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DARROW: And Mr. Chairman? <br />WOODWARD: Aye. <br />DARROW: The motion passes six to zero. <br />WOODWARD: All right, very good. Well, we will go on then with the remainder of <br />Agenda Item No. 4. And next would be to call the applicant and/or representatives. All right, if <br />I can get both of you to raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth today <br />before the Windward Planning Commission? <br />NARIMATSU: Yes. <br />DOLENA: Yes, I do. <br />WOODWARD: Okay. And then whoever wants to go first can pick up a microphone and <br />give us your name and address and take it from there. <br />DOLENA: My name is Sylvia Dolena. IÓm the applicant. My address is 14-4779 <br />Ililani Road in Kapoho, Pahoa 96778. <br /> <br />NARIMATSU: Curtis Narimatsu, the attorney for the applicant, 1060 Kahoa Road, Hilo, <br />Hawaii 96720. <br />WOODWARD: Thank you. Whoever would like to testify may begin. <br />DOLENA: Okay. I have been going through this process of special use permit and <br />building permits for the past three years and have done my very best and my utmost to follow all <br />of the rules and the regulations set forth by the County following the County Code in the <br />process; and in that process I did engage with Lori Mikkelson of All Aina Services to be my <br />agent in this process because sheÓs very knowledgeable. So with <br />prepared the application and filed the application. <br /> <br />And I wanted to address a couple of points first. First, Mr. Ishibashi you had a question of the <br />pond. The previous owner was attempting to excavate a pond. And the story that I get from the <br />neighborhood was that he was to dynamite, to dynamite the hole and then use a D-9 to excavate <br />it. What I did was I filed for a grading permit to remove all o <br />to expose the water. So I had a permit to do that. So does that answer your question? Yes? <br /> <br />ISHIBASHI: Yes. <br /> <br />DOLENA: Also I wanted to first say that the two uses for my property, the first and <br />foremost, was originally the use of building a temple and having spiritual practices there so that I <br />could build a small spiritual community on the five acres. Subsequent to that, I engaged with a <br />contractor, Shaun Lindsey, who has been working on my property and living on the property for <br />three years. And he was very much in favor of doing all of the farming there, so we did start <br />excavating small fish ponds for tilapia farming; and we have a small organic farm started. <br /> EXHIBIT B <br />10 <br /> <br />