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MAEDA: I do. WOODWARD: Okay. If you would speak into the microphone cause this will be part of the record. And before you begin give us your name and address, and then just tell us why you have to have a certified kitchen to get dog cookies. MAEDA: My name is Satoru Stewart Maeda. My address is PO Box 1225, Mt. View, Hawaii 96771. To address the dog treat issue, originally I had thought that I needed a certified kitchen if we were actually going to be selling dog treats; but I was informed by the Department of Health that I do not need a certified kitchen for dog treats but I do need a certified kitchen in order to process and package any fruits or vegetables. So I would still be requesting the certified kitchen. WOODWARD: All right, thank you. And then you can proceed with your presentation, if you have one. MAEDA: Okay. Well, I just wanted to let you folks know that I’m going to be operating the kennel on my own. It’s a business that I’m going to do part time. And although 22 kennels sounds like a lot, from my understanding of talking with people who operate boarding kennels, the boarding kennel business is very seasonal; and so during busy times like when school break or during summer vacation we may fill all those kennels. But during much of the other part of the year I don’t expect that we will be full all the time. I think if we’re lucky we’ll be 50 percent to 75 percent full during those other times. My road is a gravel road going into my property. My driveway is approximately 1200 feet long. And I don’t intend to have a lot of traffic. I see maybe one or two people coming at the most a day. I plan to do a drop-off and pickup service, and so I will be coming in and out of the property during parts of the day as well. I am thinking that in regards to the noise, I did present pictures of the site to the Planning Commission; and where we’re going to build it, it’s kind of in a low area. There’s an embankment and then there’s a row of trees that runs the whole length of the property. I think that is going to eliminate a lot of the noise. Another issue with noise is in the plan of the kennel we’re going to be keeping the dogs in at night so they won’t be outside in the open area. I’m using cinder block walls between the kennels to separate the dogs so that they won’t be seeing each other and barking at each other all the time. And it’s a totally enclosed building with solid walls. So during the nighttime hours when the dogs are not in their outside runs they will be inside.And if you have and owned dogs you know that dogs will react to what they see and what they hear. And I think by keeping them enclosed and making sure that we do have walls between all the kennels it will really minimize the noise effect for our neighbors. I know one of the concerns that was brought out was that there’s going to be a lot of traffic in the area, that the infrastructure would not be able to handle the traffic. I don’t believe that there will be a lot of traffic. And I don’t believe that the traffic that comes into the area is in any way going to create any danger or hazards for the community because generally people, I know one of the concerns was that there will be additional EXHIBIT A 3