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Water pressure, if they’re going to be, this is something like “iffy” because if they’re going to be working with the Water Department and they are unable to comply with the requirement that they impose, then certainly they would not be able to further develop that or use that parcel for its intended use. So I think I can say that there’s some degree of comfortableness in which I can accept this. But what really bothers me is if their intention is to sell the property; and that has been a bone of contention for a long time with me personally. When someone comes to me with a statement and a commitment I would expect that to be met. Now finding out that it was all done just so that it can, that party could acquire something, a permit or some degree of consideration and then not really meaning what they’ll perform, then I have strong issues with that. So right now, Mr. Chairman, that’s my feeling towards the application and to what Ms. Song just mentioned. KERN: Okay. Thank you, Commissioner Domingo. Are there any other questions for Ms. Song? Seeing none, thank you. Tiffany Hunt, give us your name and area you represent, then you may begin. HUNT: Good morning. My name is Tiffany Edwards Hunt and I represent Mainstreet Pahoa Association today; and I think it also should be noted that I’m the wife of Jeff Hunt. And Jeff Hunt’s Surfboards is a single member LLC, so technically Sandra has represented Jeff Hunt. So I just want to kind of want to step away from a personal offense by some of the statements that were made by the planning consultant representing the applicant on our business, because I feel like there were some allegations made about our own application, rezoning. And I just want to assure the Commissioners that my husband has been nothing by earnest in efforts to run Jeff Hunt’s Surboards in Pahoa. Now as far as Mainstreet Pahoa Association, it has been clear since the beginning when this rezoning application was taken up by the Planning Commission that there was some concern. And we have shown, Mainstreet Pahoa Association has shown nothing but openness in asking you people to come and give a presentation; and Mark can attest to that. Mark, he is one of the Board of Directors of Mainstreet Pahoa. And there would be more people from Pahoa here if people didn’t have to work and run a business. So some letters that you’ve received – Pahoa Cash & Carry, Island Natural which is right next to or behind this property. And they, everyone has spoken about it at Mainstreet Pahoa Association meetings; and we’ve crafted letters. Because I’m the president of Mainstreet Pahoa Association, I recognize that I’m part of a body. And so we’ve crafted letters that have shown that we are receptive to development in Pahoa. It needs to be very conscious because this property is located in the heart of Pahoa. It is across the street from the 80-year old Pahoa Cash & Carry. Across the street from Jeff Hunt’s Surfboard lives Mrs. Kajiyama. She is an 80-year old woman who has refused offers from me to get a ride to your meetings because she caretakes for her 87-year old husband. So you have to put it into context, yes, this is Medium Density Urban, but it’s also the last bastion of Pahoa that is still really raw and authentic and has the hapu‘u and the anthuriums. That’s what we have in our backyard in, at Jeff Hunt’s Surfboards. So that’s where the cesspool is located. That’s the history of Pahoa. It is the, if you look at that stretch of Pahoa it needs to be preserved, it needs to be carefully developed. So that’s what I’m advocating for. And that, when I take my time to go sit on an organization like Mainstreet Pahoa Association as one of the business owners, I’m looking out for Pahoa in that respect. So I’m saying on behalf of Mainstreet Pahoa, we, if anybody proposes to have a 9 EXHIBIT B