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BRYAN:No, my mother lives in one house and I live in the other house. GALDONES:Any further questions or comments? Seeing none, there is one person from the public who has signed up to testify, Tom Mitchell. Could you please come forward? Mr. Mitchell, could you please raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? MITCHELL:I do. GALDONES:Mr. Mitchell, could you please state your name and your residence address? MITCHELL:Thomas Mitchell, the lot directly adjacent to this 55-164 KokoikiRoad. GALDONES:Mr.Mitchell,youmaybeginyourtestimony,ordidyouhave any comments to make on this matter? MITCHELL:Im here in support of this application. My wife and I own the lot directly adjacent to this and probably stand the greatest visual impact of any of the properties that border this land from where we are currently building a house right now. And Id just like to say that from our opinion, knowing both of these applicants for sometime, that if there has been a worthy applicant, it would be Alyssa Ackerman. Shes a great contributor to the community. Jim and Trish Bryan are also great contributors to the community as a school teacher and as a nurse at the local hospital. Alyssa has volunteered extensively. And from our prospective, you know, with the land prices rising the way they have just in the past year in North Kohala, its becoming increasingly difficult for younger people to obtain a piece of property. And her uses of the property will be very consistent with the agricultural zoning that currently exists. It would be a pleasure to have her as a neighbor and to see the intention of this area continue in the form of what Ms. Ackermans intentions are. So as the neighbor who stands one of the most, the greatly impact, we are here just to support this application. GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Mitchell. Commissioners, any questions, comments? Commissioner Graham? GRAHAM:Kind of like I did the last time around, I just feel Id like to, while you folks are there, express my concern with whatever so that the Commissioners and you will be able to understand -. Ill kind of go down the same list of concerns where I did on the list one. First, precedence, Im very concerned about precedence where theres a lot of demand for people that want to live in North Kohala and on the other hand theres a lot of community sentiment to try to keep Kohala rural. Im certainly very worried about the precedence, in particular, 3- to 5-acre Ag parcel and subdivide it, or rezone it and subsequently 4