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right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Hawaii County Planning <br />Commission? <br />CHOQUETTE:I do. <br />ALAMEDA:Thank you. Go ahead you can comment on what you€ve been hearing so <br />far before we-. <br />CHOQUETTE:Thank you. Forgive my timing I had a doctor€s appointment I couldn€t <br />cancel. My name is Lisa Choquette. And I think you probably, Tom and I were married for 17 <br />years. We ran a business in Kona for 30 years. <br />ALAMEDA:Could you please state your address as well for the record? <br />CHOQUETTE:Okay.73-1097OluOluStreet,Kailua-Kona,Hawaii96740. <br />ALAMEDA:Allright,goahead. <br />CHOQUETTE:Whenwegotdivorcedwestillhadthebusinesstogether.Wecouldnot <br />afford to split our finances as one short of the other. We were able to sell our business last fall <br />and it is time for us to separate our finances. Our biggest asset is the Kaloko Mauka property <br />and home. So we basically have 3 choices. I can legally build a farm dwelling on that and it <br />would not change any density up there at all. I€m up and down there every day when I am here. <br />I now have business interests in the Solomon Islands to help take care of our joint custody pets. <br />So it wouldn€t change the traffic at all. Legally I can put another dwelling so it would not <br />change any dwelling density and I-. And the other option if we cannot legally own one half each <br />which at this point in our lives we have to think about Wills unfortunately. And to leave a <br />property so encumbered to those who might come after us could cause just horrendous legal <br />problems that neither one of us want to get into. So our only other choice is to sell the property <br />outright, which would probably go to someone coming in from the mainland who would create <br />far more traffic than we do. And at (inaudible), it would put Tom at the age of 71 out of his <br />home. Luckily we are really good friends. Do we want to live together in the same house, not <br />quite that good friends. But do we want be nearby and keep an eye on each other, yes we do. So <br />what we€re asking is totally consistent with what has been done in the area in the past. So I just <br />wanted to add my 10 cents worth for inflation and thank you very, very much for your attention. <br />And I hope you€ll grant us our request. <br />ALAMEDA:Thank you for coming. Thank you for sharing. Any questions? All right, <br />fellow Commissioners we are in a discussion mode. Anybody would like to comment further or <br />put your opinion on the table or potentially make a motion and then discuss. What€s your <br />pleasure? Commissioner Watanabe? <br />WATANABE:I move that a favorable recommendation for Change of Zone from <br />Agricultural 20 acre to Agricultural 10 acre REZ 06-000033 be forwarded to the County Council <br />based on the Director€s recommendations. <br />EXHIBIT C <br />10 <br /> <br />