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WATANABE: Okay, thank you. Who has the mike now? Why don’t we start on that <br />side. Sir? And would you -. <br />TOIA: Good morning. <br />WATANABE: Good morning. <br />TOIA: My name is Michael Toia. I live in South Kona, on Painted Church Road. <br />And I’ve had the blessing to me, Dr. Lelah, and seen his operation firsthand. And I urge you to <br />support this proposal and Special Use Permit (sic) because nowhere in the State that I know of <br />is -, or even in the mainland it would be very hard to find an operation like Dr. Lelah has here. <br />And it’s a gem for Kona, and it would be a horrible thing to let this pass by because of this little <br />thing here with the land use. So I encourage you to approve this. It will help Kona immensely. <br />Thank you. <br />WATANABE: Just a minute, just a minute. Do we have any questions for Mr. Toia? <br />Thank you. <br />DOMINGO: Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman. <br />WATANABE: Yes, Mr. Domingo. <br />DOMINGO: One question, just a simple question. <br />WATANABE: Could you pass the mike back, please, to Mr. Toia. <br />DOMINGO: What are the differences between his practice and other practice <br />throughout the country? <br />TOIA: You rarely get a chance to be in nature in the way Dr. Lelah has the <br />opportunity in Kaloko Mauka. That environment doesn’t exist very often anywhere in the <br />country, and it’s a rarity to have. And to have it here in Kona and make it available to children <br />of Hawaii, I think he’ll attract kids from all the Islands, not just Kona. It’s something that I think <br />each of you should go and look at before -, if you have any questions, just to see what he has <br />done; and I think there won’t be any doubt in your mind. <br />DOMINGO: You know, one concern here is that if the demand for his service will be to <br />such an extreme and positive extreme, then with what he’s proposing now, it would be only a <br />one-man, so-called one-man operation. And that would limit him from addressing all the other <br />needs of the rest of the people or children that who need that kind of treatment. So I don’t know, <br />it might be -, if the demand would be that much, it might be the applicant should somewhat alter <br />the application and so state that other improvements may be needed. <br />TOIA: I don’t know what his workload is, but I know that -, I don’t think you are <br />going to be needing to add lanes on Kaloko Mauka to get to his place because of the demand. <br />EXHIBIT A <br />14 <br /> <br />