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DOMINGO: You know, I mean you described it as lots of rocks and everything. He can farm on those lands? J. BRANCO: Well, if you put a lot of money into it and work the land you can farm it, but you’d have to go orchard farming or pasture land. Cause pasture land is pretty good cause it’s very good aeration in the soil over there. And like I said earlier we planted grass. We have nine different types of grasses in there. And the University is couple of blocks over, you know, up on Stainback. And they have good quality stuff too because those grasses grow well with aerated rocks and stuff. It’s not muddy, everything is clean. So I guess if he wanted to make an orchard or make a pasture, you know, like all of us, he could do it. DOMINGO: That’s the only things he can do, pasture or orchard? J. BRANCO.: Well, on that particular area that would be the most feasible. But you can put a nursery, you know. You can put saran houses and stuff like that too, I hear, you know. But just to work the land, those are the two best because there’s not too much topsoil in there. But in our place, too, I forgot to mention that we mow it constantly. So the more you run the grass mower and cut the grass, you know, more dirt comes in. So, we have good moisture in the ground, keeps the grass, the roots wet and, you know -. So we’re doing all right as far as I’m concerned. You know what I mean? But to start that would be the two things, an orchard or a pasture land would be good for him, you know. DOMINGO So you’re against this only because it’s right next to you guys’ property? J. BRANCO: That is correct, it’s right next to us. DOMINGO: What about the other people, your neighbors, like that? J. BRANCO: Well, like I said the Hilo side is the canal and across the street they just got that place, you know. They’re working on it right now. And that’s all I can say. It’s very small because that’s the block of Nani Mau. So Nani Mau cut them off all in the back. They only have a small area, you know. DOMINGO: I see. J. BRANCO: Right across Roy there’s a small lot and then behind them is all Nani Mau already, you know, if you look at your guys’ plans. So it’s very limited. They don’t have too much of an area, they don’t have a big area. And then they have the canal right next to them, too, coming down. DOMINGO: Okay. WATANABE: Mr. Woodward? WOODWARD: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just to address the question that Mr. Domingo raised. In the background the land classification system, the soil is rated E or Very EXHIBIT A 5