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<br />they’ve listened, they’ve heard – we’ve gone back and forth but we still don’t feel that we’re <br />accommodated at all in those rules. They’re clearly designed for motorized companies and as <br />some of the other testifiers said, it’s pretty clear that the bigger boats are gonna have a huge <br />advantage in this and one thing I wanted to stress is that we for sure focused on getting our <br />local community out, giving back, getting folks that live here out there so they can see firsthand <br />what it is. It’s one thing to look out there and see all these boats and think oh my goodness its <br />chaos – it is a very controlled chaos – we focus on the safety of recreational swimmers, we hand <br />out glow sticks to those who don’t have proper lighting – us on our waa we tell them, “Come by <br />the canoe, we have no motor, you’ll be safe by us.” But all of the companies in Keauhou truly <br />collectively work together – look out for each other and focus on safety. We focus on getting as <br />many people lifeguard certified as possible. It’s about keeping the mantas safe, it’s about <br />keeping guests safe and educating our community - I mean that’s what it’s all about is protecting <br />our resources and making sure that they’re here for future generations and the rules aren’t <br />really taking all of that into consideration. So, that’s really our goal is to just, you know, be as <br />safe as possible, as sustainable as possible and hope that the State would recognize that and <br />take that in to account in this rule making process. If Iko were here I’m sure he’d have <br />something else to say but he had to go pick up our daughter so – that’s really it for now. Thank <br />you for listening. <br /> <br />NR: Thank you, Holly. <br /> <br />SW: Ah, Chair, I believe you’re on mute. Thank you, Holly. <br /> <br />AA: Yeah, thank you, Holly. Just a reminder anyone that’s speaking just please state your guys’ <br />name. All testifiers can you please – if you guys can – please put something in writing and send it <br />to the Mayor’s Office under GMAC. Do you have any other public testifiers? <br /> <br />SW: Ah, no, Chair, and I believe the proper method would be that their written testimony would be <br />submitted to GMAC and it will be made a part of GMAC’s record. <br /> <br />AA: Yes. <br /> <br />SW: There are no other testifiers. <br /> <br />AA: OK. Moving on to presentations – like I said I had Ian Cole but he’s out in the field – he’s the East <br />side Wildlife Biologist. We have Kanalu Sprout which is the West side Wildlife Biologist and he’s <br />gonna discuss about the closed hunting areas due to the Mauna Loa eruption. <br /> <br />AG: Eh, Abraham? <br /> <br />AA: Go ahead Austin. Austin, you wanted to say something. <br /> <br />AG: Yeah, I have somebody here that wants to testify for the manta ray. <br /> <br />SW: Ah, OK, we moved on… <br /> <br />AA: Ah, we kinda moved on from that already… <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br /> <br />