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GALDONES:Commissioners, any further questions? If not, we have eight individuals who have signed up to testify, and it's nearly 12:00. I'm just contemplating whether we should take a lunch break now or begin with their testimony. SMITH:Go on. GALDONES:Okay. We'll take whatever testimony we'll be able to until we break for lunch. Mr. Eadie and Dr. Brock, could you allow room for the testifiers to come forward. I would like to call on Geri Bell, Jerry Rothstein, Karen Eoff, Janice Palma Glennie, James Sogi, and Burke Matsuyama. Okay, I guess some of the testifiers are gone, I guess. Geri Bell, Jerry Rothstein, Karen Eoff, Janice Glennie, James Sogi, Burke Matsuyama. I'm going to swear all of you in at the same time, so if you could please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawai`i County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS:I do. GALDONES:Okay. Burke, why don't we start -. No, wait, hold on. the lady first, Geri. BELL:Thank you. GALDONES:We'll start with you. BELL:Thanks for the opportunity, Mr. Chair and Members of -. GALDONES:Geri, state your name and then your residence address, please. BELL:Geri Bell, residence address 64-1054B Mmalahoa Highway, Kamuela. I am Geri Bell. I'm the superintendent at Kaloko-Honokhau National Historical Park. The park abuts the southern boundary of the proposed development and is over 1,100 acres in size, both land and water. The national park was established in 1978 to provide a center for the preservation, interpretation, and perpetuation of traditional Native Hawaiian activities and c and that of my staff is the protection of the park's cultural and natural resources, in particular, its water quality. The park's massive fish ponds, Kaloko and `Aimak, and the ` fish trap Ai'pio illustrate ingenious Hawaiian construction and aquaculture techniques and provide wetland habitat for endangered endemic Hawaiian birds, water birds, and the threatened green sea turtle. While the park does not have concerns about this proposed project, has concerns about this proposed project, we believe that appropriate conditions attached to the SMA permit can allow for compatible development adjacent to the park. The element of this project that could have the greatest potential impact on park resources is the golf course. Impacts may come from the construction process, increased nutrients, pesticides, and other contaminants in the groundwater, anchialine ponds and nearshore waters, increased groundwater salinity, and decreased levels of 16