2020-07-02 Exh C PD Initiated (Primary Airports)

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MASON JR: Yes, Sir. RAFFIPIY: Thank you very much , Sir. You get three minutes, go ahead and make your presentation. Speak directly into the microphone please. MASON JR: Aloha kakahiaka, My English name is Melvin Mason Jr., [testifier spoke in Hawaiian language - inaudible]. First, mahalo Uncle,`Anakala you know what is shared , a lot of things are not true. For me, this is going to be a twister and the reason why is because the question that is on the table here for today. I was pretty much the one initiated it all, I am Kanaka. My father is actually buried up Mauna Kea with six (6) other ancestors. It was New Year's at that time. The [testifier spoke in Hawaiian language - inaudible] for share actually there was a lot of questions earlier that you folks were talking about I can actually answer to do with the Master Plan and the initiations of the development and what's going on now and what's to become. I actually sent my testimony both in English and Ma ka `61elo Hawaii. I was actually doing it today in Hawaiian but, I know a lot of people even Kanaka [testifier spoke in Hawaiian language - inaudible] they cannot really speak. So, I'm going to start Aloha, Chair, Vice-Chair and Commission. This is actually my first time for me to speak and Mahalo. I am Melvin G Mason, Jr [testifier spoke in Hawaiian language - inaudible], I am the CEO of Keahole Hotel & Suites LLC, I wish to support this process to proposed changes initiated to the following amendments to Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Article 1 and Article 5 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended). I believe that having a hotel at the airport itself is beneficial not to just the State of Hawaii or County or most of all our community. For me, it's also for our Hawaii. I know that the need for this is great since there was no accommodations within walking distance of the tenuinal as I have experienced with travel to other states and other countries such as Japan, China, Thailand, England, France, Germany and even Sweden. Actually, for Kanaka for me being born and raised in Hamak-is and Honoka`a I've been around the world twice. I've seen a lot. It would be actually of tremendous convenience to the travelers who use the airport especially when there are problems with flight cancellations, early flights and such. I also believe that the jobs and revenue that the hotel will bring great benefits that of Hawaii in these uncertain times. Which includes the County with having to actually have taxation, the State would actually be able to have leased money and actually to help the system. So, we don't really need to increase the taxes on the people. So, we do it in administrative wise into a business in certain areas that we can. Where is pono and follow through. So for me, relating to Primary Airports. The purpose of the amendment is to establish a land use called "Primary Airports" by adding a definition identifying accessory land uses and adding the land use within the County's General Industrial (MG) zoning district. Mahalo a nui loa me pumehana for letting me to be able to be sharing a vision that I have actually seen for the development of the Ellison Onazuka Kona International Airport at Keahole. EXHIBIT C 6