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HAYES: If I might add, I want to compliment Bethany Morrison and Larry Brown of staff for their <br />work on creating what is effectively a public park out in front of our property on the State land. <br />With their cooperation and leadership, we were able to create a much better place for the public to <br />not only pass through but to congregate in front of this property, and I just want to compliment them <br />for that. <br /> <br />The second thing, when Sidney mentioned that we made arrangements with Mauna Kea for the <br />water units and they’ll transfer water units to the site, I want to make sure you don’t read into that; <br />we are not buying water units from Mauna Kea. Because that could be interpreted that way. We <br />have bought another site, I am the owner of another site within Mauna Kea that has excess water <br />capacity, and we are moving the water capacity, which is part of the same water system, the <br />Lalamilo Water System, and moving it to the Puakō Site. And also in exchange for that, we are <br />going to be diminishing the demand for water on the Mauna Kea site. So that’s overall, we are <br />creating a public benefit by reducing the overall demand for water out of the water system that <br />services the Puakō community. <br /> <br />The third thing I would mention is that, you know, our lots are, even though we are subdividing it to <br />seven lots, these lots are an average size of greater than two times that of the typical lot in Puakō. <br />And if you, I would welcome, there is a homeowners’ association in Puakō, Peter Hackstedde is <br />here as the president of the homeowners’ association, very familiar with our project; if you want to <br />solicit feedback from a citizen who is directly impacted by our site, we welcome you to please <br />solicit his comments. <br /> <br />BEAUDET: Commissioners, any comments or questions of the applicant? Thank you. I have <br />listed here one individual from the public for public testimony. I would like to call you, Peter <br />Hackstedde. If you could please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on <br />this matter now before the Planning Commission? <br /> <br />HACKSTEDDE: Yes. <br /> <br />BEAUDET: Thank you. Please state your name and where you reside. <br /> <br />HACKSTEDDE: My name is Peter Hackstedde, and I’m president of the Puakō Community <br />Association. And I live in Puakō at No. 157, Puakō. <br /> <br />BEAUDET: Thank you. <br /> <br />HACKSTEDDE: And we’ve gone over this project before. It’s been through over the years a lot of <br />different hands, and this is probably the nicest thing it’s turned out that we’ve had. Working with <br />this developer has been great, and everything that he said so far, he has kept up. For this it’s a <br />beautiful site from what it used to be. The drainage has been fixed; that was one of our big things <br />that we were looking at because we had a flood go through there once, and they, it’s pretty much, <br />we figured all that out and had that remedied. But it’s just a, it’s a great site and an asset to Puakō. <br />And like he said, our main thing was the seven lots was fine because it’s twice the size of any of the <br />other homeowner lots down there. And not having timeshares in there is the only other thing that <br />we would look at. It’s, you know, so it’s part of the neighborhood. Thank you. <br /> <br />BEAUDET: Thank you, sir. Commissioners, any questions of the testifier? <br />6 <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />