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Also, if the application goes through would the Commission specify in detail the exact hours of
<br />operation and what’s allowed? And if the conditions are not followed, you know, what recourse
<br />do I have to make sure that these things are in compliance?
<br />KERN:I’d like to make a quick point, it’s not really how the process works for you to ask us
<br />questions. You can voice your concerns and then possibly someone can answer those; but you
<br />may not get all of them answered. So it’s best to voice your concerns and what you would
<br />potentially like to see. Thank you.
<br />NAKAO: Okay.Well, basically, you know, my basic concern is to have quiet time at night; and
<br />that’s really the basic concern. And as I pointed out in the letter, you know, if in the event that I
<br />rent the property, the home out, you know, it’s going to restrict the kind of tenants I can have and
<br />how much I can charge if nobody is going to be able to sleep at night. And, you know, the
<br />nature of a bakery I would think there would be preparation time like early in the morning to
<br />meet like a 6 o’clock opening time. So that’s what I’m concerned about. You know, people
<br />talking or pots and pans, you know, banging, that kind of thing that can, you know, get me up in
<br />a minute. But that’s basically my concern, is the quiet time at night.
<br />KERN: Okay, thank you very much. Jedediah Kay.
<br />KAY: My name is Jedediah Kay. I’m a case manager for Care Hawaii. I live at -.
<br />KERN: Excuse me, thank you. Your address.
<br />KAY: I live at 16-2044 Moho Road. That’s all the way, as far as you can get out of 8 Road. I
<br />work in the community with adults with SMI, severe mental illness. And, you know, I wanted to
<br />come here today and support this bakery because I believe in the idea of what they want to do. I
<br />had a chance to meet Anthony, which is the Robeson’s son, a few months back,and I’ve had a
<br />chance to taste their bread; and it’s pretty fantastic, you know. And I grew up in New York, I’ve
<br />been here for ten years, and I grew up with that smell, that wheat bread smell. My mom used to
<br />bake bread. And, you know, it’s very difficult in this community to find that kind of quality in
<br />food. And, as you can tell, I like food. However, it’s not just the quality of the food that’s the
<br />concern here. It’s supporting the community and giving growers of food an opportunity to sell
<br />their product in a manner that helps them. Actually they can drop off their product and sell it at
<br />this place, rather than having it sit somewhere for a day and lose that time where they could be
<br />growing more. I just want to ask this Council (sic), this body, to, you know, look at the idea,
<br />look at the real idea, of the base of what they’re trying to do here and look out for the best
<br />interest of our community in providing an outlet for people to socialize, to buy good food, and to
<br />be well with our community. Thanks very much.
<br />KERN: Thank you. Jason Sanborn, name and address, and you may begin.
<br />SANBORN: Hi. I’m Jason Sanborn and address is 2916-C Ainaola Drive. So I live in Waiakea
<br />Uka, upper Hilo. I don’t live anywhere near the Robesons. But I’m the owner of a small
<br />excavation contracting company so I’m in the Puna area every day of the week. I am up, I mean
<br />the Puna area is growing so much. I need this type of,some place like their wanting because I
<br />can meet with clients there, you know. It’s a mutual place, a friendly place that you can have
<br />coffee -. And they’re talking about the bread, forget the bread. You guys haven’t even tasted the
<br />pumpkin squares, or the cinnamon rolls, or the home-made brownies made from scratch that no,
<br />I mean no, not premade stuff, I mean just totally hands-on, made with love, you know. And,
<br />yeah, my grandma and dad they bake and stuff, my mom. So, yeah, it’s just a, I think it’s a
<br />wonderful thing, the, I mean, everything. It’s Ag, it’s not depending on -. We need to be more, I
<br />don’t know the word, you know, dependent on ourselves, you know, stuff like this. Rural
<br />Hawai‘i has been made up of mom and pop stores like this, we all know that. I think it’s, so for
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