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looking at the hill, I’m going to be looking directly into the back of a commercial area. I’m a little <br />passionate because this is my home, so forgive me. <br /> <br />I’m very concerned about access in and out of Waikoloa Hills. I’m very concerned about access in <br />and out of this proposed commercial area. If we do indeed have existing commercial area, could the <br />people who are planning this development have at least look at the existing commercial areas, rather <br />than build where it is not zoned commercial? I imagine that would ever there was a Planning <br />Commission coming up with a plan as to what should be commercial, there was at least an idea that <br />we don’t want at the top of our hill at the highest elevation to Waikoloa Village, looking at a big <br />gigantic store. <br /> <br />GIFFIN: Ma’am -. <br /> <br />M. SCHULHERR: Do you have -? <br /> <br />GIFFIN: Are you through? <br /> <br />M. SCHULHERR: I believe so. <br /> <br />GIFFIN: Okay, great. Commissioners, do you have any questions? All right. Hearing none, thank <br />you very much. Sir? <br /> <br />R. SCHULHERR: Yes, ma’am. <br /> <br />GIFFIN: Your name, please. <br /> <br />R. SCHULHERR: Richard Schulherr. I’m a homeowner at Waikoloa Hills in the Village. I’m a <br />resident of New York City. I’m a licensed pyrotechnist; I’ve worked with the Fire Department for <br />30 years in New York City. I’ve driven through thousands of roundabouts in probably ten <br />countries. I have several concerns about this project. One, I don’t know why somebody wants to <br />build a strip mall; I don’t really understand that. I’ve lived around a lot of strip malls; they are ugly, <br />they are disgusting, they generally do not end up filled up, and they become ugly rusting hulks, a <br />blight on the landscape. This is the entrance to our village. I’d like to stress the term “village.” It’s <br />a village. It’s not a town; it’s not a city; it’s a village. So -. Hello? I don’t need this. So -. <br /> <br />SAUER: You need to use the microphone, sir, I’m sorry. <br /> <br />GIFFIN: Yes, you do. <br /> <br />R. SCHULHERR: I’ll be happy to. So my concern is that for some reason somebody thinks it’s a <br />great idea to put in a strip mall. There is some devil’s deal here that we are going to swap this piece <br />of land and swap this piece of land, we are going to build something over here, and we are going to <br />take care of everything, it’s going to be beautiful, don’t worry about it. This is kind of like the <br />Republican ticket at the last election; we are going to fix everything; it will be beautiful, just trust <br />us, even though we have no record of fixing things well or making them beautiful. Now, all of the <br />information that’s been provided this project, as the gentleman who first testified said, is filled with <br />sins of omission. There is no reason in this day and age to have 30-year old drawings that only <br />show the first phase construction of the Waikoloa Hills, and not show the second phase of <br />15 <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />