2019-06-20 Leeward Exh A (SPP 17-195)

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I've also grown up in the church since I was twelve years old. And I can, I can vouch for just the heart of the leadership for this community. But they are here for the long haul. This isn't a flash-in-the-pan kind of a church; this is a church that has roots here and plans to be here and to see lasting change in this community. It's going to have benefits for the immediately surrounding community but also much farther reaching ramifications, we believe, over the west side of the island, but, but as well as the entire island. M. BUMGARDNER: My name is Melissa Bumgardner and I live in Pualani Estates, and I'm a member of Living Stones Church. So my husband and I and our four kids have been on the island for, this is our third year, and the one thing that has run true to me since becoming a part of this island is `ohana. So, for me, the `ohana of my church is the community; there are so many of us that live there, that attend this church and benefit from the services that are provided by the church. But the other thing that I've learned in my years of life is that the only thing that is consistent in life is change. And we've only been here three years and I've already seen our community grow and change. And that is a piece of property that I can see going to be used for something in the future. And to my heart and for my community and my `ohana in that community, this is one of the best options I can think of to utilize that parcel of land to serve the community in which it's located. BURNS: Good morning. Thank you for your time. My name is Ryan Burns. I live in Pualani Estates, and actually live on Ho`omama Street. And first off, I just got back from Uganda; I want to thank you for all the incredible work you do in making our city function so well and have the infrastructure that it does. You guys do an amazing job and I'm just very appreciative of that. I just want to note off of what Melissa was saying, having seen some other proposed plans for that piece of property with, you know, multiple houses and things like that, as far as the traffic concerns, you know, I have one myself just living on that street, but I agree with Melissa that this is the best use of the property. I do believe the property is going to get developed one way or another, I'm sure, as we move forward. And as far as the traffic goes, I think it's going to be quite minimal, as the traffic study shows as well, limited primarily just Sunday mornings. And, for me, someone that lives on Ho`omama Street, having five children myself, the idea of having minimal traffic on a Sunday morning versus ongoing traffic increase that perhaps would go into a whole new development on that parcel, something that I'm very much in favor of as a dad. I'm also a pastor at Living Stones Church and I have the unique privilege of seeing a lot of individual lives that are changed just through becoming part of our church family, becoming in contact with our pastors and counselors and things like that. And one of the things that I love most of what we get to do is seeing the change in families themselves. Erin spoke a little bit to about reunification; the marriages that are saved, the foster programs and things we get to come alongside through programs like CarePortal, which actually helps members of the church connect directly with people that are in the process of fostering or families that are coming to reunification, to provide just physical needs, buying cribs, beds, whatever they need to help in the process of reunification. And it's been such a privilege to serve this community and it's something that we really desire to see ongoing, and we believe that this piece of property is so much more than just a meeting place for church. It really is an opportunity—thank you very 10 EXHIBIT A