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GALDONES:Okay. Why don€t you just come forward, sit next to Mr. Silva. <br />Any other individual wishing to testify on this subject matter? <br />Gentlemen, may I have you raise your right hand, please, to swear you in. Do you swear <br />or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawaii County Planning <br />Commission? <br />SILVA:Yes, I do. <br />CROSS:Yes. <br />GALDONES:Mr. Silva, could you please state your name and residence address? <br />SILVA:MynameisJeffSilva.IliveinWoodValley,Ka`u. <br />GALDONES:Mr.Cross? <br />CROSS:JohnCross.I€mwithC.Brewer&Company;andIlivein <br />Hakalau. <br />GALDONES:Okay. Mr. Silva, would you like to present your testimony? <br />SILVA:Yes, first, thank you, thank you very much for taking your time on <br />this issue. I would also like to point out that I own parcels approximately three-quarters <br />of a mile Pahala side of their property. And before I, I€m actually going to read this letter <br />just to have it on the record. But I just want to point out, you were discussing the road <br />earlier, that Kaalaiki Road. The Naalehu side of that road is very rough in many places, <br />it€s dirt, there€s a large crossing. I do know that John is going to testify so possibly he <br />can answer that question, whether the gulch repair has been completed or is in progress. <br />But I do know that ranchers who live in Naalehu drive from Naalehu to Pahala, and then <br />take Kaalaiki Road from Pahala all the way back to the area where they€re planning this. <br />So there is an issue where they are going to continue to use that, use the road between <br />Pahala and their property, because that is the smoothest and easier route. <br />GALDONES:Mr. Silva, could you care to go up to the map and show us what <br />exactly you€re trying to tell us? <br />SILVA:Sure. Okay. Naalehu is here, Pahala is probably somewhere over <br />here. Pahala is approximately 10 miles from their property. Naalehu is about 4-1/2 by <br />the Kaalaiki Road. The Kaalaiki Road is a rough dirt gravel road, all the way from the <br />cemetery at the back of Naalehu. And it comes up through a real serious gulch crossing, <br />which I€m not sure if that crossing has been repaired, but it was pretty dicey last time I <br />went through it about three months ago, continues up on a dirt road, and then turns to a <br />paved road. Probably, I don€t know the distance there but it€s probably about a mile of <br />paved road before their property. By paved, yes, it€s paved but it€s pretty badly potholed. <br />19 <br /> <br />