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Taniguchi: So, you're saying this letter that the person sent in, let me see it, I know I
<br />read it saying that they live right above you, but I guess everybody else lives above you
<br />too if you on the ground floor.
<br />Wilkinson: Mr. Zaldivar?
<br />Zaldivar: Yes?
<br />Wilkinson: Having received all these letters of protests, and sounds like you did reach
<br />out to the individuals, have you reached out to the AOAO (Association of Apartment
<br />Owners), and gone to a Board meeting or anything, or have a community meeting?
<br />Zaldivar: Well so what's interesting is yes, I've applied to be on the Board, I have an
<br />interview next week, they finally gonna interview us to be on the Board. And, I spoke
<br />to Mike Gaudette, the President, and after speaking to him, he had already told me
<br />already sent in a protest, he owns four units himself, and he didn't know about what we
<br />were doing. And so, well Mike, I said, now that you know that there's not going to be
<br />any noise, and that's not our plan, he said well it's too late to protract it but I'm glad that
<br />you told me. And, I asked him, I said please communicate that to the Board because
<br />they got the wrong idea, you know. So, it's one of these things where I can just show
<br />them, and they're going to be happy when they come in and see the new floor that we
<br />put in and the beautiful bar, and all the cool things that are going to go on in there, it's
<br />going to improve the property values. I mean, nobody on the Board even lives here,
<br />they're here 7-20 days a year, they're all off -island. They just have this image of what's
<br />going to go on here, but when they come and see it, they're going to know and be very
<br />happy, their room rates are going up. To all the people that they rent to, their room
<br />rates are going up because there's amenities now, fresh coconuts is a beautiful amenity
<br />in Hawaii.
<br />Greenwell: So, you're saying in hindsight maybe you should have met with the
<br />association?
<br />Zaldivar: Oh no, I called them, they're all off -island, nobody called me back until
<br />recently. I communicate regularly, and they're kind of an absentee Board, that's why
<br />want to be on the Board.
<br />Greenwell: Okay, we're hearing basically your side of the coin, and not the other side
<br />of the coin. So, if you haven't sat down and talked with the Board one on one, if you
<br />haven't had any discussion with the Board, we're kind of in limbo as to why there are so
<br />many protests.
<br />Zaldivar: Well, I can speculate, I can tell you why.
<br />Greenwell: Yes
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