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middle ground to support our local farmer. With that, I will—Kate, did you want to, did you
<br /> want to add any last, anything else?
<br /> K. HICKEY: Yeah, I did want- - - about, and I forgot to say this earlier, about our
<br /> environmental sustainability effort for our venue. Clair talked about it a little bit with how the
<br /> building design would be, but just like in every aspect of our wedding business, we work to be as
<br /> ecofriendly as possible. From all the florals that we have at our venue are all grown on island.
<br /> We forage many, many of the things that we use from weeds, invasives, we cut down things so
<br /> that we can specifically utilize those in a beautiful way while also are removing things that
<br /> shouldn't be there. We do native planting. In our coffee orchard we are one of the only farms on
<br /> our roadI think maybe the only one—who has left all of their native `ohi`a trees in their
<br /> orchard. We are trying to keep as many of our native trees as possible, and our native plants.
<br /> Our landscaping is almost entirely native plants, mostly ferns, other than the things that were
<br /> there before, and large taro patches. We are working towards being a certified carbon-neutral
<br /> business. We actually already meet the standards, but we are not technically certified as that.
<br /> All our food waste from our events, all of it, goes to our chickens or into our compost; none of it
<br /> goes to the landfill. We don't allow plastic at our events. We don't allow Styrofoam. We don't
<br /> allow straws. Everything that we use is wooden or cardboard and—if it's not, you know,
<br /> washable glass or china—and those things are chipped in a woodchipper and create, we create
<br /> mulch with that and we use it on our coffee trees or in our other farming practices. Just
<br /> throughout everything that we do in our farm, our goal is sustainability. We love this island, and
<br /> we really, like, this will not have a negative environmental impact on our land. If anything, it
<br /> will be a positive because we'll have more money to be able to put into the sustainability efforts
<br /> that we really want to do. So that's, that's all I wanted to say about that. Thanks.
<br /> CARR SMITH: Very good, thank you.
<br /> KERN: Thank you, Madam Chair, appreciate it.
<br /> CARR SMITH: Thank you. All right, Commissioners, do we have any questions for the
<br /> applicants? Faye, go ahead.
<br /> YATES: Hi. I'd like to preface this by saying that I don't have any objections against the family
<br /> that that's trying to make a living on their farm (indiscernible–away from microphone) I just
<br /> have some
<br /> CARR SMITH: Wait, wait, sorry, Faye, hold on just a second, yeah, can you bring your mic to
<br /> you? Thank you.
<br /> YATES: Okay, starting again. I'd like to preface this by saying that I have no objections - - -
<br /> make a living and, you know, living of their dream of being in a farm; however, I have some
<br /> question mostly like, you know, talking about the number of people, you probably would have
<br /> more people come, because if you are permitted, then you are able to advertise and more people
<br /> will see. And so my concerns are, you know, like you have more traffic on that road, so
<br /> somehow, you're going to have to do something about that road, because I think that's unsafe.
<br /> And also, does, if the, you know, if the county approves this, does the county become liable in
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