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witnessed how many other local businesses and caterers that have benefited from their venue. <br /> From caterers,photographers, sound and audio, musicians to bakers and united rental company <br /> and many other businesses. <br /> This venue has been well thought out and planned with the concerns of neighbors being that or <br /> opened to discussion on the Hickey's end. With the events that have already been completed we <br /> had never had any complaints about noise or sharing the road. My experience with driving up <br /> and down has been pleasant, yielding to other drivers and pulling to the side whenever necessary. <br /> I have personally offered to give a portion of my earnings from each event to a roadwork fund <br /> for Waiono Ranch Road if business is to continue. Personally, Sunshower Farms has helped me <br /> starting my florist business and supplementing my family's income. Their business has allowed <br /> me to expand my crops as a flower farmer and has allowed me to help other flower farmers new <br /> floral purchases. There are not many venues for small events also venues that are affordable. <br /> This venue will not only cater to designations weddings but also provide an affordable location <br /> for local couples. <br /> "- - -"Ranch is compared to Sunshower Farms and so is H6lualoa but, the cost alone is like <br /> really not comparable. Sunshower Farms offers the unique experience with their coffee and live <br /> stocks as being incorporated to each event. This is the new age of farming where we must do <br /> whatever we can to cover costs and keep things running and not shift in direction. Mahalo for <br /> your time. Thank you. <br /> VITOUSEK: Thank you so much. Our last testifier today will be Matt Chalker. Matt, please <br /> proceed. State your name and town you live in. <br /> CHALKER: Hi, this is Matt Chalker, I live in Waikoloa Village and I'm speaking in support of <br /> Doug and Kates's proposed application. It's all about the road. I testified at the last one, I've <br /> heard all the arguments both ways and it's all about the road. I've driven up to the farm multiple <br /> times myself and I agree it's not in the state to be able to hold a large venue like this. But it is <br /> very clear from listening to the testimony earlier today and listening to this controversy that most <br /> people haven't read the actual application. There are multiple pages of a traffic engineer's <br /> assessment. We have a lot of feelings going on, we think that it's dangerous, we feel like it's <br /> dangerous, we have these ideas that it is not going to work. We all know that there are actual <br /> suggestions, there are actual things that Doug and Kate have committed to improving to make <br /> this work. So, it's just really a case of nimbyism if you read further through the application <br /> down to page one hundred sixty-three (163) Doug has outlined all of his conversations with the <br /> neighbors and it comes down to literally people saying I don't want this in my backyard. <br /> I think that we should allow Doug and Kate to go improve the road to make it work so that the <br /> economy can improve. Most of the people that live on this road are either, most of the farms are <br /> either large corporations that are farming hundreds of acres or they are retiree's that live on a <br /> vacation home for a few months a year. Of course, they don't want more commercial activity <br /> but, it doesn't make sense to me why we would block the improvements to improve the safety of <br /> the road that have been proposed by an engineer who actually knows these things. Let them fix <br /> it up, let them have the property, let them improve the quality of life for everyone and let's move <br /> 12 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br />