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request of the Planning Director, this matter was continued to enable the Department to evaluate any forthcoming comments from the Department of Transportation. I believe their comments are in and pretty much, you know, weÓve given our presentation twice, so -. ThereÓs a lot of things that I would like to respond, you know, in relation to some of the discourse that went on earlier. But IÓd like to withhold the, you know, with the ChairÓs indulgence, any comments on that pending the public testimony portion and when the Commission is ready to decide on the Project District and the SMA recommendations offered by the Director. FUJIKAWA:Okay. Is there any question, Commissioners, to the ApplicantÓs representative? Okay, if not, we do have a testifier that would like to say something. You may sit on the side and -. Will the testifier please come f You may correct me. IÓm sorry. HAUANIO:No problem, Mr. Chair. FUJIKAWA:Go ahead. State your name and your address, please? HAUANIO:Aloha, Mr. Chair; aloha -. FUJIKAWA:After you give your name and address, I would like to swear you in. HAUANIO:Mahalo. Aloha, Mr. Chair and Commissioners. My name is Lunakanawai Hauanio. My mailing address, P.O. Box 871, Capt. Cook, Hawaii. FUJIKAWA:Could you raise your right hand, please. Do you swear to tell, affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? HAUANIO:Aye. FUJIKAWA:Thank you. You may proceed. HAUANIO:Thank you, Mr. Chair. IÓd like to express my testimony today to reflect the two agendized items and that my testimony be reflected on both. I have in my possession this textbook, itÓs entitled ÐHawaii Revised StatutesÑ annotated Volume 15, and in this textbook thereÓs a State Constitution. And in the testimony, I mean, the discussion that was held by the Commissioners relating to Ms. KubotaÓs inquiry about why this particular project is being, appears to be, being treated differently, and I appreciate the DirectorÓs caution in moving forward with their, I guess, approval process. And IÓd like to turn to the text for the State Constitution and talk to you guys about Article IX, Section 6, and itÓs entitled ÐManagement of State Population Growth.Ñ As you can see on my, my request for testimony today is relevant to Article XII, Section 7. And I want to address first the first article that I mentioned and it states, ÐThe State and its political subdivisions, as provided by general law, shall plan and manage the growth 8