2022-07-07 Windward Exh E (Item 4 Yamada & Sons PL-SPP-2022-000012)

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ARAI: I'm sorry. Would it be okay if the applicant's Aunty is able to make a statement? LIN: Sure, go ahead. MILLER: Thank you. I had just come prepared to make a statement, but I guess I had kind of missed that time frame. So, I thank you for being allowed to do it now. My name is Donna Miller. I'm a granddaughter of the founders of the Yamada and Sons, Bob and Emma Yamada. I speak in support of the permit for the quarry not only as a member of the Yamada family and an employee of the company but also as a member of this community because I know that this company fills a need in our community. Every community needs materials to build their homes, churches, stores, office buildings,parks, restaurants, gyms, and bridges. They need materials to build their roads, parking lots, and playgrounds. For the past 50 plus years Yamada and Sons has been one of the providers of these materials for our community. We produce aggregate of all sizes such as sand to cushion pipes in the ground and backyard swimming pools. We produce larger aggregate that becomes the foundation for buildings or that is used to decorate landscape. We provide rocks to fill big holes so the land can be leveled and made useful. We mix aggregate with cement to produce ready-mix concrete that is used to build everything under the sun. We mix aggregate with hot asphalt oil to produce hot asphaltic concrete used to pave and when needed to repave our roadways. But before we can produce these useful materials, we need a quarry. A quarry from which to extract the rock to produce these materials that provide incredible value to our community. We need a source from which all these building materials are made, we need a quarry. Yamada and Sons did their due diligence in selecting this particular piece of property for the quarry. Being mindful of our neighbors and embrace working with our neighbors in moving this permitting process forward. Not only because that is the business we're in but also because we know how important these materials are to the community. To extract,process, and deliver these materials Yamada and Sons employs about forty (40)people. People who live in this community and who have had a direct hand in producing and delivering this material to the community. Yamada and Sons as a general contractor, as a producer of building materials, as an employer, and as a company of individuals is very mindful that we are very much a part of this community. This is the legacy of my grandparents. Thank you. YAMADA: I just wanted to take some time, I'm not sure if there's any questions but to just thank everyone for your time and again, we apologize about that last minute deferral in June. But I do think, and I agree with Daryn it was time very well spent working with DHHL and KPFA. Who I thought would be here today because I also wanted to thank them because they were very, very helpful in us getting to this point. So, thank you to the Commission, thank you to the Planning Department, Director Kern thank you very much. LIN: Thank you. At this time, are there any questions for the applicant? AGUINALDO: No. 8 EXHIBIT E