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the issues that you look at: Is it consistent with the General Plan, is it consistent with the Community Development Plan? And it hit all of those right on the nail. NELSON: Thank you, Madam Chair (sic). I note that we have two signed up for testimony. So if we could have Niki van den Hurk, please. Please come up, come forward. The applicants, if you could sit back while she is testifying. I’ve been instructed to ask Nancy Jones to come up since there is just two to testify. You can sit up front. Thank you. Both of you, please raise your right hands. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawai‘i County Planning Commission. VAN DEN HURK: I do. NELSON: Thank you. Please state your name and where you reside first. Thank you. VAN DEN HURK: Niki van den Hurk, and Kamuela. JONES: Nancy Jones, and Kamuela. NELSON: Okay, Niki, you first. VAN DEN HURK: While I have respect for what the Bonks are trying to do and I have empathy for them, my concern is basically three levels: density, congestion and precedent. And my property runs along the highway. I have 15 acres. In two years my fence has been crashed into three times. When I try to leave my property in the mornings and at night, often times if somebody doesn’t let me out, it could take ten minutes for me to get across the highway. Adjacent to my property is a, I think it’s a 20-acre parcel that’s been subdivided into five-acre parcels. And my concern is not this one issue; it’s on a going-forward basis, if we’re going to be setting a precedent and allowing other people to subdivide their properties because the Bonks have done this and changed the zoning. Just down the street, literally 30 or 40 feet I would guess, near Mānā Road, we had a family, I think two or three young children were killed in a car accident because of that highway. And my thing is that it’s already so busy and congested, I don’t want to see it get worse and have other people or attorneys use this subdivision as a way to then subdivide other properties in the surrounding area and then increase more and more housing and more and more congestion. It’s not to me about the Bonks; it’s about the future of Waimea and the congestion of our city. That’s all I have to say. NELSON: Thank you. JONES: In the -. NELSON: Commissioners, do you have any questions? Excuse me, I’m sorry, okay, continue. JONES: In the slides that you showed earlier of the entrance to Kakanihia Road, what you did not show was the entrance to the farmers market. And adjacent to this -. NELSON: Excuse me, please state your name. JONES: Oh, I’m Nancy Jones. NELSON: Thank you. I’m sorry. 5 EXHIBIT A