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RAFFIPIY: Thank you, we'll start from your right going down the line. Go ahead, ma'am.
<br />C. SCHISZLER: Okay. Yes. Hi everybody, my name is Crystal Schiszler, and I live on 17'
<br />Street in Maku`u. I live on the, almost to the dead end, and I've lived there for almost 30 years
<br />with my father, Michael Schiszler, and my brother Gabriel Schiszler, always, also lives on the
<br />dead end. He wasn't able to make it today, but he's also against the proposed cellphone tower.
<br />And, yes, I just wanted to address something. I'm here representing the children in my
<br />community also, and also there's a, thirty-three acres of protected archaeological Native
<br />Hawaiian villages and heiau and burial grounds at the end of the street. There's actually thirty-
<br />three acres that's been found by the University of Hawaii to contain remains, and there's also
<br />old rock walls. It's thirty-three acres old growth `6hi`a trees that are about hundred feet tall.
<br />There's mango trees that are hundreds of years old. There's, right next to our house, there's two
<br />acres of, also that's connected to this area, and there's Native Hawaiian burial grounds there also.
<br />So, this is a very sacred area, and this is the reason why this tree is a dead end. Because they
<br />found these burial grounds here, and that's why the road was never made all the way through to
<br />17'h Street in Paradise Park. So this is a very sacred area to us, and I don't know if many people
<br />know about this area cause it's kind of, we've kept it kind of secret over the years to protect it,
<br />and we've watched over it and made sure it's been --it's actually zoned parks and recreation,
<br />people can go in there and check it out if they want to and I invite all of you, and also
<br />Mr. Tomlinson to go in there, it's a very sacred and spiritual area. And I find that the building of
<br />this cellphone tower right near this area is really disgusting, you know, just to be honest. You
<br />told me to tell the truth, so I'm just really appalled by this for this fact alone. Not to mention, its
<br />right, they call it a community center, it's actually a park. There's, in their old photo does not
<br />show that there's a new like jungle gym equipment for children there. That's why their photo is
<br />really disgusting to me because it's a lie. It's not, and there's actually five more new houses
<br />that's gone up since then that they're not including in their photo. So, this community center is
<br />actually a park for children. And so I'm here speaking out for the children in my community. I'm
<br />actually also a school counselor working in Ka`u High and Pahala Elementary. So I'm very
<br />passionate about children, and I think this proposed cellphone tower is also very disgusting for
<br />this reason, what it's doing to children, and as the gentlemen so eloquently explained earlier that
<br />has these negative health effects, or birth defects, memory loss, cardiovascular effects, you know
<br />the list goes on and on. It's very disgusting. Their picture that they're showing of where the
<br />cellphone tower's gonna go is right next to a park where children play. Like it's literally like 20
<br />feet away. Where they want to this next to, a jungle gym where little kids play. It's really
<br />disgusting, and I'm very disturbed by this, and don't understand why these people want to do this
<br />to our community. I think it's very sick. You know, I'm just being honest. I don't wanna speak
<br />like negatively, but I'm just appalled and I, just disgusted. And the way the other community has
<br />described the way their taken advantage of their community because its lower socioeconomic
<br />status. I'm disgusted by that also. But, actually, the really appalling fact of all this is, all the
<br />homeowners on our street, we're all homeowners here testifying, and we didn't receive any
<br />letters of notice. There was no letters. I'd like to see the sheet that says they sent it to us cause
<br />that would be a lie also. None of us received notices and my dad has been at this same address
<br />for thirty years. He has the same P.O. Box, did not receive a notice. This is against the law. So,
<br />this is illegal, immoral, and I'm just appalled. I can't, I think that should be dismissed at this
<br />point for the fact alone there was no notices sent to homeowners. How is this legal? How do we,
<br />how do we know? We only saw the sign. That's the only way we knew. And I came back from
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