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To Mayor Kim <br /> Planning Commissioner Yuen <br /> County Council Members <br /> and Planning Commission Members <br /> I, Christopher Raymond humbly request that you consider this <br /> zoneing change I put foward here. <br /> I have been a farmer since 1982. I am a graduate of Univer- <br /> sity of Hawaii's School of Tropical Agricultue. And I am one of <br /> the few people producing any semblance of a viable crop in this <br /> area of the Big Island. <br /> Other than this, I have one full time job at the Waikoloa <br /> Resort complex, and two part time jobs, one is a catering co., <br /> the other is a landscaping bus iness a friend and I am slowly <br /> developing. <br /> This rezoneing would actually help maintain the rural ambience <br /> that has made living here so attractive. Otherwise it will be- <br /> come many smaller lots like Lakeland and Vacationland no more <br /> than a stones throw away. Or it will become another so called <br /> "gentlemans ranch" like on the other side of my property, where <br /> one home has their own polo fk@ld. Which in my opinion is about <br /> as valid an agriculture venture as a golf coarse. <br /> And while on the topic of golf coarses, The Waimea Country Club <br /> ,approximately 1200' from my back door is a defacto statement <br /> of the direction that this county was taking. <br /> And it must be stated that the 11th and 12th holes of this <br /> Country Club straddle the South Kohala-Hamakua district boundary. <br /> This is an open invitation to you all to come up and visit my <br /> farm and try some Waimea coffee, or orange juice or fresh lemon <br /> aid all from my back yard. My farm can also inspire othere On <br /> <br /> what can be grown on less than 5 acres commercially. As I have <br /> always professed,diversfication is the key to long term health <br /> of ones farmstead. <br /> I am asking for this zone change based on a number of criterion, <br /> 1. General Plan Mandate. 2. Highest and Best Use. 3. Enviromental <br /> Benefit. 4. Fairness-Equitable. 5. Rational Development. <br /> <br />