2011-03-17 Leeward Exh B - Verosko

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GIFFIN: You’re welcome. Thank you. There are six people who have signed up to testify on this agenda item: Roxann – I don’t know how to pronounce your last name – Taughinbaugh. TAUGHINBAUGH: Yes. GIFFIN: Good. Okay. Gay Willick – please come forward as I call your name – and for real, Tina Turner. Oh, I see there is a forth chair. Sheila Archibald, will you please come up. And all of you, please raise your right hands. Thank you. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Leeward Hawai‘i County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: Yes, I do. GIFFIN: Thank you. Go ahead and take a seat. And then I’m going to start with you, ma’am, in the pink, the dark pink. Your name and your resident address, please. TAUGHINBAUGH: My name is Roxann Taughinbaugh, and my address is 87- Highway, Captain Cook, 96704. GIFFIN: Thank you. And your name, ma’am? WILLICK: Gay Willick, 84- TURNER: Tina Turner, 84- ARCHIBALD: Sheila Archibald, 86- GIFFIN: Let’s begin with you, ma’am? TAUGHINBAUGH: Okay. I just want -. I am a small farmer. I live about eight miles south of the South Kona Fruit Stand. And it would be great for me to be able to bring my excess produce to the Fruit Stand and they can sell it there. I think waste of fruit here is a huge issue, and that would give all the farmers in South Kona area a way to market their produce. Thank you. GIFFIN: Thank you. Gay Willick. WILLICK: I think it would be a big advantage to all the small farmers, and then also to the tourists so that they can get what they need, you know. GIFFIN: Do you also have a farm? WILLICK: Yes. GIFFIN: I see. So you, too, would be looking at selling your excess fruit. WILLICK: I have a garden mostly. GIFFIN: I see. Okay, thank you. And Tina Turner. 7 EXHIBIT B