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come into their parlor and they would sit down there and make the arrangements. That’s <br />called a funeral parlor. That was the way things were, it was part of a community. The <br />funeral home was there just as the local town doctor was there. What we’re trying to do <br />in our facility is to create the same sense of being members of the community. We’re a <br />part of what the resources are there that people should be able to call upon, in a <br />comforting area, some place that they’re comfortable in. And coming into our funeral <br />home, you walk into the front, we have couches and chairs, and a fish tank; and we try to <br />make it as a comfortable low-key setting for people that they can feel a little relaxed in; <br />and we just want to continue our stuff there. <br />IWASHITA:I don’t know if you know the answer to this. But like Dodo <br />Mortuary in Hilo, is their retort in their building, right there in Wainaku? <br />P. BRUMBAUGH: I believe it is in the building. They are zoned in the Agricultural <br />area from what I understand. <br />IWASHITA:They’re right across the street from apartment houses and single- <br />family residences. <br />YUEN:We did look at this and they do have a retort in their building, as <br />does Borthwick on Kinoole Street in Hilo. <br />IWASHITA:Right in the middle of multi-family and single-family residences. <br />Okay. <br />P. BRUMBAUGH: Yeah. We have our children come to our building after school <br />everyday. We are there an awful lot because of what we do. <br />IWASHITA:I’m seeing my girl all over again. <br />WATANABE:Any other questions for the Applicants? Mr. Graham? <br />GRAHAM:Since we just had some testimony from the Planning Director, our <br />recommendation from you is in opposition to this Use Permit; but you gave us testimony <br />that seems a little bit in conflict with what we have written here. Is the Planning <br />Department’s position still one of opposition to the granting of this permit? <br />YUEN:Let’s talk about that at the end of the public testimony. <br />GRAHAM:Fine. <br />WATANABE:Is that it, or do you have something more to summarize? <br />CARROLL:There are a number of people here who wanted to talk, but I <br />understood a need to not have cumulative testimony. <br />EXHIBIT D <br />15 <br /> <br />