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WITHINGTON: Yeah, this is very brief, I won't— <br /> UNGER: <br /> on'tUNGER: That's fine, that's fine. <br /> WITHINGTON: I won't, I'm not going to read her testimony. But what I'm going to do is <br /> Karen Martinez is a woman living in North Kohala, and in her, she couldn't come today, she <br /> really wanted to, but she couldn't come today, so she wrote this testimony. And, in a way, it <br /> reflects a lot of the thought of people in North Kohala, and that is is that a lot of the planning <br /> that's going on around here has to do with rich homes and high-end subdivisions. Okay, so, I'm <br /> just going to point out in her letter, the middle paragraph where she says, "How can we let <br /> non-resident wealth dictate the development of empty castles when our homeless population <br /> sleeps on the ground? .... North Kohala needs investment in almost everything, except <br /> irresponsible speculated housing developments." I think this is the, it's the very commonly held <br /> thing in Kohala. So, Karen, I wish she could be here to express her feelings. <br /> UNGER: That's fine. Okay, thank you. <br /> WITHINGTON: Okay? <br /> UNGER: I do want a motion then to close public testimony. <br /> CARR SMITH: So moved. <br /> VITOUSEK: Second. <br /> UNGER: Motion by Commissioner Carr Smith, second by Commissioner Vitousek. All in <br /> favor? <br /> COMMISSIONERS: Aye. <br /> UNGER: Motion moves unanimously. Public testimony is closed. I would like to call the <br /> applicant back up just because we are here and there were certain things discussed about not <br /> calling attention to. So, if you would, if you would come back, and, in particular, could you talk <br /> about the looking at the alternative to preservation, if indeed that that was looked at <br /> MOOERS: Yeah, this is <br /> UNGER: —and any other clarification? <br /> MOOERS: Sure, I appreciate the opportunity to address these. I've been meeting with Toni and <br /> her group once a month for a couple of years, and I think we have a pretty good understanding <br /> of, you know, what each other's position is. The issue of preservation, there has never been a <br /> formal offer to preserve, or to acquire the land for preservation, and as far as I know,this <br /> property has never been on any of the list that the County, the PONC list, to acquire. And the <br /> resources of this property are the shoreline, the use of the shoreline and the historic features, <br /> 16 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br />