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OÓBRIEN:Thank you. <br />GALDONES:Could you please raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm to <br />tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? <br />OÓBRIEN:Yes, I do. <br />GALDONES:Could you please state your name and your residence address? <br />OÓBRIEN:My name is Jeanne OÓBrien and my address is P.O. Box 4004, <br />Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96745. <br />GALDONES:Ms. OÓBrien, were you aware that the Recommendation was given, <br />with conditions, by the Director? <br />OÓBRIEN:No, I wasnÓt, until I saw it on the table earlier this morning. <br />GALDONES:Did you have an opportunity to go over the Recommendati <br />OÓBRIEN:Yes, I did. <br />GALDONES:In spite of that, maybe not in spite, may not be the pr <br />terminology, but having read the Recommendation, is it your posi <br />with your Petition for a Contested Case Hearing? <br />OÓBRIEN:Yes. <br />GALDONES:Are you prepared to proceed today with this or you would need <br />some time to prepare for your case? <br />OÓBRIEN:I would like to be able to testify as a member of the public today <br />on this issue and then proceed with the Contested Case. <br />GALDONES:If that is your desire, then just let me just give this, offer this to you <br />for consideration. In the Contested Case Hearing, if we are going to proceed with it and <br />if we approve it and proceed with this on a later date, then your testimony will be given <br />to a Hearings Officer; and the Hearings Officer will make Findings and the <br />Recommendation to the Commissioners. So if you choose to make a <br />IÓm not stopping you from doing that. We will be waiting for the Hearings Officer <br />Recommendation and it will be given a lot of weight, on the Findings and the <br />Recommendations of the Hearings Officer. But if you choose to do so, that you want to <br />do it today, too, you know, that is your prerogative and thatÓs your privilege to do so, <br />also. <br />6 <br /> <br />