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<br />property rights are — are protected in the U.S. Constitution. So, I have the whole backing of the
<br />United States government that says that if I wanna put up a fence on my property and tell you
<br />not come on the property or I don't want you to take my property or you know, I have a right to
<br />do that unless you're Native Hawaiian and you have pass rights or unless you have in my case,
<br />Hakalau, you're a fishermen and I — which I provided access for. So, I want you guys to think
<br />about the benefits of developing community agreements. Let's —how can communities benefit
<br />from development? And, you know, there's — there's been a comment tonight about well how
<br />do we know we can trust you? Well, community benefit agreements are contracts so we sit
<br />down and say what do you need? What do I need? We talk about — this gentleman to the left —
<br />about a project being economically viable. If the project's not economically viable, it doesn't go
<br />anywhere. But, you know there's a lot of room for movement. You know, I like a lot of the
<br />principles of development but it's not them and me. It's not you and me. It's — it's you know,
<br />it's gotta be — we gotta work together because obviously, you could take the whole thing from
<br />my whole property in Open. Guess what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna fence it, and I'm gonna lock
<br />you out. That's just the way it's gonna go and that's a lose -se. I don't get to win, you don't
<br />get to win. What about creating a development project— community development project
<br />where we get some economic development, we have access — hoNe public access. We have —
<br />we have things we can work together on, common vision. So, you know, as you probably know,
<br />I — I propose giving the 83 acres of my property in the Hakalau Valley to community as part of
<br />this development plan. That's an example of_the kind of things that we're — that we can talk
<br />about. Right. But, when we're fighting that stuff comes off the tab e and 1 just want us all to
<br />recognize that and — and I think there's a benefit to having coo ration. And this notion of, you
<br />know, setting aside these big ag parcels. I'm a owner of a big ag parcel. What happens? Drive
<br />on down the coast, V1 Singh, guys come in they spend $SM, $10M, they lock everybody out, put
<br />their initials on tY e gate, lockdown. That's not — that's not the answer either. So, why not take
<br />those ag parcels and do (inaudible) or affordable housing, so we have a mix of them, both
<br />agriculture and housing. Thank you.
<br />Geoffrey Molfino, representing himself, spec ing to agenda item of CDP decisions: Basically a
<br />question to you guys, part of the — part of the angst that I brought into the room tonight is, is
<br />that I've been alive long enough and in enough projects that you look for the punch before it
<br />gets to you, 'cause they all come. And, Steve made a really good — Steve actually covered one of
<br />my points and that is the question of taking and — and as a private owner, that's a fear that
<br />always happens when we're in this process and I have nothing wrong — I have nothing against
<br />this process, 1 think it's really important because when I moved here sugar was still happening
<br />so none of the —the residential development that has happened in Hdmdkua had happened yet.
<br />We've watched a moderate growth and a dramatic change in the mountain. You know, there
<br />were no gates before and there are gates now. But, we have no new services out here and part
<br />of my support for Steve's thing in Hakalau is — is, I mean, the town had two or three hundred
<br />houses, it had all these services and stuff. It wasn't negatively impacted by having an Industrial
<br />zoning, it just was the zoning that was there and when he made his purchase, I am sure that he
<br />looked at the — I would have — looked at the Industrial zoning and said "Gee, this gives me a
<br />pretty wide palate to look at this project and decide if it's worth doing. And, can I make it
<br />prosper?" I had my own situation with a parcel in Laupdhoehoe that it was commercially — it
<br />was a commercial village, should have been able to develop some services. We were completely
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