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WATANABE: If there are no other questions of the applicant’s representative then you may be seated; and I’ll call up the testifier. Thank you. Ms. Nomura, you signed up to testify on this agenda item. May I swear you in please. Okay, do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Planning Commission? NOMURA: Yes, I do. WATANABE: Thank you. Could you speak into the mike and provide your name and address, please. NOMURA: My name is Avis Nomura and I live at 17-536 Volcano Road in Kurtistown, which is a few lots away from the Assembly of God Church. I’d like to say good afternoon to the Planning Commission because this is the first time I’ve been here, Mr. Watanabe, Ms. Bowman, Mr. Housel, Mr. Woodward, Ms. Ogata and Mr. Domingo, as well as Mr. Arai and Mr. Torigoe. You’ll have to bear with me because I’ve never been to one like this. I’m somewhat nervous, okay. So if I don’t follow procedure, protocol, just let me know and I’ll stop. Okay, I’m just going to read off my letter. I was hesitant to come actually because I’ve never been to a session like this. And we’re just, you know, old timers that just kind of believe that, okay, the Department has the responsibilities, they’ll take of business. But this concerns me a lot so I decided I should at least come and satisfy myself and speak before the Commission. Okay, now I’m submitting this testimony on my own behalf, okay. I’m not representing anyone. I am not in favor of granting or approving this Use Permit and I hope that the Commission will deny it. And my reasons are: I’m taking the opposite on the basic zoning policy that you have. The area is zoned residential and the proposed use is not consistent with the purpose of the zoning district nor the intent and purpose of the Zoning Code, which is residential to begin with. That is the pure basic zoning for that area. We as residents, and I speak for myself and my husband, we abide by the Zoning Code in good faith and expect that the county will abide by it also as it is good for all of us in the area and community. I do not feel that it is justified to go as far as to make an exception for this particular company to erect this structure which is not supposed to be in this zoning area to begin with. It is more appropriate in another area such as the industrial district or commercial district where it would not have an adverse effect and it would not need to get a special permit to be erected. No. 2, granting of this permit will be materially detrimental to the public welfare and cause substantial adverse impact to the community’s character or to surrounding properties. I understand there’s, you know, pros and cons to this opinion, okay. I understand that it is not good for the community where it is going to be built now, okay. Have you seen these towers on the landscape -- I was passing Mauna Kea the other weekend and asked my husband what was that on Mauna Kea, and there was this big silver thing, you know, whatever -- with all these microwave dishes sticking out from the mountain on the side? And he just mentioned that that’s what’s going to be put in our neighborhood, okay. Just looking at it, you know that you’re saleable value of your property will surely go down, not to mention the 5 EXHIBIT B