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<br />LEITHEAD TODD: Randy, can you write down your proposed language so the staff can have it. <br /> <br />VITOUSEK: Yes (inaudible), sure. <br /> <br />GIFFIN: Good morning, Robby. Could you please raise your right hand. <br /> <br />ROBERTSON: Good morning. <br /> <br />GIFFIN: Good morning. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the <br />Leeward Hawai‘i County Planning Commission? <br /> <br />ROBERTSON: I do. <br /> <br />GIFFIN: And your name, please. <br /> <br />ROBERTSON: George Robertson. <br /> <br />GIFFIN: Thank you. Go ahead and begin your testimony. <br /> <br />ROBERTSON: Thank you. I’m a member of the Puakō Community Association, and we have sent <br />a letter to Bobby Jean in support of the application. <br /> <br />GIFFIN: Right, we have it. <br /> <br />ROBERTSON: And we, you know, we want you to know what kind of woman this is who made <br />this application. She is a magical person that has helped our community immensely, I mean, I <br />hesitate to tell you how much she has done. It’s remarkable. But she is, like, having Earl Bakken in <br />Puakō. So I just, you know, ask that you give her all your, all your kōkua that you can. And she is <br />in between a rock and a hard place on this wall thing. She didn’t know it was illegal when she <br />bought the property. It wasn’t disclosed to her. The realtor didn’t make her aware of it. It was just <br />a terrible shame that it didn’t come up when it should have. So she has been stuck with it. And <br />then, you know, you’ve heard the story about how it was discovered, that she needed to do <br />something about it. So, and I’ve seen the, I’ve been on the property, I’ve looked at it; it doesn’t, <br />this Condition 3 makes no sense to me at all, frankly. I don’t, it’s an isolated lot, I don’t understand <br />why you could allow people to traverse the property and then get stuck at the north end and the <br />south; there is no place to go north or south unless you go out the access. Or if you go north, you <br />are at the boundary of the next door’s property, there is a high wall there; there is no way to get, <br />you’ve got to jump down. Otherwise, if you are crossing, continuing, you are trespassing on the <br />property owner to the north. So it’s just goofy. And there is plenty of good access in front of <br />Doris’ lot, much better than either the lots to the north or the south where you saw the rubble. <br />There is, you know, the grass here away out on the reef. The pāhoehoe is very negotiable. So there <br />is no, I don’t, I don’t visualize any problem of people walking or having access. If it’s really high <br />seas, they shouldn’t even be down, they should get out of there, go up the public access and get out <br />there, but don’t, no need to go in Doris’ yard unless you are going to drown, but -. Anyway, it’s <br />just a goofy condition to me. So but I just want to tell you that the Puakō Association supports <br />Doris with no reservations at all, and we would like you to expedite this approval process. Thank <br />you. <br />12 <br />EXHIBIT B <br /> <br />