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WATANABE: Thank you. Would you please use the mike. We’re recording this and we
<br />have to do the minutes so speak into the mike and provide your name and address, and you may
<br />provide your testimony.
<br />CAUSEY: Yes, my name is Wendell Causey and I live up in the Moki’hana
<br />Subdivision where these dog kennels, you know, special permit -.
<br />IWASHITA: Can you hold the mike like this so you talk into it.
<br />CAUSEY: I do own a lot of dogs and I understand what you’re saying. You know,
<br />your friends come in with their dogs and, you know, you help them out with their dogs. But I
<br />live in that area and I do have seven dogs that I keep; and they do make a lot of noise. And my
<br />concern is that a lot of the traffic will be coming up in that area with, you know, even outsiders.
<br />People just come in to say, oh, we’re going to the dog kennel, but they’re not. You know,
<br />they’re going to scope out our properties. We’ve had a lot of, you know, things being ripped off,
<br />houses burned in our area. And I’m just trying to keep out the traffic and keep it agricultural.
<br />That’s why I retired and bought up in that area, so I can, you know, enjoy my retirement. Thank
<br />you.
<br />WATANABE: Thank you. Yes, Mr. Domingo.
<br />DOMINGO: I appreciate the situation you’re in and the concern that you have. But
<br />isn’t it so that regardless of whether this permit is approved or denied that you’d still have the
<br />traffic come into your subdivision, and the same situation that you’ve described would continue
<br />to happen?
<br />CAUSEY: No, Mr. Domingo. You know, what I’ve learned in that area is that, like
<br />say this kennel, they’re going to need a lot of cement so you’ve got cement workers, truck
<br />drivers coming up into the area. And then you’ve got, you know, other carpenters, carpentry
<br />people, roofers. You know, these are the people that I see that are doing a lot of driving around
<br />which they shouldn’t be. You know they have no business in the area. I have a private road and
<br />they just, you can’t stop them. You cannot stop them, you just can’t, you know. And you try to
<br />be nice, you know, and say this is a private road, what are your concerns, you know. They just
<br />say, oh, we’re just driving, and so they get hostile. You know, you try to be nice but they get
<br />hostile; and nothing you can do. So I’m just trying to keep it agricultural, peaceful, you know,
<br />like it has been in the past. But, you know, I understand he wants to build these kennels. Well,
<br />good luck to him I say. You know, but this is an impact on all the people in our neighborhood,
<br />you know. Thank you.
<br />WATANABE: Thank you. Do we have any further questions for the testifier? Thank
<br />you. You may be seated. Oh, I’m sorry, did I miss Mr. Alameda?
<br />ALAMEDA: No, I was just going to say thank you for sharing. Thank you for your
<br />testimony, I appreciate that. You know, we’re always looking for public input. So just to let you
<br />know your time is not wasted. I appreciate that. Thank you.
<br />WATANABE: Okay, would there be any objections for the Commissioners to continue
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<br />this until the September 9 meeting in Hilo?
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