2005-05-20 EXHIBIT A Hualalai PC

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WATAI:Aloha. In behalf of the Kealakehe Neighborhood Watch, Board of Directors and members I am in support of the Special Use Permit amendment for Hualalai Academy, a private school located in our neighborhood of Kealakehe. The school is requesting that they be allowed to increase the maximum number of students at our campus from 210 to 360 students. A few years ago Mrs. Felicity Johnson, Principal of the school and a handful of staff members called us to ask permission to meet with our Board. Their purpose, to obtain our permission for them to come into our community. Unbeknown to them at that time, the way of our culture has always been to request permission before one enters ones home. We sat together in our humble meeting place at Jack Hall Housing which was our halau also used as our storage room. They introduced their school and made commitments to our community neighbors at that time. They have fulfilled all, and more of their commitments to our community to this date. One of our concerns at that time was how can we, as low-income families be able to send our children to their school? They promised to establish a financial aid fun that would enable our children to become part of their student body. They annually implement fundraisers, enabling ouryouthtoattendHualalaiAcademy.Theyhavefulfilledthatpromiseasyouhaveheard.My adopted granddaughter is now attending her first year at the academy because of financial aid, and so are several other children in our neighborhood. Every year since they have come into the community they provide our public housing children, families and kupuna, Christmas gifts. Fill our kupunas wish list, just like a generous Santa Claus. They adopt not one, two, but four or five families and furnish them with gifts that we would not be able to attain ourselves. Last year they even provided families whose husbands were in Iraq. Christmas gifts for the children and spouses left behind. Their teachers, staff members, and parents are all hard working people, earning a living just like us in the public housing areas. But they sacrifice their time and their monies to provide our community with extra wonderful blessings. They provide us their playing field for soccer, baseball, community fairs and so forth. We dont have a center to do nice parties or recreational activities. They, through collaboration with others built a beautiful facility called the Ridge Building. And yes, they share that with our families. From Mrs. Johnson to Auntie Robin to Uncle George to Auntie Linda to Uncle Eric to my niece Janine who now has the opportunity to be employed there we are all one big ohana. Their standards are of the highest esteem. They continue their perseverance to cut academic excellence. Their integrity and commitment to our youth and our families are not to be questioned. They have made commitments to the community of Kealakehe and have fulfilled every commitment. They are not the cause of extra traffic in our area, on the contrary. They come quietly into the area, drop off their children, pick up their children and respectfully join the rest of us who live there and suffer the woes of traffic problems caused by other factors. We will stand behind the Hualalai Academy in support of raising their attendance from 210 to 360 students. We need more Hualalai Academies in West Hawai i. Please grant them this Special Permit amendment. Mahalo. SPRINGER:Youre welcome and thank you. Commissioners are there any questions for the testifier? Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA:Yes, Auntie Elaine I just wanted to say that its good to see you here and thank you for your work with Solutions. EXHIBIT A 9