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WATANABE: Yeah, okay. We have the general concept of that. Thank you, Mr. Branco. Okay, who would like to go next? You, Ma’am? BRANCO-AZEVEDO: I’ll go. Hi. Good morning. My name is Marvellee Branco-Azevedo. My address is 184 Awa Street. I’m next to the proposed application. I’m opposed for two reasons. Basically, I’m concerned about Urban sprawl. Second, I’d like to protect Ag lands. I understand that there are conditions that have been added; and that’s great. However, I still see there may be some type of neighborly concerns. I mean I understand there’s a condition but it doesn’t prevent a neighbor from calling to complain, you know; and that’s something we need to deal with should that happen. As far as Urban sprawl I noticed you had explained on the north end and west ends. In the General Plan there’s Urban development, and that’s great. Eventually when the time comes we’ll have to have more Urban lands. But for the time being I think if we can control and keep growth to a very minimum at this time, I think that’s best for our community and our island. Where the more we develop all these Ag lands into Urban and we live amongst towns, we’re going to lose our general idea of the aloha land. We’re going to be living in cities. We already have that happening in the Puna area where infrastructure is very low. How is that going to affect our lifestyles where we are? There are traffic concerns, there are police concerns. I mean right now Nani Mau has got some type of an amendment. They’re operating a school. It has impacted our community tremendously. We’ve got students roaming the area, you know, we’ve got traffic impacted by the students being dropped off and picked up and buses; and it’s just not the serene community that we’ve come to know or we’ve enjoyed all these many years. And I really feel that if we keep it Ag there are many other areas that we can have growth. And as far as selling this for development purposes or having our real property be affected should these lands be divided up into half acre lots, I’m against that. Basically our land has been owned by our family for over 50 years. There’s no intent for it to be sold. Our children know that. It’s just a family commitment that Panaewa is our homeland, and all the grandchildren know that. I’ve submitted a letter from the grandchildren; and we’d just like to preserve our area as long as we can. WATANABE: Thank you. Do we have any questions for Ms. Azevedo? Seeing none, okay. Thank you. Yes, Mr. Domingo. DOMINGO: What do you think about one acre lots? BRANCO-AZEVEDO: I would be satisfied with one acre. I’m definitely against half acre lots. One acre is all right, but the ultimate idea is three acres is what we would want. One acre if they have to develop and chop it up into an acre, you still can farm, you still preserve some area. But at this point in time I think three acres is most feasible. WATANABE: Any further -? Yes, Mr. Iwashita. IWASHITA: One acre is like Sunrise Ridge. BRANCO-AZEVEDO: Correct. EXHIBIT A 8