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TESTIFIER: [I have some posters, could I put them on a chair or in front ofyou so you can see <br /> it] <br /> LIN: Sure. <br /> STAFF: [Placed 2 posters from one of the testifiers on the chairs for the Commission to see] <br /> LIN: I'll swear you in both at the same time if that's okay. Okay, I'll swear you in both at the <br /> same time. So, if you could please raise your hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth in <br /> this matter before the Windward Planning Commission? <br /> TESTIFIERS: Yes, I do. Yes, I do. <br /> LIN: Okay, Mr. Lee Loy, I'll have you go first. If you would please state your name and the <br /> area you live in and you have 3 minutes for your testimony. <br /> KEKAI: Oh,please hold the mic up. <br /> LEE LOY: My name is Dr. Henry Lee Loy; I'm a retired physician and I've lived at 1579 Mele <br /> Manu Street since 1996. Members of the Windward Planning Commission and fellow citizens, <br /> aloha kakahiaka. Good morning. We built our home there because we found it to be peaceful <br /> and quiet and close proximity to my office in Downtown Hilo and close to the Hilo Medical <br /> Center where I could quickly and efficiently get to and from at all hours of the night and day. I <br /> oppose the Special Use Permit application of Mr. Randy Kunimoto for a commercial tennis <br /> facility in a residential neighborhood. It is very difficult to testify against a neighbor. I wave <br /> hello to my neighbors and they all wave back. I've even waved to strangers, and they wave back <br /> to me too. <br /> If permitted for commercial enterprises, business will continue to adversely affect surrounding <br /> properties. Our property is one of those surrounding properties and we have been adversely <br /> impacted by traffic, noise, lights, and not knowing who's coming and going on Mele Manu <br /> Street which is a dead end. I'm a former athlete and I have the utmost respect for teachers and <br /> coaches. My Hilo High School basketball coach Al Manliguis taught me the four D's to <br /> achieving success. Desire, dedication, determination, and discipline are the key elements which <br /> I took and applied to my life's work and caring for others. <br /> No, I don't play tennis but it's in my blood. My grandfather was a champion tennis player in <br /> Phoenix, Arizona. Home of the nationals. He graduated from Mid-Pacific High School in <br /> Honolulu in 1915. Went to Detroit, Michigan where he studied auto mechanics and moved to <br /> Arizona where he raised his family and had a successful auto mechanic business. My mother <br /> said he loved the game of tennis and I have old newspaper articles about him successfully <br /> advocating for more tennis courts throughout the City of Phoenix. He played regularly and <br /> competitively. Until he was arrested by the FBI and put in prison during World War II only <br /> because he was a Japanese ancestry. [testifier shown some emotions] <br /> 2 <br /> EXHIBIT C <br />