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ISHIBASHI: What kind fruits? LINDSEY: We have, last time I counted we have over 20 different types of fruits and vegetables. I have three different types of taro, two native varieties and one Chinese variety. We have, I think itÓs four to five different types of mango, two different types of lychee. We have coffee, I think four different types of avocado. And then we have some also ornamental stuff. And weÓre going to be also doing, a main part of the income producing part would be white tilapia; and we also are planning on doing tiger prawns. We also have noni. ISHIBASHI: So the educational component of this ag tourism youÓd be doing is addressing what -? LINDSEY: I would say for the most part like teaching people how to grow tilapia and use that in combination with hydroponic lettuce, lettuce production, cause that would be the easiest way for a poor person to be able to feed their whole family. So thatÓs what we would focus on, cause thatÓs the most practical way that a poor person could come into it without having to pay for -. You know, the orchard is something that people have to have money to do. So weÓd be more focusing on the aquaponics portion for education ISHIBASHI: And the fees, you would charge fees for people coming into learn the system or -? LINDSEY: No, no. It would be more like, well, last time we talked about it, we would like to work with, you know, Hawaiian Home or somebody like that for, you know, poor kids, basically to do it for free. We were never talking about a fee for that at all. ISHIBASHI: So being able to do this for free would generate more traffic in the area versus somebody paying a fee to attend classes, in other words. LINDSEY: Yeah, she -. ThatÓs actually something that she was focusing on in the future that I told her that I think that we should do to like help out the community. But like she was saying sheÓs going to have the people park at Green Mountain. But since we looked into it I think that thatÓs even a, you know, that was an overkill on her part, like really trying to work with the situation. Cause the nitty gritty in there, she could have up to 30,000 people. So theoretically she didnÓt even have to go that out of the way for the community to try and address their own personal issues that they wanted addressed. That was more for them than her. ISHIBASHI: Thank you. WOODWARD: Okay. Any further questions? Seeing none, okay. Ms. Jones, if you could give us your name and address and then begin. JONES: Denise Jones, 14-4821 Ililani Road, Pahoa. IÓve been a resident of Vacationland for 13 years. IÓve lived, both, and owned property by there by the tide pools. IÓve been on the Board of Directors, IÓve served as the secretary for the Waiopae Conservation zoning and IÓve also been the Neighborhood Watch coordinator for many years. So I have a pretty good idea of our community and its needs. EXHIBIT B 16