua‘ai. That’s in the Kona Orchards subdivision. I am a neighbor of George Error who spoke earlier, and I -. HOUSEL: Excuse me. Could I ask you, which item would you like to testify on? TORMEY: I’m sorry, No. 1, Huallai Partners. HOUSEL: Okay, thank you. TORMEY: And although I don’t have anything really technical to add to what’s been said, I wanted to speak just to plead with you as planners to take into account the amount of opposition that is very serious in our community to this proposal. I know that today there are many people 8 EXHIBIT B