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GRAHAM: Then we’ll hear your testimony. And when you start, just give your name and address, so it’s on the record for us. BYRNE: Sure. GRAHAM: Thanks. BYRNE: And I’ll keep it brief ’cause it looks like it’s going to be deferred to January. So we’ll come back in January; and there will be other representatives here from the organizations I’m, that also signed this testimony. My name is Gail Byrne, and I’m representing Malama Kohala Kahakai as well as five other non-profit organizations in Kohala. And we testified and submitted testimony at the August Planning Commission and supported the Planning Director’s actions to repeal Ordinance 97-102 and to revoke the Special Management Area Permit 379. We also asked at that time, and we continue to ask, for a change of zone to at least Ag 20a; and there is really strong basis for that. In brief, there is over 30 years of State and County resolutions, Community Development Plans, and community petitions have called for this coast to be zoned Open and Conservation.Coastal zoning of Ag-5a has never been aligned with what the community has wanted for this shoreline and it’s very well documented history. I think I provided that in August, over 30 years of work regarding that. RA-20 is more aligned with the long-standing ,documented work of the community. You know, most significantly, as I understand it, this applicant doesn’t meet the conditions for a time extension. The conditions and contexts under which this application was initially approved have changed. This project is not consistent with the present and past General Plans, it is not consistent with input received from the community during the recent readiness process for the North Kohala Community Development Planning process that’s undergoing, and it is not consistent with draft recommendations that are coming out of the focus groups up there, which are calling for a rezoning of the State coastal lands to Conservation, finally getting to what the community has asked for over 30 years. So they list some other reasons why RA-20 is valid here; I won’t go into this again. We’ll be back in January. I just want to thank you for your time this morning. GRAHAM: Thanks, Ms. Byrne. Do we have any questions for the testifier from the Commissioners? SIRACUSA: Yes. GRAHAM: Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA: You mentioned that you were representing, I believe, five different groups. Could you tell us what those groups are? BYRNE: Sure. They are listed on the back of the, I don’t know if you’ve got a copy; I brought in copies this morning for everyone. The organizations, I’m with Malama Kohala Kahakai; there’s Maikai‘i Kamakani ‘O Kohala, Kamakani ‘O Kohala Ohana, the Kohala Historic and Cultural Preservation Group, Malama Na Wahi Pana O Kohala and Hui Lihikai. EXHIBIT A 5