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That’s a lot of things, you know, when I have children I would like to take them and teach them the traditional Hawaiian way, the respect of what we have here now. I live in California. It’s such a big city compared to here. And I don’t want to see that here, either. That will take away the culture that we live for. That new building taking away land is taking away my heart, same with every other generation to come. I just hope it doesn’t go that way. I mean I’ve seen buildings come, go. Before Bali Kai there was no Bali Kai. I’ve seen that come, seeing businesses come and go, buildings stay up for years; and it’s just time-consuming, money wasted when we could personally use it for agriculture, or any other personal reasons for Hawaiian culture. I thank you guys for being here, listening to our testimonies. Thank you very much. HOUSEL: Thank you for your testimony. HARRIMAN: My name is Dirk Harriman. I live at 77-6311 Ali‘i Drive, Kailua-Kona. I live directly across from the, almost directly across from the proposed condo unit, and I’m vehemently opposed to it. I dive out in the front there all the time, especially I like to dive right in front of where the condo is to be built. There is so much sea life that’s right there. It’s the richest part of the whole bay as far as when you go out there to dive to see stuff. There are families of turtles that live out there, and it’s just full of fish, it’s full of life. It’s also an area where fresh water feeds into the water, into the ocean there. And you can taste it when you swim through there; it’s less salty when you go by there, and you can actually taste the fresh water that comes out. If you dig into that lava rock there, there’s no doubt that I have, that you will get into that fresh water feed and it’ll contaminate that area. So, you know, the idea of digging into that lava is, environmentally, is a crime. The second point that I would like to address is, you know, the proposed Lako extension which is supposed to come out right across the street from where the project is, you know, with the 16 condo units that are in there, the traffic from that, plus Lako extension intersection right there and, you know, the potential for traffic during tsunami evacuation, all that kind of stuff, will create a much bigger problem. So that’s just the other point I’d like to make. And other than that, I’m just, I’m, say I’m opposed to this. Thank you. HOUSEL: Thank you for your testimony. FITZGERALD: Good morning. My name is Fred Fitzgerald. I’m a resident of Death Peak, 17 miles north of Monument in rural eastern Oregon. My wife and I have been visitors to the Kona Coast since 1976. To say development has been astronomical since the early eighties would be an understatement. I feel further development of the Kona Coast between Kailua and Keauhou would be detrimental to the lifestyles of both residents and visitors. The Big Island does not need another Honolulu. Thank you. HOUSEL: Thank you very much. Is there any – if you’d like to return in your seats, please go ahead – is there anyone else who would like to give testimony today? For the record, I have a letter here from a Nikolaus Koenig regarding Lyman’s. And I won’t read the whole thing but it’s, I’ll just read the first sentence, ”I would like to take this opportunity today to testify in opposition to the ’s).” And there’s some, a lot of information here, but I won’t take the time to read it all today. So, thank you. 15 EXHIBIT E