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with what I do. And he is helping me out and he is like teaching me how to control my impulsivity. And he is helping me out a lot. WATANABE: Any questions of the -. Okay, thank you. You all may be seated. Let’s see, I have Emil Spencer, Jeffrey Mermel, Sandy Lane and Meg Greenwell. Would you all come up, please. Would you all raise your right hand, so I can swear you in. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: Yes. WATANABE: Okay. So you are probably familiar with the drill – name and address before you begin your testimony. LANE: Hi, I’m Sandy Lane. I live at 77-362 Sunset Drive, Kailua-Kona. My children and I have been patients of Dr. Lelah for about – long time – eleven years. And if it wasn’t for him and what he does -, my one son has severe disorders, between the Department of Health, the school, Dr. Strickler and him and myself, my son probably would be institutionalized. And he is a very smart child. And because of his help, helping me so I can cope and my other son cope with our son who has major difficulties, and him dealing with my son. My son is very productive. He’s been kept out of school because he is bipolar; he has had some episodes with that. When we are out there in his surroundings, he calms him down, calms me down. I had to learn and my whole family had to learn how to live as healthy as we can. We’ve had the police called to our house from our neighbor because my son was having an episode. When the police left, they told me, “We think you should spank your son, we feel sorry for you;” and they weren’t being sarcastic. Dr. Lelah was able to calm me down – of course, it was a Sunday. But also a thing about Dr. Lelah, he has boundaries. Even though we don’t need to see him as often, even when I call, he says, “I’m booked up for two weeks.” He only does what he can do. So people are on a waiting list and we respect that. So it’s not going to be more people coming and going than he can possibly do and take. And if you walked down, there are the roses; I’ve been able to just calm down and be able to listen and hear what I need to do for my children because of him and the surroundings there. Thank you. WATANABE: Thank you. So we have any questions for Ms. Lane? DOMINGO: Mr. Chairman, one question. WATANABE: Yes, Mr. Domingo. DOMINGO: Ma’am, with the behavioral problems that your children have, have you sought any kind of other care from others besides Dr. Lelah? LANE: Oh, yeah. We have some of the best doctors here. Like I said, the Department of Mental Health (sic) has helped me; they’ve sent me this way. The schools work with me. And when I came to school for help, I was able to get a lot more resources because of the work I’ve already done with Dr. Lelah. EXHIBIT A 18