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CROSS: Previous to my appointment to the Planning Commission, I have done work <br /> for Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation, and I assisted Na'ehalani Breeland and Brett Jacobson in the <br /> collection of evidence and data for their SMA and as a result I need to recuse myself. <br /> LIN: Thank you Commissioner Cross. If you could please step out for a little bit <br /> for this agenda item and then we will proceed with agenda Item No. 1. <br /> [At 9:18 a.m. Commissioner Cross left the Council Chambers] <br /> LIN: All righty, will the applicant or their representative please come forward. We <br /> already went over the staff presentation so, unless we need to go over it again. [indecipherable] <br /> Everybody was here, yeah. <br /> [Female from audience came up to the testifier table] <br /> LIN: Okay, I'll just swear you in again. If you'll please raise your right hand. Do <br /> you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Windward Planning Commission? <br /> [Female from audience at the testifier table] I do. <br /> LIN: Okay, please speak directly into your microphone, state your name, the area <br /> you reside in and whom you represent. <br /> BREELAND: My name is Na'ehalani Breeland. I'm the President and Co-Founder of Ola <br /> Brew. I reside in Kailua-Kona and I'm with Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation, sorry. <br /> LIN: Okay and then you received the Background and Recommendations reports <br /> from the Planning Department and you agree with the recommendations? <br /> BREELAND: I do, yes. <br /> LIN: Okay, do you have any further statements that you want to make or any other <br /> comments? <br /> BREELAND: Justin addition to just the introduction to the project last month. I also wanted <br /> to address Terri Napeahi's comment about I think the essence of her concern was defining <br /> "traditional Hawaiian" and that was or"traditional Hawaiian practices" and that was from something <br /> that she read in the Tribune Herald about our project. Those weren't our words, and it wasn't <br /> something that we would have said. So, I just wanted to say that our intention and action plan will <br /> never be redefining Hawaiian traditions but rather to anchor and revere what was done in the past <br /> and honor that by truly caring for our `aina and building on the unique excellence and authenticity <br /> that we have here in Hilo as well as in the County of Hawai`i and Hawai`i as a whole. And to go on <br /> with that since our last hearing we have won six (6) international awards for not only our okolehao, <br /> the product that we want to make at Wainaku but also for our current products. We strive for this <br /> excellence not just for our company but for the benefit of our 2,800 community shareholders and for <br /> our stakeholders that are farmers and our contracting partners. <br /> 2 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />