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KOMATA: It's a regulation Little League baseball field, so I think it's up to about ten, ten years <br />of age or twelve years of age, but it also would support kupuna softball and girls' softball. It's a <br />regulation size field for that. <br />IKEDA: As compared to Carvalho Park, is it about the same? <br />KOMATA: No, Carvalho Park is a Pony League field I believe, so it's a little bigger. <br />IKEDA: Little bigger? <br />KOMATA: Yeah, so if you, like the middle field at Walter Victor, the Little League field. <br />IKEDA: Yeah, I was kind of concerned because I remember when I was a kid and I played at <br />Mo`oheau Park, I used to put the ball on the Kamehameha Avenue so I was wondering, is it <br />about that distance? <br />KOMATA: Well, Mo`oheau, the softball or the ball fields that used to be at Mo`oheau Park are <br />no longer in service because of just that reason. There were kids as well as kupuna that could put <br />the ball on the highway, so, this field is slightly larger and does have larger buffer zones then <br />what you experienced at Mo`oheau. <br />IKEDA: You know, that was my biggest concern. Thank you. <br />HENKEL: Mr. Chair? <br />HEAUKULANL Oh, I'm sorry, Commissioner Henkel. <br />HENKEL: I applaud, applaud the County's, you know, efforts to increase recreational areas and <br />green space there, but I was wondering, is there any way to add covered basketball or volleyball <br />courts to that area? Could that be part of the future of it because, you know, in inclement <br />weather and just those two sports seem to be underserved. You know, there's the gymnasium <br />on, you know, over by Bayfront, but other than that, you know, there's baseball and soccer and <br />football areas already, but there's not—basketball or volleyball. <br />KOMATA: We understand that there is also a demand for covered courts, and our <br />administration's commitment to that is shown in the improvements we did at Pana`ewa Park. <br />The three covered courts that were installed there, I think, prove that we recognize there's a need <br />there. However, we really want to minimize how much money we invest in this particular site <br />because of its proximity to the coastline and the history of it having been inundated by prior <br />tsunami. <br />HENKEL: I see. <br />KOMATA: So, we really want to minimize how much money we put in. There have been <br />requests, I guess, in the past to do a full-blown sports stadium here, and that's something that <br />5 <br />EXHIBIT B <br />