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<br />MIYASATO: Could you please raise your right hands? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth <br />on this matter now before the Hawai‛i County Planning Commission? <br /> <br />STAPLETON: I do. <br /> <br />RICCIUTI: Yes. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Thank you. Do you have a comment or presentation or— <br /> <br />STAPLETON: No we don’t, we’re just— <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Commissioners, any questions for the Applicant? <br /> <br />IKEDA: I--I do. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Commissioner Ikeda. <br /> <br />IKEDA: You know I have a concern because your water catchment doesn’t seem to be large <br />enough. It doesn’t seem to have enough capacity. I know you stated that you’re gonna use your <br />neighbor’s water catchment in case of emergency, but a, you know, I, I think your, I feel <br />uncomfortable because you don’t know how much water your neighbor has, and a, you don’t <br />know what your relationship with your neighbor gonna be in the future, so to depend on your <br />neighbor, that’s my only concern I have on the water catchment. Other than that, I see no <br />problem at all. <br /> <br />STAPLETON: Our next door neighbor has a 12,000 gallon catchment tank less than 25 feet <br />from one of the existing buildings in there, and we have a written agreement with him which I <br />didn’t bring in that states that we can use the water, and then also on the other side of us, which <br />is about a 100 feet away, one of the other neighbors actually has a big fish pond back there, and <br />then a above-ground swimming pool, and they’ve also indicated that water is no problem in <br />there. Once we get up and running, we plan to expand our catchment tank to probably 12- to <br />15,000 gallons basically because our catchment system is a little bit older, but we want to get <br />running first with some income before we can do that. <br /> <br />IKEDA: You know, that’s my only concern. I wish that, you know, there was a condition that <br />you have to upgrade your capacity, to a higher capacity like 15,000 or higher because neighbors <br />come and go, and I don’t know how good a neighbor you are. You might have disagreements <br />with your neighbor. I seen it happen all the time where you can be good friends today and then <br />you don’t get along with your neighbors in the future. So, that was a real big concern for me <br />because you’re depending on your neighbors, and other than that, I see no problem with your <br />permit. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Commissioners, any further questions for the Applicant? If not, thank you. We <br />have no one signed up for public testimony. Does anyone out there wishing to testify on this <br />application? If not, can I have a motion to close the public testimony. <br /> <br />3 <br />EXHIBIT B <br /> <br /> <br />