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much for my one minute left. You can tell I preach; so I just talk and talk when I get a
<br /> microphone in my hand, my apologies. But all I'd like to say, we are excited to see the
<br /> possibility of further supporting and blessing our community. Thank you again for your time.
<br /> SHANNON: Aloha. My name is Dan Shannon, and, yeah, my wife and our two kids have been
<br /> a part of Living Stones Church for the past two years now. We just purchased a home. We are
<br /> new homeowners in Pualani Estates. We purchased our home in January. And, you know, to be
<br /> honest, we're on both sides with all the traffic and, you know, we're always, not like I'm new to
<br /> all this, and I'm thinking like, you know, value of our home and noise and all those things. I just
<br /> kind of want to reiterate, when we consider the other options that could go in on this property,
<br /> we just feel that this would be a great one, and minimal impact compared to what could be. And,
<br /> yeah,just knowing that it would be reduced to Sundays alone, yeah, we just are in favor of that.
<br /> And, even just with everything, we, you know, have an ocean view and stuff, we can see that it's
<br /> not going to impact with the height and everything. So, we just urge approval of it.
<br /> VASCONCELLOS: Aloha. My name is Kumu Vasconcellos. I live in Pualani Estates,
<br /> actually, on Ho`omama Road as well. And I'm not going to speak into that because there is no
<br /> sense for reiterating what people have already said. I am the technical director for Living Stone
<br /> Church, so I can speak more on the basis of the technologies and the audio systems and some of
<br /> the noise concerns that I think some of the community has, myself, you know, being someone
<br /> who lives there as well. I can only speak about our reputation of being next to condominiums
<br /> and having neighbors in our immediate vicinity, specifically with the Alii Drive location. I'll be
<br /> honest and say that it's, it goes without saying that when you live in that close, that you will have
<br /> some emails that get to our way that's, you know, it's like, can you guys turn your music down,
<br /> or whatever. And it's my job not only to push the technology board for the church but also to
<br /> maintain the codes and the legal laws that we abide by as a community member. So, I just want
<br /> to just reiterate to some of the concerns that the neighbors have on the noise, like, we, myself,
<br /> that's my job is to make sure that we are in compliance and always good community members.
<br /> And for as many services as we do every Sunday, we don't get any complaints on Sunday
<br /> mornings. The most complaints that we do get are from our big outreach on Christmas Eve, and
<br /> that's once a year, you know. And so, as far as a regular ongoing issue with any of the neighbors
<br /> that we have regarding Sunday morning services, the audio and anything like that, has not been a
<br /> concern. And we are talking about neighbors that are much closer than we are currently
<br /> proposing with this property. So, hopefully, that will alleviate any concerns of the noise on a
<br /> consistent basis on Sunday mornings.
<br /> LINGER: Great, thank you. You may be seated. The next group of testifiers: Travis
<br /> Bumgardner, Dr. Andrew West, Ted Frandsen, Cilla Behic, Josue Behic and Manvel Roberto.
<br /> Mr. Bumgardner, you can go first; it looks like you have a time frame, so you can go first. First,
<br /> I'd like to swear everybody in. Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the
<br /> truth before the Planning Commission?
<br /> TESTIFIERS: Yes.
<br /> LINGER: Thank you. Please state your name and area of residence before your testimony.
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