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conduct his business somewhere else. So the visual impact of him building gates behind this berm area, there is no visual impact; you cannot see from Kawaihae Road anything behind that. Now, Mr. Gardner brought up a point, well, there was a trailer parked there. And there was. That was a construction trailer parked in front of the berm for quite some time – it had absolutely nothing to do with the Hannekens’ business. It was a trailer, a construction trailer that was owned by a friend of theirs who was looking for some place to store. Should they have allowed it to stay there as long as it did? Probably not. Did it bother people? Yes, it did. Did it bother me when I drove by? Yes, it did. Is it gone? Yes, it is. All right? I think Tim brought up a question – I’m sorry, Tim, I can’t pronounce your last name, I’m sure I would butcher it – but concerned about that it looks wonderful now and what’s going to happen when the business comes back. Well, the reality is that all the materials that were stored before are not coming back because the business that Mr. Hanneken and his wife are in is gate building behind the berm; they will not be stockpiling nor they are requesting permission to stockpile any fencing materials, hollow tile, fence post, whatever, in front. And I guess in closing that one point I would make, Ms. West says the County is unable to enforce the codes; they had no trouble in enforcing the complaint against Mr. Hanneken, all right? That’s why we are here today. That’s why the site is clean. So I have great confidence that the County can in fact support the Zoning Code, enforce it and support the Special Permit. The Hannekens are with me today to answer any questions that you may have about their business or about the site – happy to answer them. HOUSEL: Commissioner Giffin. GIFFIN: Mr. Mooers, the public testifiers also raised the issue about the garage, and I think the second testifier, along with the third testifier, brought up the size of the garage -. MOOERS: Twenty-five hundred square feet. GIFFIN: I don’t know, and its height, they said that it’s really more like a, and I think I have this quoted correctly, there is no roof, and that really it’s more like a warehouse. And I wondered whether or not you or the applicants can talk about -. MOOERS: I’ll respond and then I’ll let Jeff respond. First of all, it’s a permitted structure for a three-car garage with a loft, all right? It’s 2,500 square feet. I don’t think we can get, I don’t know how many fire engines Mr. Gardner suggested could be stored in it. But it is permitted. And I’ll let Jeff respond any of the questions about -. HOUSEL: Before you do, would you give your name and address, please? HANNEKEN: I’m Jeff Hanneken, and we live on the property, 62-2100 Kawaihae Road, P. O. Box 1846, Kamuela. HOUSEL: Okay, thank you. Go ahead. HANNEKEN: Part of the reason that the garage is taking a while to get completed and get a roof on is, you know, we are trying to do this project out of pocket. Times are slow now, so the pocket’s 10 EXHIBIT A