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TORIGOE: Yeah, basically you just want to make sure that you give Mr. Farwell as a petitioner for standing contested case the opportunity to, you know, address his petition. You also want to give the applicant a chance to respond to that, or if the applicant would want to stipulate, even sometimes that happens, you know, that there should be standing granted. And then it is wise to allow for any public testimony. ALAMEDA: Shall I call both of them up, and then have the petitioner speak first? TORIGOE: Yeah. ALAMEDA: All right. Will the applicants or the representative please come forward? And Mr. Farwell, could you please come forward? All right. Good Morning. Since you are up there, I’m going to swear you in. Please raise your right hands. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Hawai`i County Planning Commission? PARTIES: I do. ALAMEDA: Thank you. You may be seated. We’ll start with on my far left, Brad, could you please state your name and address for the record? FARWELL: Brad Farwell. I live in Captain Cook. Post Office Box 732. ALAMEDA: Thank you. Sir? CONVENTZ: Klaus Conventz, the planning consultant for the applicant. P. O. Box 2308, Kailua-Kona. ALAMEDA: Thank you. Sir? MARTINAGE: Michael Martinage -. ALAMEDA: In the mike, please, Michael. Sorry. It’s because everything is being recorded, so it’s going to help the minutes. Go ahead, Mike. MARTINAGE: No problem, what so ever. Michael Martinage, 82-5990 Napoopoo Road, Captain Cook. ALAMEDA: All right, thanks, Michael. Mr. Farwell, is there anything else to add to the petition that you would like to share with the Commissioners at this time? FARWELL: Yes. Not only do I farm next door, but we also have a small factory. And it makes considerable amount of noise. My main objection to this stems from the fact that I’ve had three incidents in the last three years over this noise issue. The first was the most dramatic where the police showed up, and there are only two policemen in South Kona. So once the man got there and saw that the fact my wife and I were blowing leaves, he was embarrassed and left. The second incident was when I was blowing leaves again, and a man wandered into my orchard and asked me if I would stop blowing till about 3 o’clock in the afternoon. This was around 9 in the morning. And I said no, but asked him why, and he said, well, my wife is consulting over the EXHIBIT A 6