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customer service. I just turned 33 years old and do not see myself doing anything other than residential mortgage banking. By the time I am ready to retire, over 30 years from now, who knows what the neighborhood will look like. But until that happens, I have every intention of using this property to house a mortgage company to continue to offer affordable, creative and comfortable financing specifically tailored for the unique Big Island real estate market. I am not a big-time real estate developer or, even worse, a greedy mainland investor motivated by profit and increasing net worth with no concern for the local community. I moved to Hawaii from Portland, Oregon and was drawn to the quality of life here, so much so that it was easy to convince my parents to relocate with me. I have a history of supporting local community. I am an active affiliate member of the Hawaii Island Board of Realtors and my involvement and support of that organization resulted in the honor of being named the 2004 Affiliate of the Year. Recently I made a substantial financial contribution to the Lehua Jaycess to help fund one of the best fourth of July fireworks displays in Hilo in years. As a member of the Lehua Jaycees,Iwillbeparticipatinginthe2006FireworksCommitteetomakenextyeareven better. Finally, I previously spent 7 years volunteering on an average of over 100 hours per month with an at-risk youth program as a mentor and a manager. Hopefully you now have a little bit more information about me, including my motivations for this Change of Zone application and rest easier. Most importantly, I hope that you can clearly see that of all of the possible commercial uses for this property, my business is one that most amicably can co-exist within a residential area. My current location is, as well as my previous location on Manono Street was, immediately adjacent to residences. I have and had good relationships with all of these neighbors. I could understand and respect objections to other types of businesses that would truly have a negative impact to the neighborhood, but I am not running anything that is detrimental to the environment, such as a noisy or pollutant generating manufacturer or automotive repair shop. I am not requesting to operate a business that generates high levels of traffic such as a restaurant or convenience store. The reality is that a mortgage company with 7 employees and 2-3 clients per day would be, in my opinion, one of the most compatible in a residential neighborhood location. These comments segue perfectly into addressing the concerns of traffic. I have spent some time observing traffic patterns and levels during the peak hours. I dont see that there is much validity to the objections of this use due to negative impacts or hindrance to traffic flow on Manono Street. The majority of my employees arrive at 8:00 a.m. and work through 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The majority of my employees live in the Puna District. In the morning hours, they will be making a left-turn into the parking lot. The bulk of the morning traffic is in the direction of Hilo, so a left-hand turn here would be made with ease. In the afternoons, as they depart to go home most employees will be making a right-hand turn onto Manono Street. For those that live either in Hilo or Hamakua direction, if a left-turn in the afternoons proves to be a challenge, the property is conveniently located close to Lanikaula so a right-turn could easily be made in that direction and circle around to Lanikaula then back in a northerly direction from there. The location of this property makes the chance of impeding traffic flow minimal to nil. If the property were closer to the Lanikaula intersection, further from that intersection or located on the other side of the street, the chances of impeding traffic would be much 4EXHIBIT A