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The—we need to look as `I`ini said, our kupuna are a big part of our community, and I'm not
<br />sure on the percentage, but a lot of kupuna live in Kukuihaele, and there are a lot of `em that are
<br />shut in, kupuna, because they don't have accessibility to transportation to get to Honoka`a. The
<br />closest place to go grab some food is Honoka`a now that the other restaurant that was there, they
<br />shut down. So, the availability of them to be able to have something nearby, possibly have it
<br />delivered to them is amazing and is great.
<br />I support the Lannings in their endeavor to have a food wagon. I know first-hand of the
<br />conditions of Waipi`o Valley when it gets busy, when it gets crowded. I know the parking
<br />issues. I hear about it every—well, I hear about it five days a week when my husband comes
<br />home from work. But, we also see it, and we deal with it all the time, and I think that is, it the
<br />lunch wagon is not going to have an impact on that, because it is already beyond that point. You
<br />are right. The cars do park up the road and sometime along the highway. That is something that
<br />six parking stalls for them is not going to do anything, and they are going to be a take-out lunch
<br />wagon, so they are not going to have a dine -in facility.
<br />Again, I support their mission and the goal to be sustainable, and I hope that you guys will
<br />support them as well. Thank you.
<br />POINDEXTER: Aloha, I'm Valerie Poindexter, but I'm here today as myself, as a community
<br />member, one that grew up in a time where we were self-reliant. We didn't rely on tourism to
<br />survive in our rural communities. We relied on our cottage industries of small "mom & pop"
<br />kind of businesses, and a lot of food wagons. I mean, I don't know if many of you were in our
<br />rural communities when we used to have the guy coming around selling aku or what kind of fish,
<br />or, you know, Hasegawa Store with his wagon with candies and even clothing and shoes and
<br />would drive around the communities, and people would, you know, open their homes to these
<br />wagons, and we were self-reliant because of it. We didn't rely on tourism. Yes, this wagon will
<br />feed our visitors, but most importantly, it will feed our community.
<br />And, you know, during times of disaster, should we become isolated, it doesn't have to be a
<br />storm. You know, bridges could go down for some reason or whatever. Can we—I've always
<br />asked every community and even in our Pa`auilo community, should we become isolated, can we
<br />survive as a community, and if we have these cottage industries and lunch wagons or food
<br />wagons, even ice shave trucksI remember them coming around, and I think we have someone
<br />here today who does ice shave wagons, too. And, we can survive as a community, because they
<br />always give back. We bartered. We've learned how to take care of each other, and we survive
<br />because we had each other, and I think what the Lannings are doing is just that. Bringing back
<br />what we had as a preserving that type of culture, and surviving as communities. So, I ask for
<br />your support. Thank you.
<br />CLARKSON: Thank you, all. Are there any questions from the Commission for any of these
<br />testifiers? If not, thank you. Please be seated. Is there anyone else signed up to testify or would
<br />like to testify? If not, I'll ask for a motion that public testimony be closed.
<br />DELA CRUZ: I move that public testimony be closed.
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