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GALDONES:Thank you for the correction. Are there any questions, Commissioners? None? Thank you. SPRINGER:Mr. Chairman? GALDONES:Oh, Commissioner Springer. SPRINGER:Mr. Niheu, hene no kau. I have a question. Are you differentiating the Rights of Native Tenants from the rights of the public in general? NIHEU:Well, first of all, on every title deed is subject to the Rights of Native Tenants. But as a Kanaka Maoli I can understand those people who are from the area. And what area is good for the Native Tenants IÓm sure wou people of that area, Òcause we are, like anything else, we always share the aloha for those people who have a feeling for our islands and its history. SPRINGER:Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. GALDONES:MaÓam, please state your name, your residence address a may begin your testimony. WOODWARD- RICE:Good morning, my name is Claudia Woodward-Rice. I live in Honomu. My address is P.O. Box 186. I submitted a letter this repeat whatÓs in there, and many of the other speakers have addressed those issues as well. I want to emphasize one concern that IÓve had for a number of years, and I mentioned it in the letter as well. The Department of Water Supply has been planning a new Honomu well; and I believe the total cost will be over $2 million. Now Honomu is a town. According to the last census, it has about 500 people. The Department of Water Supply doesnÓt have the money to put in wells or water for people in Ocean View and they have thousands of people. IÓm concerned about back-door subsidies. Okay, IÓm not saying that this well is one of them. But the way itÓs paralleled, the C. Brewer putting their property on the market has made me suspicious. IÓm also concerned because Honomu is an example of a one-way in, community. And there are lots of other areas, where when the old cane roads that provided alternate ways for people to get in when we have a lot of landslides down on the highway, when those roads have been closed off weÓre stuck. WeÓre either stuck on the highways, stuck in town or stuck at home and canÓt get out. And this is a public safety problem, and the cost eventually to the County is going to be substantial. At our Village Association meeting recently, we asked our Councilman Fred Holshuh about paving a road that goes over the -. We have a unique situation in Honomu. We have a two-lane bridge for a one-lane road. When that road, once it goes over the two-lane bridge, pretty well stops and goes into gravel and, again, private and gated roads. 13