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continue to a future meeting. I do have one question though for you and it’s a kind of pointed question, I’m sorry. Okay? WALTER: It’s okay. WATANABE: So it’s your testimony that the CDP was fine except you wanted to make sure the footprint of Urban expansion, etc. was, you know, this specific area, yeah. And my question to you is within that vision of what that footprint is, this particular parcel is outside of that? WALTER: Yes, sir. WATANABE: But, okay. And then I did say it was going to be pointed, so within that vision, yeah, who owns all of that property of the urban expansion area? WALTER: We own the majority, we may own all of it. WATANABE: That, see, that’s where I have a bit of a concern. WALTER: You know, I think that’s a fair concern. WATANABE: I told you I’d be pointed. WALTER: Rodney, I think that’s a fair concern; and I want to assure you that if what we were looking at here was a special use permit, for instance, for the Rainforest Water Group to operate their plant, I wouldn’t be sitting here. And there is another group nearby that has a similar request now. We don’t plan to contest it. The reason is that that use alone generates very marginal traffic and not enough to put us at the tipping point. My concern here puts it at the tipping point. Let me say something else about the CDP, just so that we get it clear. There are many thrusts in the CDP that I agree with. There were some very specific details in it that we felt were harmful to that thrust. So I wouldn’t want to paint a brush that said we agreed with the whole thing, nor that we disagree with the whole thing. We suggested a number of amendments. Actually, Mr. Yuen had, I think, six or seven amendments that we were in agreement with; and we made it clear at that time that were his amendments approved that we would step back and be fine with it. WATANABE: Thank you. We have any further questions? HOUSEL: I have -. WATANABE: Yes. HOUSEL: To understand the chronology, the Puna Sugar Company, when did they cease operations at this site? WALTER: They ceased operations in 1988 I believe it was. EXHIBIT C 14