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WeÓve got lots of fruit trees that weÓve brought in; and weÓve invested quite a bit of time, effort and energy in creating a small farm, which is no small feat on that property because thereÓs a lot of lava and the soil conditions does not lend to farming very much, which is why we wanted to go into the ag tourism part too to kind of augment that part of it. I wanted to address the conditions set forth by the County Planning Department; and I am in agreement with all of the conditions except one. And the request that I make is that the condition for the road, itÓs No. 5, being paved be, that I be relieved of that. And the reason for that is that, first and foremost, IÓm not going to be using the road very much. IÓm not going to be using the road any more than any agricultural farm in the neighborhood. And we have, letÓs see, eight different commercial farms in the area, orchid farms, flower farms, a palm farm, a bed and breakfast and a commercial kitchen in the area. And the reason why we wonÓt be using the road that much is because I have contracted with the caretaker of Green Mountain, which is on Highway 137, to put all of my guest parking there, and then shuttle the guests either on a golf cart, which is very normal for that neighborhood, or a small van, a 12-passenger van, to take guests to the property. And IÓm also in agreement with limiting property to six guest vehicles, which is about the amount limited for a bed and breakfast. And so I have done everything I could to accommodate, to relieve the road of any kind of traffic or any excessive usage. WOODWARD: All right, thank you. Any questions for Ms. Dolena? Seeing none, sir, would you like to offer testimony? NARIMATSU: IÓm here to hold her hand. WOODWARD: Hold her hand, okay. GONZALEZ: Do you have members of the public signed up? WOODWARD: Yes, we do. Okay. No questions for the applicant or her representative? Okay, very good. You may be seated and we do have eight people signed up to testify from the public. And maybe weÓll take, well, weÓll take four at a time since we have four chairs - Shaun Lindsey, Denise Jones, Mike Lewis and Kenny Parrish. All right, first IÓll swear you in. If youÓll raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth today before the Windward Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: I do. WOODWARD: Very good. Well, letÓs start with you, sir. If you can give us your name and address in the microphone and then begin your testimony. WeÓll just go down the table. PARRISH: My name is Kenney Parrish, PO Box 100, Pahoa Hawaii. First IÓd like to say itÓs a pleasure to be here. I was at the, one of your previous Council Members, or Planning Commission to do a special use permit; and it was a very, it was a pleasure dealing with you people because there was no smoke and mirror. IÓve got some concerns about SylviaÓs past practices. One of the concerns is I had a friend that was going to her, some of her meetings, and they were having about 30 people at a night in the EXHIBIT B 11