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WHITTEMORE: I can. Can you hear me? <br /> <br />LEONARD: Yes. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: Okay. Do you swear to affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the <br />Hawai‘i County Planning Commission? <br /> <br />LEONARD: I do. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: Thank you. <br /> <br />LEONARD: My name is James Leonard. I’m representing the Kenneth K. Leong Trust in this <br />application. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: Okay. Do you want to proceed with your, any comments you have that you <br />want to add to the staff’s presentation? <br /> <br />LEONARD: No, it’s really rather straightforward, Commissioners. The prior owner, Mr. Leong, <br />had wanted, this was his property, and had wanted to deed over to his three daughters a portion of <br />the property. At the time two of the daughters were living on the property with him. He passed <br />away in 2009. And then, you know, with the economic downturn, with his passing, the family just <br />didn’t have the resources really at that time to follow through and completing the subdivision. <br />They had gone through and gotten tentative subdivision approval, they had gotten their <br />construction plans approved by DPW; Mr. Leong had done that in his life time. But they didn’t <br />have the financial means to carry through with all the improvements and everything that would be <br />required for final subdivision approval. But they are in the position to do that at this time, and <br />they would like to proceed ahead and fulfill the wishes that Mr. Leong had to deed the property <br />over to his three daughters, one of which is living there on the property with her family. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: Commissioner, do you have any questions? We do not have anybody else at <br />this time signed up to testify. Is anybody come in recently that needs to sign up? Okay. You <br />have read the conditions that the Department Chair \[sic\] has proposed? <br /> <br />LEONARD: Yes, we have. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: And are you and your representative, you are the representative of the applicant <br />or --. <br /> <br />LEONARD: Yes. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: Are you comfortable with those conditions? <br /> <br />LEONARD: And they are very comfortable with the conditions as they are written. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: Okay, so they have reviewed, okay. <br /> <br />3 <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />