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CARTER:Mr. Chairman? <br />ALAMEDA:Yes? <br />CARTER:Mr. Chairman, before you swear us in -? <br />ALAMEDA:Sure. <br />CARTER:To kind of speed things up here, I think there are enough people today <br />speaking in opposition. I can defer and wait till the Hilo meeting ‘cause I will definitely be <br />there, provided you’ll put it higher on the agenda at the next meeting. <br />ALAMEDA:Let me ask, do we have the agenda out already? <br />HAYASHI:Unfortunately, the hearing agenda has been set and it’s last on the agenda <br />again. <br />ALAMEDA:We can’t move the agenda once it’s set but, hey, we like that <br />recommendation. Anything that would speed things up is good for us so -. Okay, how about I <br />swear you in. Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before <br />the Hawai`i County Planning Commission? <br />TESTIFIERS:I do. <br />ALAMEDA:Thank you. Also, please note that when providing testimony, if someone <br />previous to you has already stated what you want to state, then maybe you could summarize your <br />points really quick as a way to speed up the process. However, we are very happy that you have <br />stayed this long. We are interested in hearing your opinion and your views on this matter, so <br />thank you very much. We can start with my far left. Sir, could you please state your name and <br />address for the record? <br />CARTER:Yes. I’m Eric Carter, 17-209 Meaulu Street in Keaau. <br />ALAMEDA:Mr. Carter, you may proceed. <br />CARTER:Thank you. Well, since you brought up the Marimed Foundation, there <br />are just so many issues involved in this that it boggles my mind. But in their particular facility, <br />they have two homes on one 1-acre lot and neighbors all around. And if you allow eight people <br />per residence, plus some indeterminate number of staff, yeah, that’s 16 plus I don’t know how <br />many staff. I know they have a minimum of two per house. This house was I think built around <br />1990 and, frankly, I don’t think the sanitary facilities can support this number of people. You <br />have the issues with one driveway, people coming and going, they’re busing them off to <br />Laupahoehoe every day for school, I believe, and bringing them back. Visitors, if you have any <br />emergencies and the issues, fire, police, ambulance, I don’t think it’s, it’s just not a good <br />situation for the community, for them, for anything. And I do believe they already some <br />EXHIBIT D <br />7 <br /> <br />