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REPLOGLE: Hello, Mr. Wong? <br /> WONG: Yes, this is Mr. Wong. <br /> REPLOGLE: Okay, I'm going to have to swear you in again because you did not get say, you <br /> didn't get to do it. <br /> WONG: Okay. <br /> REPLOGLE: Please raise your right hand, do you swear to affirm to tell the truth before the <br /> Windward Planning Commission? <br /> WONG: I do. <br /> REPLOGLE: Okay, thank you and before you start, state your name and the town you live in <br /> prior to your testimony. You may begin when you are ready. <br /> WONG: My name is Stephen Wong and I live in Hilo, Hawaii. <br /> REPLOGLE: Okay. You are testifying on Connections? <br /> WONG: Yes. <br /> REPLOGLE: Okay, you may begin. <br /> WONG: Okay, so, I'd like to state that the first thing is I'm not one of the good old boys of <br /> Hilo, I'm just a regular guy. Second, I want you to take just 5 seconds and listen. You noticed <br /> how quiet it is, it is really quiet, you only hear the birds up here. And also, we have 5 schools in <br /> a 4-mile radius Hilo Union, Hilo Intermediate, Hilo High, DeSilva and Kaumana Elementary <br /> School. Do we need a, do we really need another school and a dorm up here? And also, the <br /> infrastructure, the water, the sewer, the roads, can that handle that many more people up here? <br /> And I also have questions with this school. A while back one of the teachers, I guess he's a <br /> teacher, told me that they were going to build a farm and I asked him "what they going to do <br /> with the pigs"because there's a lot of pigs in that property. And he told me he's going to shoot <br /> um'. Now this is not a hunting area, this a residential area and that's his mindset is that he's <br /> gonna shoot them. And also, earlier this year I see 4 students from that school going by in the <br /> property with their all-terrain vehicle, 4 of um', sitting in there, no social distancing and next <br /> thing you know the school is shut down because of COVID-19. I mean what kind of practice <br /> does this school do, I mean. <br /> But my real concern is to you know it's so quiet up here. And that's all I gotta say. Thank you. <br /> REPLOGLE: Thank you, thank you Mr. Wong. I believe the Commission is going to go into <br /> Executive Session now, and when that is done the Commissioners may have some questions for <br /> you regarding your testimony so, if you can hang on till we're done with that, please. <br /> 2 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />